Sylvia E. Badon, PhD

sylvia.e.badon@kp.org

Sylvia Badon, PhD, is a perinatal and women’s health epidemiologist whose research focuses on the role of physical activity and other health-impacting behaviors in prevention of adverse health outcomes across the life course in women and children. Dr. Badon’s research seeks to inform clinical and public health recommendations and interventions for healthy lifestyle during pregnancy, postpartum, and midlife.

Dr. Badon holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from Northwestern University, and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Washington.

Current Positions

Research Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Section Affiliations

Women’s and Children’s Health

Primary Research Interests

Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep
Fetal growth and childhood obesity
Cardiometabolic health in women
Gestational weight gain

Studies

Wellness coaching during pregnancy and maternal weight outcomes

Study to determine if individuals who participated in Wellness Coaching have lower risk of high gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention compared with individuals who did not participate in Wellness Coaching. Electronic health record data will be used to assess Wellness Coaching participation (including frequency and timing of participation) and weight outcomes (gestational weight gain and postpartum weight retention).

Investigator: Badon, Sylvia

Funder: KP National Office of Community Health

Using a 24-Hour Movement Framework to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

The goal of this K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award is to better understand associations of 24-hour movement profiles during pregnancy (consisting of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep) and maternal and infant outcomes. This Award includes training in the analysis of accelerometer-measured physical activity data, compositional data analysis, sleep physiology and measurement, and collection of quantitative data.

Investigator: Badon, Sylvia

Funder: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Preventing Postpartum Depression: Exercise as Medicine

This intervention study will randomize 200 postpartum women at increased risk of postpartum depression to an eHealth physical activity intervention and assess the efficacy of the intervention on increasing physical activity and decreasing postpartum depressive symptoms. Additionally, this study will identify actionable areas for implementation of this eHealth intervention in an integrated health care delivery system.

Investigator: Avalos, Lyndsay; Badon, Sylvia

Funder: KP-NBA Partnership

Publications

Longitudinal Changes in Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) and Risk of Incident Diabetes: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

Authors: Hedderson, Monique M;Capra, Angela;Lee, Catherine;Habel, Laurel A;Lee, Jennifer;Gold, Ellen B;Badon, Sylvia E;Mitro, Susanna D;El Khoudary, Samar R

Diabetes Care. 2024 Apr 01;47(4):676-682.

Sylvia E. Badon, PhD

Current Positions

Section Affiliations

Primary Research Interests

Studies

Wellness coaching during pregnancy and maternal weight outcomes

Using a 24-Hour Movement Framework to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

Preventing Postpartum Depression: Exercise as Medicine

Publications

Longitudinal Changes in Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) and Risk of Incident Diabetes: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

Behavior reallocations within 24-h movement profiles and change in cardiometabolic biomarkers during pregnancy

Racial-Ethnic Differences in Treatment Initiation for New Diagnoses of Perinatal Depression

Associations between antidepressant use patterns during pregnancy and birth outcomes among periconception antidepressant users

Maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with treating hypertension in pregnancy at different thresholds

Daytime napping and nighttime sleep in pregnant individuals with insomnia disorder

Method for Activity Sleep Harmonization (MASH): a novel method for harmonizing data from two wearable devices to estimate 24-h sleep-wake cycles

Changes in 24-Hour Movement Behaviors From Early to Late Pregnancy in Individuals With Prepregnancy Overweight or Obesity

Antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth rates across gestation: a cross-sectional study using the revised foetal death reporting system in the U.S

Coping strategies for COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and mental health during pregnancy

A Web-Based mHealth Intervention With Telephone Support to Increase Physical Activity Among Pregnant Patients With Overweight or Obesity: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Association of Glyburide and Subcutaneous Insulin With Perinatal Complications Among Women With Gestational Diabetes

Associations of COVID-19-Related Health, Healthcare and Economic Factors With Prenatal Depression and Anxiety

Maternal and neonatal outcomes of antihypertensive treatment in pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study

Contributions of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health During Pregnancy

Lifestyle-related education and counseling resource utilization and cardiovascular biomarkers in midlife women with low physical activity

Healthy preconception and early-pregnancy lifestyle and risk of preterm birth: a prospective cohort study

Perceived Barriers and Motivators for Physical Activity in Women With Perinatal Depression

Dual trajectories of physical activity and blood lipids in midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

Gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes by pre-pregnancy BMI category in women with chronic hypertension: A cohort study

COVID-19 prevalence, symptoms, and sociodemographic disparities in infection among insured pregnant women in Northern California

Gestational weight gain, birthweight and early-childhood obesity: between- and within-family comparisons

Leisure Time Physical Activity, Sedentary Time in Pregnancy, and Infant Weight at Approximately 12 Months

Identifying hypertension in pregnancy using electronic medical records: The importance of blood pressure values

Pre- and Early Pregnancy Onset Depression and Subsequent Rate of Gestational Weight Gain

Walking for health during pregnancy: A literature review and considerations for future research

Risk factors for low birth weight among rural and urban Malaysian women

Associations of pre-pregnancy body mass index, middle-upper arm circumference, and gestational weight gain

A Pre-Pregnancy Biomarker Risk Score Improves Prediction of Future Gestational Diabetes

Maternal sedentary behavior during pre-pregnancy and early pregnancy and mean offspring birth size: a cohort study

Healthy Lifestyle During Early Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Maternal healthy lifestyle during early pregnancy and offspring birthweight: differences by offspring sex

Placental genetic variations in vitamin D metabolism and birthweight

Leisure Time Physical Activity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Omega Study

Maternal Leisure Time Physical Activity and Infant Birth Size

Associations of Early and Late Gestational Weight Gain with Infant Birth Size

Genetic risk score for prediction of newborn adiposity and large-for-gestational-age birth

Gestational weight gain and neonatal adiposity in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome study-North American region

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