Selected Publications
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Neiser, M., Bothwell, S., Miller, R., Moran, M., Lucas-Thomson, R. G., & Shomaker, L. B. (2025). Self-regulation and behavioral risk factors for obesity in youth facing multiple adversities. SSM – Population Health.
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Sanchez, N., Sakamoto, M., Jimenez, V., Crowe, S., Schwartz, L., Ruzicka, E., Haemer, M., Pyle, L., & Shomaker, L. (2025). A two-arm pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of a family-inclusive, community-based lifestyle and mindfulness program for Hispanic adolescents at risk for type 2 diabetes. Journal of Latinx Psychology.
Corathers-Malik, S., Malik, F., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lowry, S., Beal, S. A., & Kichler, J. (2025). READDY 2.0: A multi-site analysis and update to the readiness for emerging adults diagnosed with diabetes in youth transitional tool. Clinical Diabetes.
Clark, E., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Ruzicka, E., Sanchez, N., Bristol, M., Gulley, L., Broussard, J., Kelsey, M., Simon, S., & Shomaker, L. (2024). Racial and ethnic sleep health disparities in adolescents and risk for type 2 diabetes: A narrative review. Annals of Medicine.
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Aichele, S., Lavender, J., Sanchez, N., Thorstad, I., Gulley, L., Emerick, J., Schrag, R., Thomas, V., Spinner, H., Arnold, T., Heroy, A., Haigney, M., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., & Shomaker, L. (2024). Associations of social and cognitive-behavioral variables with disinhibited eating and anxiety: An ecological momentary assessment study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 57, 1213–1223.
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Bristol, M., Clark, E. L., Sanchez, N., Gulley, L. D., Ruzicka, E., & Shomaker, L. B. (2023). Cognitive-behavioral therapy and exercise training in adolescent females with elevated depression symptoms and at-risk for type 2 diabetes: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 128, 107150.
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Wetter, S. E., Mara, C. A., Guilfoyle, S., & Modi, A. C. (2022). Racial disparities in medication adherence barriers: Pediatric epilepsy as an exemplar. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsac001
Schmidt, M., Glaser, N., Riedy, T., Rietta, C., Huszti, H., Wagner, J., Smith, G., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Wetter, S., Guilfoyle, S., Patel, A., & Modi, A. C. (2022). Learning experience design of an mHealth intervention for parents of children with epilepsy. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 160, 104671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104671
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Clifford, L., Wade, S., & Modi, A. C. (2021). Uncovering key elements of an executive functioning intervention in adolescents: Epilepsy Journey. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 10, 150. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000410
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Davis, M., Eaton, C., LaMotte, J., Cushman, G. K., Quast, L. F., Blount, R. L., & Suveg, C. (2020). The role of executive functioning in health self-management and the transition to adult health care among college students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1775605
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Corathers, S., Beal, S., Baugh, H., Nause, K., & Kichler, J. (2020). Young adults with type 1 diabetes preparing to transition to adult care: Psychosocial functioning and associations with self-management and health outcomes. Diabetes Spectrum, 33, 255–263. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds19-0050
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Vannest, J., Maloney, T., Wade, S., Combs, A., Horowitz-Kraus, T., & Modi, A. C. (2020). The neural basis of executive functioning deficits in adolescents with epilepsy: A resting-state fMRI connectivity study of working memory. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 15, 166–176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-019-00243-z
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Quast, L. F., Eaton, C., LaMotte, J., Stolz, M. G., Mee, L. L., George, R., Lee, J., Reed, B., Rich, K., & Blount, R. (2019). Sleep quality is associated with psychosocial functioning and health-related quality of life in pediatric transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 23, e17588. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13577
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Cushman, G., Eaton, C., Quast, L., Rosenthal, L., & Blount, R. (2019). A preliminary investigation of sleep quality and patient-reported outcomes in pediatric solid organ transplant candidates. Pediatric Transplantation, 23, e13348. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.13348
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Smith, A., Mara, C., & Modi, A. (2018). Adherence barriers in pediatric epilepsy: From toddlers to young adults. Epilepsy & Behavior, 80, 229–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.01.031
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Reed-Knight, B., Eaton, C., Lee, J., Loiselle, K., Mee, L., Travers, C., & Blount, R. (2017). Transition readiness, adolescent responsibility, and executive functioning among pediatric transplant recipients: Caregivers’ perspectives. Pediatric Transplantation, 21, e12898. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12898
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J., vanDellen, M., Mertens, A., & Marchak, J. (2016). Family functioning and depressive symptoms in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors and their families: A dyadic analytic approach. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42, 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsw041
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J., Reed-Knight, B., Hayutin, L., Lewis, J., & Blount, R. (2016). The Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Comparison of symptom profiles using three factor structures between pediatric gastroenterology and general pediatric patients. Children’s Health Care, 46, 315–330. https://doi.org/10.1080/02739615.2016.1163493
Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton, C. K., Lee, J., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K., Mee, L., LaMotte, J., Liverman, R., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Executive functioning, barriers to adherence, and nonadherence in adolescent and young adult transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 759–767. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsv107