Scholars@Duke
Katherine Collins-Bennett

Katherine Collins-Bennett

Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
3475 Erwin Road, Aesthetics Building - Office 273, Durham, NC 27705
3475 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Preprints

A Lasting Legacy: Long-Term Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Health in the STRRIDE-Prediabetes Reunion Study.

Preprint · May 28, 2026 BACKGROUND: Regular exercise is a highly effective yet underutilized strategy to reduce cardiometabolic disease burden. Whether brief structured exercise programs confer lasting cardiometabolic benefits remains unclear. The STRRIDE-Prediabetes Reunion stud ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Reproducible Pipeline for Processing Commercial Wearable Step-Count Data in Aging Cohorts: Application and Evaluation in the STRRIDE-PD Reunion Study.

Preprint · May 19, 2026 Wearable devices offer the ability to objectively characterize free-living physical activity; however, raw step-count data generated by commercial devices require systematic processing before they can support rigorous inference. We describe a transparent, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biological Mechanisms of Strength Preservation During Calorie Restriction-Induced Weight Loss Among Young- to Middle-Aged Adults without Obesity.

Preprint · January 30, 2026 PURPOSE: Weight loss is often pursued to improve cardiometabolic health and quality of life. However, rapid weight loss can lead to reductions in lean soft tissue mass and strength to compromise body composition and functional ability. Thus, identifying mo ... Full text Link to item Cite