Danielle Downs

Professor of Kinesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Danielle Downs

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

Adaptive, personalized Healthy Mom Zone gestational weight gain intervention with novel digital platform and automated dosage change decisions: Study design and protocol.

D Downs, JMIR Research Protocols

Feasibility and acceptability of a mobile health guided imagery intervention to address multiple prenatal health behaviors.

P Giacobbi, Danielle Downs, T Haggerty, S Pidhorskyi, D Long, M Clemmer, M Olfert, S Steinman, K Kinnamon, N Rao, H Staggs, T Hulsey, D Adjeroh, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health on p. 664-670

Prenatal sleep quality moderates postpartum depressive symptoms among women with overweight/obesity.

A Pauley, Danielle Downs, Annals of Beavioral Medicine

Promoting recruitment of vulnerable women and families with health disparities using geotargeting and mapping strategies.

A Pauley, J Sassaman, B Ostlund, L Bailey-Davis, R Eiden, J Neiderhiser, Danielle Downs, Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Network-dependent variability in functional connectivity alterations after mild traumatic brain injury and repetitive head impacts: A systematic review.

O Griffith, J Kelly, P Arnett, D Downs, F Hillary, S Slobounov, 2025, Medical Research Archives on p. 1-10

Pregnant Adults’ Interest in Physical and Mental Health Behavior Change Interventions Using Mobile Technology

Natalie M. Yarish, Cassidy M. Sandoval, Alicia Moulder, Meredith I. Turner, Danielle Symons Downs, Kristin E. Heron, 2025, Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science

Transportation, childcare, lodging, and meals: Key for participant engagement and inclusion of historically underrepresented populations in the healthy brain and child development birth cohort

Aleksandra E. Zgierska, Tatum Gramly, Nicholas Prestayko, Danielle Symons Downs, Traci M. Murray, Lea G. Yerby, Brittany Howell, Barbara Stahlman, Jennifer Cruz, Arjola Agolli, Holly Horan, Florence Hilliard, Julie M. Croff, 2024, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Every sip counts: Understanding hydration behaviors and user-acceptability of digital tools to promote adequate intake during early and late pregnancy

Abigail M. Pauley, Asher Y. Rosinger, Jennifer Savage Williams, D Conroy, D Downs, David E. Conroy, Danielle Symons Downs, 2024, PLOS Digital Health on p. e0000499

New parents' sleep, movement, health, and well-being across the postpartum period

C Kracht, C Blanchard, D Downs, M Beauchamp, R Rhodes, 2024, Behavioral Sleep Medicine

COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Perceived Loneliness as a Potential Risk Factor for Worse Outcomes Among People Who are Pregnant or Postpartum

Emma C. Allen, Ellen Goldstein, Robert Lennon, Arthur Berg, Caitlin J. Regner, Danielle Symons Downs, Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Rina Das Eiden, Aleksandra Zgierska, 2024, Wisconsin Medical Journal on p. 515-520

Most-Cited Papers

Postpartum Perceived Stress Explains the Association between Perceived Social Support and Depressive Symptoms

Krista S. Leonard, M. Blair Evans, Kristen H. Kjerulff, Danielle Symons Downs, 2020, Women's Health Issues on p. 231-239

Associations between prenatal sleep and psychological health: A systematic review

Abigail Pauley, Ginger A. Moore, A. Pauli, Scherezade Mama, G Moore, Peter Molenaar, S Mama, S. Symons Downs, Danielle Symons Downs, 2020, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine on p. 619-630

Breastfeeding initiation and duration and child health outcomes in the first baby study

Krista L. Pattison, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, Erik Lehman, Jennifer S. Savage, Danielle Symons Downs, Krista S. Leonard, Elizabeth L. Adams, Ian M. Paul, Kristen H. Kjerulff, 2019, Preventive Medicine on p. 1-6

Individually tailored, adaptive intervention to manage gestational weight gain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial in women with overweight and obesity

Danielle Symons Downs, Jennifer S. Savage, Daniel E. Rivera, Joshua M. Smyth, Barbara J. Rolls, Emily E. Hohman, Katherine M. McNitt, Allen R. Kunselman, Christy Stetter, Abigail M. Pauley, Krista S. Leonard, Penghong Guo, 2018, JMIR Research Protocols

The Preconception Period analysis of Risks and Exposures Influencing health and Development (PrePARED) consortium

E Harville, G Mishra, E Yeung, S Mumford, E Schisterman, A Jukic, E Hatch, E Mikkelsen, H Jiang, Deborah Ehrenthal, C Porucznik, J Stanford, S Wen, A Harvey, Danielle Symons Downs, C Yajnik, D Santillan, M Santillan, T McElrath, J Woo, E Urbina, J Chavarro, D Sotres-Alvarez, L Bazzano, J Zhang, A Steiner, E Gunderson, L Wise, 2019, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology on p. 490-502

Randomized Face-to-face vs. Home exercise interventions in pregnant women with gestational diabetes

Danielle Symons Downs, Jennifer M. DiNallo, Leann L. Birch, Ian M. Paul, Jan S. Ulbrecht, 2017, Psychology of Sport and Exercise on p. 73-81

Predicting the physical activity of new parents who participated in a physical activity intervention

Ryan E. Rhodes, Mark R. Beauchamp, Alison Quinlan, Danielle Symons Downs, Darren E.R. Warburton, Chris M. Blanchard, 2021, Ethics in Science and Medicine

Assessment of postural sway with a pendant-mounted wearable sensor

Andris Freivalds, S Lyu, Stephen Piazza, Shubo Lyu, A Freivalds, Shubo Lyu, Danielle Downs, Danielle Downs, Stephen J. Piazza, 2021, Gait and Posture on p. 199-205

Rationale and design of the women’s health and daily experiences project: Protocol for an ecological momentary assessment study to identify real-time predictors of midlife women’s physical activity

Danielle Arigo, Megan Brown, Kristen Pasko, Matthew Ainsworth, Laura Travers, Adarsh Gupta, Danielle Symons Downs, Joshua Smyth, 2020, JMIR Research Protocols on p. e19044

A comparison of theory of planned behavior beliefs and healthy eating between couples without children and first-time parents

Rebecca L. Bassett-Gunter, Ryna Levy-Milne, Patti Jean Naylor, Danielle Symons Downs, Cecilia Benoit, Darren E.R. Warburton, Chris M. Blanchard, Ryan E. Rhodes, 2015, Journal of Nutrition Education on p. 216-224.e1