Katherine Collins-Bennett

Katherine A. Collins-Bennett, PhD, NBC-HWC, is a Medical Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and affiliated with the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute at Duke University School of Medicine, and is a board-certified health and wellness coach. She studies barriers and predictors of health-promoting behavior change. The ultimate goal of her translational research is to design trials to optimize health-promoting behaviors for those at risk for "relapse" or ceased behavioral modification, in order to improve long-term health and well-being.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Medical Instructor in Population Health Sciences · 2024 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments

Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute · 2024 - Present Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News

Published October 10, 2024

First Rule: Don't Quit

Published July 18, 2023

The first rule of getting in shape: Don't quit

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Recent Publications

Effects of amount, intensity, and mode of exercise training on the metabolic syndrome: A narrative review

Journal Article Sports Medicine and Health Science · January 1, 2025 Purpose: The purpose of this narrative review is to: 1) summarize findings from the three Studies of a Targeted Risk Reduction Intervention through Defined Exercise (STRRIDE) randomized trials regarding the differential effects of exercise amount, intensit ... Full text Cite

Barriers and Predictors of Long-Term Physical Activity Maintenance: The STRRIDE i Reunion Cohort

Journal Article Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · November 26, 2024 Introduction This study aimed to identify barriers and predictors of self-reported physical activity (PA) maintenance 10 yr following the Studies of a Targeted Risk Reduction Intervention through Defined Exercise (STRRIDE I) randomized trial among young ol ... Full text Cite

Predicting physical activity by the personality styles of the five-factor model.

Journal Article Health Psychol · October 2024 OBJECTIVE: Low neuroticism, high extraversion, and high conscientiousness are related to physical activity (PA). We tested whether the small size and heterogeneity of these relationships result because personality traits influence one another as well as be ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Recent Grants

Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity and Health: NC Consortium Clinical Site

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2016 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of Pittsburgh · 2019 Ph.D.

University of Pittsburgh · 2016 M.S.

Pfeiffer University · 2015 B.S.