Tania B. Huedo-Medina

Dr. Tania Huedo-Medina moved to Connecticut from Spain when she got her Ph.D. to begin researching at the University of Connecticut. She graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Murcia, in Murcia, Spain (2000). She then moved on to get her M.S. and Ph.D. in Biostatistics for Social and Health Sciences from the National University of Madrid, in Madrid, Spain (2006).

Dr. Huedo-Medina is now highly involved with the University of Connecticut as an Associate Professor in Biostatistics in the Allied Health Department, as well as being part of the college of Health, Agriculture and Natural Resources. She has joint appointments with the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), the department of statistics and the department of Community Medicine and Health Care. In the health-related area Dr. Huedo-Medina has done extensive research on HIV, nutrition, exercise, obesity, the Mediterranean diet, Gluten-related disorders, anxiety, and depression. Her statistics-related research interests are in meta-analysis, multilevel analysis, mediation and moderation, biostatistics, and structural equation modeling.

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Borges, A. H; Lundh, A., Tendal, B., Bartlett, J. A., Clumeck, N., Costagliola, D., Daar, E. S., Echeverría, P. Gisslén, M., Huedo-Medina, T. B. (2016). Nonnucleoside Reverse-transcriptase Inhibitor-vs Ritonavir-boosted Protease Inhibitor–based Regimens for Initial Treatment of HIV Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Clin Infect Dis.,63(2):268-80. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw236. Epub 2016 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 27090986.
Serena, G., Leonard, M. M., Camhi, S., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Fasano, A. (2016). Disegno dello studio genomico, ambientale, microbiomico e metabolomico sulla celiachia: un approccio al futuro della prevenzione personalizzata della celiachia. Recenti Progressi in Medicina, 107(6):320-7. doi: 10.1701/2296.24694. Italian. PubMed PMID: 27362724.
Stratton, K., Faghri, P. D., Huedo-Medina, T. B. ^¹ (2016). Activation Patterns In Muscles With Different Fiber Ratios: Implications For Rehabilitation And Sports Injuries. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 48 (Suppl 1): 587. doi: 10.1249/01.mss.0000486761.50505.3a. PubMed PMID: 27360913.
Karki, P., Shrestha, R., Huedo-Medina, T., & Copenhaver, M. (2016). The impact of methadone maintenance treatment on HIV risk behaviors among high-risk injection drug users: A systematic review. Evidence-based Medicine and Public Health, 2(e1229): 1-6. doi: 10.14800/emph.1229
Preti, A., Vrublevska, J., Veroniki, A. A., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Fountoulakis, K. N. (2016). Prevalence, impact and treatment of generalised anxiety disorder in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evid Based Ment Health, 19(3):73-81. doi: 10.1136/eb-2016-102412. Epub 2016 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 27405742.
Huedo-Medina, T. B.^¹, Shresta, R., Sadeghi, M., & Copenhaver, M. (2016) Modeling a Theory-Based Approach to Examine the Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment on HIV Risk Reduction Behaviors Among Drug Users in Treatment. AIDS and Behavior, 1-12. 20(8):1646-57. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1394-x. PubMed PMID: 27052845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4945437.
Garcia, M., Shook, J., Kenny, A., Kerstetter, J., Bihuniak, J. D., Huedo-Medina, T. B. ^¹ (2016). Mediterranean Diet effects on Metabolic Risk Factors: A meta-analysis. Nutrition Reviews, 8(3):168. doi: 10.3390/nu8030168. Review. PubMed PMID: 26999195; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4808896.
Leonard, M. M., Camhi, S., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Fasano, A. (2016). Celiac Disease Genomic, Environmental, Microbiome, and Metabolomic (CDGEMM) Study Design: Approach to the Future of Personalized Prevention of Celiac Disease. Nutrients, 7(11):9325-36. doi: 10.3390/nu7115470. PubMed PMID: 26569299; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4663598. (Impact factor of the journal: 3.67)
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Garcia, M., Kenny, A., Bihuniak, J. D., & Kerstetter, J. (2016). Methodological Quality of Meta-Analyses on the Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Review. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 03(3):841-50. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.112771. Epub 2016 Feb 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 26864357. (Impact factor of the journal: 6.8)
Mignano, C., Faghri, P. D., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Cherniack, M. (2016). Psychological Health, Behavior and Bodyweight (PBBW) model: An evaluation of predictors of health behaviors and body mass index (BMI). Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 31 (1), 37 – 56. doi/abs/10.1080/15555240.2015.1100518.
Bruneau, M. L., Johnson, B. T., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Larson, K. A., Ash, G. I., & Pescatello, L.S. (2015). The blood pressure response to acute and chronic aerobic exercise: A meta-analysis of candidate gene association studies. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 19(5):424-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.05.009. Epub 2015 Jun 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 26122461.(Impact factor of the journal: 3.19)
Rawal, S., Hoffman, H. J., Bainbridge, K. E., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Duffy, V. B. (2015). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Self-Reported Smell and Taste Alterations: Results from the 2011–2012 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Chemical Senses, 41(1):69-76. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjv057. Epub 2015 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 26487703; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4715252. (Impact factor of the journal: 3.19)
Rawal, S., Hoffman, H. J., Honda, M., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Duffy, V. B. (2015). The Taste and Smell Protocol in the 2011–2014 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Test–Retest Reliability and Validity Testing. Chemosensory Perception, 8 (3): 138 – 148. doi:10.1007/s12078-015-9194-7 (Impact factor of the journal: 1.30)
Cloutier, M. M., Wiley, J., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Ohannessian, C. M., Grant, A., Hernandez, D., & Gorin, A. A. (2015). Outcomes from a Pediatric Primary Care Weight Management Program: Steps to Growing Up Healthy. Journal of Pediatrics, 167(2):372-7.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.05.028. Epub 2015 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 26073106. (Impact factor of the journal: 3.79)
Sharafi, M., Peracchio, H., Scarmo, S., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Mayne, S. T., Cartmel, B., & Duffy, V. B. (2015). Preschool-Adapted Liking Survey (PALS): A brief and valid method to assess dietary quality of preschoolers. Childhood Obesity, 1 1(5):530-40. doi: 10.1089/chi.2015.0037. Epub 2015 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 26322657. (Impact factor of the journal: 1.87)
Garza, J. L., Dugan, A. G; Faghri, P. D, Gorin, A. A., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Kenny, A. M., Cherniack, M. G., & Cavallari, J. M. (2015). Demographic, health-related, and work-related factors associated with body mass index and body fat percentage among workers at six Connecticut manufacturing companies across different age groups: a cohort study. BMC Obes., 20;2:43. doi: 10.1186/s40608-015-0073-1. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26509040; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4617478. (Impact factor of the journal: 4.84)
Faghri, P. D., Chin, W. S.Y., Huedo-Medina, T. B. (2015). The link between musculoskeletal pain, lifestyle behaviors, exercise self-efficacy, and quality of life in overweight and obese individuals. International Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3: 255. doi:4172/2329-9096.1000255
Chen, Y., Li, X., Shen, Z., Zhou, Y., Tang, Z., & Huedo-Medina, T. B. (2015). Contextual Influence on Condom Use in Commercial Sex Venues: a Multi-level Analysis among Female Sex Workers and Gatekeepers in Guangxi, China. Social Science Research, 52, 124-131. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.01.010. (Impact factor of the journal: 1.50).
Shrestha, R., Huedo-Medina, T., & Copenhaver, M. (2015). Gender Differences in Associations between Neurocognitive Impairment and Cocaine Use among High-Risk Cocaine-Dependent Methadone-Maintained Patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 156(0), e204.
Shresta, R., Huedo-Medina, T.B., & Copenhaver, M. M. (2015). Sex-related differences in self-reported neurocognitive impairment among high-risk cocaine users in methadone maintenance treatment program. Substance abuse: research and treatment, 9 (17). PMID:25861219 PMCID:pmc4363005
LaCroix, J. M., Snyder, L. M., & Huedo-Medina, T. B., Johnson, B. T. (2014). Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for HIV Prevention, 1986-2013: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 66 Suppl 3:S329-40. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000230. PubMed PMID: 25007204. (Impact factor of the journal: 4.55)
Johnson, B. T., MacDonald, H. V., Bruneau, M. L., Goldsby, T. U., Brown, J. C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Pescatello, L. S. (2014). Methodological quality of meta-analysis on the blood pressure response to exercise: a review. Journal of Hypertension 32 (4), 706-723. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000097. Review. PubMed PMID: 24463936. (Impact factor of the journal: 4.22)
Bihuniak, J. D., Sullivan, R. R., Simpson, C. A., Caseria, D. M., Huedo-Medina, T. B., O’Brien, K. O., Kerstetter, J. E., & Insogna, K. L. (2014). Supplementing a low-protein diet with dibasic amino acids increases urinary calcium excretion in young women. The Journal of Nutrition, 144 (3), 282-8. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.185009. Epub 2014 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 24431325; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3927545. (Impact factor of the journal: 4.20)
Johnson, B.T. and Huedo-Medina, T.B. (2013). Meta-Analytic Statistical Inferences for Continuous Measure Outcomes as a Function of Effect Size Metric and Other Assumptions. Methods Research Report, No. 13-EHC075-EF. (Prepared by the University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital Evidence-Based Practice Center under Contract No. 290200710067.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm. PMID: 23741762
Espada, J. P., Ballester, R., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Remor, E., Secades, R., Orgilés, M., & Martínez-Lorca, M. (2013). Development of a new instrument to assess AIDS-related attitudes among Spanish Youngsters. Anales de Psicología, 29 (1), 83 – 89. doi.org/10.6018/analesps.29.1.132301.
Coman, E., Weeks, M.R., Yanovitzky, I., Iordache, E., Barbour, R., Coman, M.A., Huedo-Medina, T.B. (2013). The impact of information about the female condom on female condom use among males and females from a US urban community. AIDS and Behavior. 27(6), 2194 – 2201 (doi: 1007/s10461-012-0381-0). (Impact factor of the journal: 3.19)
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Kirsch, I., Middlemass, J., Klonizakis, M., Siriwardena, A. N. (2012). Effectiveness of Z-drug hypnotics in the treatment of adult insomnia: meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. British Medical Journal. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8343). (Impact factor of the journal: 17.44)
Espada, J. P., Orgilés, M., Morales, A., Ballester, R., & Huedo-Medina, T. B.^¹ (2012). Effectiveness of a school HIV/AIDS prevention program for Spanish adolescents. AIDS Education and Prevention, 24 (6), 500 – 513. Openview/14e2aac66f4fbd4d514c6b2a0c4f0b02/1 (Impact factor of the journal: 1.88)
Eaton, L., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Kalichman, S. C., Pellowski, J. A., Popat, A. R., Sagherian, M. J., Warren, M. R., & Johnson, B. T. (2012). Meta-analysis of single-session behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: Implications for bundling multiple prevention packages. American Journal of Public Health, 102(11):e34-44. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300968. Epub 2012 Sep 20. PubMed PMID: 22994247; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3477958. (Impact factor of the journal: 4.37)
Orgilés, M., Méndez, X., Spence, S.H., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Espada, J. P. (2012). Anxiety disorders symptoms in Spanish children. Child psychiatry and human development, 43(2), 271-281. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0265-y
Orgilés, M., Espada, J. P., Johnson, B. T., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Carratala, E. (2012). parental divorce and adolescent sexual behaviors. Psicothema, 25(2), 211-216.(PMID 22420347).
Ortego, C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Santos, P., Rodríguez, E., Sevilla, M., Warren, M. R., Llorca, J. (2012). Sex differences in adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy: A Meta-analysis. AIDS Care. 04/2012, 1 – 16. doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2012.672722.
Orgilés, M., Johnson, B. T., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Espada, J. P. (2012). Self-concept and social anxiety as predictor variables of academic performance of Spanish adolescents with divorced parents. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 10 (1): 057 – 072. (ISSN: 1696-2095, n26)
Lennon, C. A., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Gerwien, D. P., & Johnson, B. T. (2012). A role for depression in sexual risk reduction for women? A meta-analysis of HIV prevention trials with depression outcomes. Social Sciences and Medicine. 75(4):688-98. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.016. Epub 2012 Feb 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 22444458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3383381.
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Johnson, B. T., & Kirsch, I. (2012). Antidepressant drug effects are small, and drug and placebo effects are additive: Reconsidering Fountoulakis and Möller’s re-analysis of the Kirsch data. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 115(8):1193-8. doi: 10.1017/S1461145711001878. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 22433169.
Brown, J. C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Pestacello, L. S., Ryan, S. M., Pescatello, S. M., Moker, E. A., LaCroix, J. M., Ferrer, R. A., & Johnson, B. T. (2012). The efficacy of exercise interventions on depression among cancer survivors: A meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 7(1):e30955. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030955. Epub 2012 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 22303474; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3267760.
Tan, J. Y., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Warren, M. R., Carey, M. P., & Johnson, B. T. (2012). Efficacy of HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Asia: A meta-analysis. Social Sciences and Medicine, 4(75), 676 – 687. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.038. Epub 2011 Oct 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 22001231; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3288715.
Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Warren, M. R., Johnson, B. T., & Carey, M. P. (2011). Efficacy of behavioral interventions to increase condom use and reduce incident sexually transmitted infections: A meta-analysis, 1991 to 2010. JAIDS, 58, 489-498. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31823554d7. PubMed PMID: 22083038.
Ortego, C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Viejo, J., & Llorca, J. (2011). Adherence to highly active antirretroviral therapy (HAART) in Spain. A Meta-analysis. Gaceta Sanitaria, 25 (4), 282 – 289. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.10.016. Epub 2011 May 5. PubMed PMID: 21546132.
Johnson, B. T. & Huedo-Medina, T. B. (2011). Depicting estimates using the intercept in meta-regression models: The moving constant technique. Research Synthesis Methods, 2(3), 204-220. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.49. PubMed PMID: 24920964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4049468.
Ortego, C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Llorca, J., Sevilla, L., Santos, P., Rodríguez, E., Warren, M. R., & Viejo, J. (2011). Adherence to highly active antirretroviral therapy (HAART): A Meta-analysis. AIDS & Behavior, 15(7):1381-96 doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9942-x. PubMed PMID: 21468660.
Espada, J. P., Sussman, S., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Alfonso, J. P. (2011). Relation between substance use and depression among Spanish adolescents. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 11(1), 79 – 90. (ISSN 1577-7057).
Johnson, B. T., Scott-Sheldon, L. A. J., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Carey, M. P. (2011). Interventions to reduce sexual risk for HIV in adolescents, 1985 – 2008. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 175(1), 77 – 84. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.251. Review. PubMed PMID: 21199984; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4361805.
Brown, J. C., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Pescatello, L. S., Pescatello, S. M., Ferrer, R. A., & Johnson, B. T. (2011). Efficacy of exercise interventions in modulating cancer-related fatigue among adult cancer survivors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 20, 120 – 133. . doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0988. Epub 2010 Nov 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 21051654.
Tan, J. Y., Huedo‐Medina, T. B., Lennon, C. A., White, A. C., & Johnson, B. T. (2010). Us versus Them in Context: Meta-Analysis as a Tool for Geotemporal Trends in Inter-group Relations. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 11(2), 172 – 181. PubMed PMID: 24910718; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4045643.
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Boynton, M. H., LaCroix, J. M., Warren, M. R., Carey, M. P., & Johnson, B. T. (2010). Efficacy of HIV prevention intervention in Latin American and Caribbean Nations, 1995 – 2008: A Meta-analysis. AIDS & Behavior,14(6), 1237 – 1244. doi./10.1007/s10461-010-9763-3. PubMed PMID: 20661768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4361789.
Ferrer, R. A., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Johnson, B. T., Stacey, R., & Pescatello, L. (2010). Exercise interventions for cancer survivors: A meta-analysis of Quality of Life Outcomes. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 41(1):32-47. doi: 10.1007/s12160-010-9225-1. PubMed PMID: 20931309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3712334.
Espada, J. P., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Orgilés, M., Secades, R., Ballester, R. y Remor, E. (2009). Propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Conocimientos sobre VIH/SIDA para adolescentes (VIH-KS)[Psychometric properties of HIV/AIDS Knowledge Scale for Adolescents (VIH-KS)]. Health and Addictions/Salud y drogas, 9, 149-164. ISSN: 1578-5319.
Alfonso, J. P., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Espada, J. P. (2009). Factores de riesgo predictores del patrón de consumo de drogas durante la adolescencia [Risk factors for drug use among adolescents]. Anales de Psicología, 25(2), 330-338.Doi.org/10.6018/analesps.
Snyder, L. B., Hamilton, M. A., & Huedo-Medina, T. (2009). Does evaluation design impact communication campaign effect size? A meta-analysis. Communication Methods and Measures, 3 (1 – 2), 84 – 104.
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Johnson, B.T., & Kirsch, I. (2008). Results about antidepressants remain robust: Author replies to statistical commentaries. On-line reply published in PLoS Medicine.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045
Johnson, B.T., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Kirsch, I., & Deacon, B. (2008). Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: Author replies to commentaries. On-line reply published in PLoS Medicine.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045
Kirsch, I., Deacon, B. J., Huedo-Medina, T. B., Scoboria, A., Moore, T. J., & Johnson, B. T. (2008). Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: A meta-analysis of data submitted to the FDA. PLoS Medicine, 5(2): e45 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045²
Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Johnson, B. T. (2007). I² is subject to the same statistical power problems as Cochran’s Q. Rapid response published 4 January 2007 in British Medical Journal. [Letter to editor].
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Sánchez-Meca, J., Marín-Martínez, F., & Botella, J. (2006). Assessing heterogeneity in meta-analysis: I² or Q statistic? Psychological Methods, 11, 193-206. PubMed PMID: 16784338.
Huedo-Medina, T. B., Sánchez-Meca, J., & Marín-Martínez, F. (2004). Estimación del tamaño del efecto medio en un meta-análisis: Una comparación entre los modelos de efectos fijos y aleatorios. [Estimating the mean effect size in a meta-analysis: A comparison between fixed- and random-effects models.] Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Volumen Especial, 307-315. ISSN: 15759105
Martín Martínez, F., Sánchez Meca, J., & Huedo-Medina, T. B. (2004). El coste de la dicotomización en meta-análisis. [The price of dichotomizing in meta-analysis.] Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Volumen Especial, 399-412. ISSN: 15759105
Martínez-Artero, R. Nortes-Checa, A.; Huedo-Medina, T. B., & López-Pina, J. A. (2003). Conocimientos matemáticos de maestros en formación. [Mathematical knowledge of teachers in training.] Suma, 44, 71-81.
Martínez-Sánchez, F., Ato-García, M., Córcoles-Adán, E., Huedo-Medina, T. B., & Selva-España, J. J. (1998). Stability in alexithymia levels: a longitudinal analysis on various emotional answers. Personality and Individual Differences, 24(5), 767-722. doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00239-0
Córcoles-Adán, E. & Huedo-Medina, T. B. (1998). Esquizofrenia: un reto de la psicopatología [Schizophrenia: a challenge of psychopathology]. Mente en Blanco, 1(0), 58-69.
Huedo-Medina, T. B. & Córcoles-Adán, E. (1998). El abuso sexual en la infancia [Sexual abuse in childhood]. Mente en Blanco, 1(0), 50-56.

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