Bonnie Spring

Bonnie Spring is an American clinical health psychologist and academic. She is a professor of preventive medicine, psychology, and psychiatry at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and directs the Institute for Public Health and Medicine's Center for Behavior and Health. She has also held leadership roles in behavioral medicine, cancer prevention, and clinical and translational science. Her research has focused on health behavior change, including smoking cessation, obesity, diet, physical activity, and the integration of multiple health behaviors in prevention and treatment.[1][2][3]

Education and early career

Spring studied psychology at Bucknell University and later completed doctoral training in psychology.[4] She went on to build a career in clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine, with appointments at several academic medical institutions before joining Northwestern University.[5]

Academic career

Spring has held faculty appointments in preventive medicine, psychology, and psychiatry, and has worked at the intersection of behavioral science and public health. At Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, she became director of behavioral medicine and later directed the Center for Behavior and Health within the Institute for Public Health and Medicine.[6] She also served as co-leader for cancer prevention at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and held a leadership role in team science at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.[7][8]

Her research has emphasized the prevention and treatment of chronic disease through behavior change, particularly in relation to smoking, obesity, diet, and physical inactivity. She has also worked on technology-assisted interventions and evidence-based behavioral practice.[9][10]

Selected works

Among Spring's best-known publications are works on multiple health behavior change and evidence-based behavioral practice, including:

  • Multiple health behaviours: overview and implications (2012)[10]
  • Evidence Based Behavioral Practice (2008)[11]
  • The Make Better Choices 2 Randomized Controlled Trial (2018)
  • An Adaptive Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss Management: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2024)[9]

Honors and recognition

In 2016, Spring received an American Psychological Association Presidential Citation for advancing scientific understanding of the relationship between behavior and physical health, as well as for leadership in health psychology and technology-based practice.[1]

She also received the 2021 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine, which described the honor as the organization's highest annual award.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bonnie J. Spring, PhD, Awarded 2016 Presidential Citation". apa.org.
  2. ^ "2016 APA Presidential Citations". apa.org.
  3. ^ "American Academy of Health Behavior - Speaker Profiles 2019". aahb.org. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  4. ^ "Bonnie Spring Resume/CV | Northwestern University, Preventive Medicine, Faculty Member". northwestern.academia.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  5. ^ "An Interview with Dr. Bonnie J. Spring | Northwestern Public Health Review". sites.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  6. ^ "Bonnie Spring, Ph.D., ABPP | Center for Translational Behavioral Science". ctbs.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  7. ^ a b "Spring Receives Distinguished Scientist Award from Society of Behavioral Medicine". www.cancer.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  8. ^ Samuelson-Northwestern, Kristin (2019-09-03). "Many doctors hold back health advice for cancer survivors". Futurity. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  9. ^ a b Spring, Bonnie; Pfammatter, Angela F.; Scanlan, Laura; Daly, Elyse; Reading, Jean; Battalio, Sam; McFadden, H. Gene; Hedeker, Don; Siddique, Juned; Nahum-Shani, Inbal (2024-07-02). "An Adaptive Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss Management: A Randomized Clinical Trial". JAMA. 332 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0821. ISSN 1538-3598. PMC 11094642. PMID 38744428.
  10. ^ a b Spring, Bonnie; Pellegrini, Christine; McFadden, H. G.; Pfammatter, Angela Fidler; Stump, Tammy K.; Siddique, Juned; King, Abby C.; Hedeker, Donald (2018-06-19). "Multicomponent mHealth Intervention for Large, Sustained Change in Multiple Diet and Activity Risk Behaviors: The Make Better Choices 2 Randomized Controlled Trial". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20 (6) e10528. doi:10.2196/10528. ISSN 1438-8871. PMC 6030572. PMID 29921561.
  11. ^ "Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice". McGraw Hill Medical. Archived from the original on 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2026-03-23.

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