Positions
Assistant Professor
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Classification:
- Faculty
Publications
2024
Bartholomay EM, Cox S, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. The role of anxiety and depression in understanding the relationship between coping and weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2024;20(3):304-314. PMID: 38001014. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.10.004
DeFazio S, Mastrili N, Szoka N, Schneider KL, Cox S, Aylward L. Sexual orientation moderates the relationship between internalized weight bias and binge eating symptoms among adults pursuing bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2024.03.019
2023
Aylward L, Lilly C, Konsor M, Cox S, Abunnaja S, Szoka N, Tabone L. How Soon Do Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Improve after Bariatric Surgery? Healthcare 2023; 11(6):862. PMID: 36981519. PMCID: PMC10048012. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11060862
Bartholomay EM, Cox S, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. Intrapersonal coping predicts greater weight loss 24 months after bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37770773. DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06826-6
Bartholomay EM, Lilly C, Cox S, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. Psychometric Properties of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory Among Patients Pursuing Bariatric Surgery. Eval Health Prof 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37770037. DOI: 10.1177/01632787231204370
Cunningham JG, Szoka N, Tabone LE, Cox S, Aylward L, Abunnaja S. Preoperative and Early Adjuvant Weight Loss Medications in Bariatric Surgery Patients with BMI over 60 or Suboptimal Initial Response to Surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2023:1-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.01.021
Docimo S, Aylward L, Albaugh VL, Afaneh C, El Djouzi S, Ali M, Altieri MS, Carter J. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and its role in the treatment of obesity: a systematic review. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.08.020
2022
Aylward L, Konsor M, Cox S. Binge Eating Before and After Bariatric Surgery. Curr Obes Rep 2022;11:386-394. PMID: 36287376. DOI: 10.1007/s13679-022-00486-w
Aylward L, Lilly C, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Cox S. Anxiety predicts reduced weight loss 30 months after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2022;18(7):919-927. PMID: 35660269. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.04.007
Cheung V, Aylward L, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Cox S. Hunger mediates the relationship between food insecurity and binge eating among bariatric surgery candidates. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2022;18(4):530-537. PMID: 35067460. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2021.12.009
Horvath S, Cox S, Tabone J, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. Binge eating in patients pursuing bariatric surgery: understanding relationships with food insecurity and adverse childhood experiences. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2022. PMID: 36528545. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.11.003
Tabone JK, Cox S, Aylward L, Abunnaja S, Szoka N, Tabone LE. Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychological Symptoms Among Bariatric Patients. Journ Child Adol Trauma 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s40653-022-00491-0
Tabone JK, Cox S, Aylward L, Abunnaja S, Szoka N, Tabone LE. The Roles of Depression and Binge Eating in the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Obesity. Obesity Surgery 2022;32:3034-3040. PMID: 35790671. DOI: 10.1007/s11695-022-06192-9
2021
Aylward LL, Schneider KL, Sanchez-Johnsen L. Misreporting Weight and Height Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Men. Am J Mens Health 2021;15(2):15579883211001198. PMID: 33759632. PMCID: PMC7995458. DOI: 10.1177/15579883211001198