Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH 
Professor and Chair, Nutrition, Metabolism, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Assistant Professor, Population Health and Health Disparities
UTMB Health, Galveston, TX
BIRCHW Scholar
2011-2014
Mentors
James Goodwin, MD, Internal Medicine
Elena Volpi, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine
Research Topics
Physical activity interventions, cancer survivorship, technology, video games, mobile devices
Funding Obtained
- Sponsor: UTMB Claud D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Grant: $30,000; IMPACT: Inactivity monitoring and physical activity controlled trial (2013-2014).
- Sponsor: American Heart Institute; Grant ID: 13BGIA17110021 ($139,840); STEP AND GO: A study of technology-based exercise promotion (2013-2015).
- Sponsor: NIH/NCI; Grant ID: 1 K07 CA175141-01A1 ($496,992); LEVEL UP: Video games for activity in breast cancer survivors (2014-2018).
- Sponsor: American Cancer Society; Grant ID: 127057-MRSG-14-165-01-CPPB ($658,817); Self-monitoring activity: A randomized trial of game-oriented applications (2015-2019).