Elizabeth Salerno, PhD, MPH

Specialty Areas

• Physical activity research at the intersection of cancer and aging
• Accelerated aging
• Implementation of lifestyle behaviors into the standard of care

Degrees

Graduate School:

MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2013

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, 2017

MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2018

Professional Memberships

Areas of Research Interest

Publications

Learmonth, Y.C., Awick, E.A. , McAuley, E., & Motl, R.W. (2014). Quality of life and health-related quality of life over one year in older women: Monitoring stability and reliability of measurement. Social Indicators Research, 123(1), 267-279.

Gothe, N.P., Fanning, J.T., Awick, E.A.1, Chung, H.D., Wójcicki, T.R., Olson, E.A., Mullen, S.P., Voss, M., Erickson, K.I., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2014). Executive function processes predict mobility outcomes in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(2), 285-290. PubMed PMCID: PMC3927159

Burzynska, A.Z., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Voss, M.W., Wong, C.N., Gothe, N.P., Olson, E.A., Knecht, A., Lewis, A., Cooke, G., Wojcicki, T.R., Fanning, J.T., Chung, H.D., Awick, E.A. , McAuley, E., & Kramer, A.F. (2014). Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are beneficial for white matter in low-fit older adults. PLoS one, 9(9), e107413. PubMed PMCID: PMC4167864

Olson, E.A., Fanning, J.T., Awick, E.A.1, Chung, H.D., and McAuley, E. (2014). Differential trajectories of well-being in older adult women: The role of optimism. Applied Psychology: Health & Well-Being, 6(3), 362-380. PubMed PMCID: PMC5483851

Awick, E.A.1, Wójcicki, T.R., Olson, E.A., Fanning, J.T., Chung, H.D., Zuniga, K.E., Mackenzie, M.J., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2014). Differential exercise effects on quality of life and health-related quality of life in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Quality of Life Research, 24(2), 455-462. PubMed PMCID: PMC4312264

Wójcicki, T.R., Fanning, J.T., Awick, E.A.1, Chung, H.D., Olson, E.A., Motl, R.W., & McAuley, E. (2014). Maintenance effects on a DVD-delivered exercise intervention on physical function in older adults. Journal of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, glu188. PubMed PMCID: PMC4506320

Gothe, N.P., Wójcicki, T.R., Olson, E.A., Fanning, J.T., Awick, E.A.1, Chung, H.D., Zuniga, K.E., Mackenzie, M.J., Motl, R.W., & McAuley, E. (2015). Physical activity levels and patterns in older adults: The influence of a DVD-delivered exercise program. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38(1), 91-97. PubMed PMCID: PMC5515285

Chaddock-Heyman, L., Mackenzie, M.J., Zuniga, K.E., Cooke, G., Awick, E.A.1, Roberts, S.A., Erickson, K.I., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A.F. (2015). Higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels are associated with greater hippocampal volume in breast cancer survivors. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9. PubMed PMCID: PMC4549568

Phillips, S.M., Awick, E.A.1, Conroy, D.E., Pellegrini, C.A., Mailey, E.L., & McAuley, E. (2015). Objectively-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior and quality of life indicators in breast cancer survivors. Cancer, 121(22), 4044-4052. PubMed PMCID: PMC4635035

Oberlin, L.E., Verstynen, T.D., Burzynska, A.Z., Voss, M.W., Prakash, R.S., Chaddock Heyman, L., Wong, C., Fanning, J., Awick, E.1, Gothe, N. and Phillips, S.M., (2015). White matter microstructure mediates the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and spatial working memory in older adults. Neuroimage, 131, 91-101. PubMed PMCID: PMC4826637

Voss, M.W., Weng, T.B., Burzynska, A., Wong, C.N., Cooke, G.E., Clark, R., Fanning, J., Awick, E.1, Gothe, N.P., Olson, E.A., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F. (2015). Fitness, but not physical activity, is related to functional integrity of brain networks associated with aging. Neuroimage, 131, 113-125. PubMed PMCID: PMC4837101

Mackenzie, M.J., Zuniga, K.E., Raine, L.B., Awick, E.A. , Hillman, C.H., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2016). Associations between physical fitness indices and working memory in breast cancer survivors and age-matched controls. Journal of Women’s Health, 25(1), 99-108. PubMed PMCID: PMC4741207

 Nagamatsu, L.S., Weinstein, A.M., Erickson, K.I., Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2016). Exercise mode moderates the relationship between mobility and brain volume in healthy older adults. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 64(1), 102-108. PubMed PMCID: PMC4721260

Cooke, G.E., Wetter, N.C., Banducci, S.E., Mackenzie, M.J., Zuniga, K.E., Awick, E.A.1, Roberts, S.A., Sutton, B.P., McAuley, E. & Kramer, A. (2016). Moderate physical activity mediates the association between white matter lesion volume and memory recall in breast cancer survivors. PLoS one, 11(2), e0149552. PubMed PMCID: PMC4767728

Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Wójcicki, T.R., Gothe, N.P., Roberts, S.A., Ehlers, D.K., Motl, R.W., & McAuley, E. (2016). Effects of a DVD-delivered exercise intervention on maintenance of physical activity in older adults. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13(6), 594-598. PubMed PMCID: PMC5516906

Phillips, S.M., Lloyd, G.R., Awick, E.A.1, & McAuley, E. (2016). Correlates of objectively-measured sedentary behavior in breast cancer survivors. Cancer Causes and Control, 27(6), 787-795. PubMed PMCID: PMC5507361

Fanning, J., Porter, G.C., Awick, E.A.1, Wójcicki, T., Gothe, N.P., Roberts, S.A., Ehlers, D.K., Motel, R.W., & McAuley, E. (2016). Effects of a DVD-delivered exercise program on patterns of sedentary behavior in older adults: A randomized controlled trial. Preventive Medicine Reports, 3, 238-243. PubMed PMCID: PMC4929237

Ehlers, D.K., Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2016). Contamination effects of an active control condition in a randomized exercise trial. PLoS One, 11(10), e0164246.

Phillips, S.M., Lloyd, G.R., Awick, E.A.1, & McAuley, E. (2016). Relationship between self-reported and objectively-measured physical activity and subjective memory impairment in breast cancer survivors: Role of self-efficacy, fatigue, and distress. Psycho-Oncology, 26(9), 1390-1399. PubMed PMCID: PMC5507740

Roberts, S.A., Awick, E.A.1, Fanning, J., Ehlers, D., Motl, R.W. & McAuley, E. (2017). Long-term maintenance of physical function in older adults following a DVD-delivered exercise intervention. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 25, 27-31. PubMed PMCID: PMC5507342

Awick, E.A.1, Ehlers, D., Fanning, J., Phillips, S.M., Wójcicki, T., Motl, R., & McAuley, E. (2017). Effects of a home-based DVD-delivered physical activity program on self-esteem in older adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(1), 71-80. PubMed PMCID: PMC5182156

Ehlers, D.K., Banducci, S.E., Daugherty, A.M., Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Porter, G.C., Bursynska, A., Shen, S., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2017). Effects of gait self-efficacy and lower-extremity physical function on dual-task performance in older adults. BioMed research international, 2017, Article ID 8570969, 10 pages. PubMed PMCID: PMC5309416

Burzynska, A.Z., Jiao, Y., Knecht, A.M., Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Chen, T., Gothe, N., Voss, M.W., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A.F. (2017). White matter integrity declined over 6-months, but dance intervention improved integrity of the fornix of older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9. PubMed PMCID: PMC5352690

Fanning, J., Porter, G., Awick, E.A.1, Ehlers, D.K., Roberts, S.A., Cooke, G., Burzynska, A.Z., Voss, M.W., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2017). Replacing sedentary time with sleep, light, or moderate-vigorous physical activity: Effects on self-regulation and executive functioning. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 1-11. PubMed PMCID: PMC5332375

Ehlers, D.K., Daugherty, A.M., Burzynska, A., Fanning, J., Awick, E.A.1, Chaddock-Heyman, L., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2017). Regional brain volumes moderate, but do not mediate, the effects of group-based exercise training on reductions in loneliness in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9, 110. PubMed PMCID: PMC5403947

Awick, E.A.1, Phillips, S.M., Lloyd, G.R., & McAuley, E. (2017). Physical activity, self-efficacy and self-esteem in breast cancer survivors: a panel model. Psycho-Oncology, 26(10), 1625-1631. PubMed PMCID: PMC5555822

Awick, E.A. , Ehlers, D.K., Aguiñaga, S., Daugherty, A.M, Kramer, A.F. & McAuley, E. (2017). Effects of a randomized exercise trial on physical activity, psychological distress and quality of life in older adults. Journal of Hospital Psychiatry, 49, 44-50. PubMed PMCID: PMC5681423

Baniqued, P.L., Gallen, C.L., Voss, M.W., Burzynska, A.Z., Wong, C.N., Cooke, G.E., Duffy, K., Fanning, J., Ehlers, D.K., Salerno, E.A., Aguiñaga, S., McAuley, E., Kramer, A.F., & D’Esposito, M. (2017). Brain network modularity predicts exerciserelated executive function gains in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9, 426. PubMed PMCID: PMC5758542

Welch, W.A., Lloyd, G., Salerno, E.A., Siddique, J., McAuley, E., & Phillips, S. (2018). Measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior in breast cancer survivors. Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, 16(1), e21-e29.

Aguiñaga, S., Ehlers, D.K., Salerno, E.A., Fanning, J., Motl, R.W., & McAuley, E. (2018). Home-based physical activity program improves depression and anxiety in older adults. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15(9), 692-696. PubMed PMID: 29625012

Ehlers, D.K., Fanning, J., Salerno, E.A., Aguiñaga, S., Cosman, J., Severson, J., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2018). Replacing sedentary time with physical activity or sleep: effects on cancer-related cognitive impairment in breast cancer survivors. BMC Cancer, 18(1), 685. PubMed PMCID: PMC6019533

Voss, M.W., Sutterer, M., Weng, T., Burzynska, A.Z., Fanning, J., Salerno, E.A., Gothe, N.P., Ehlers, D.K., McAuley, E. & Kramer, A.F. (2019). Nutritional supplementation boosts aerobic exercise effects on functional brain systems. Journal of Applied Physiology, 126(1), 77-87. PubMed PMCID: PMC6383642

Mazzilli, K.M., Matthews, C.E., Salerno, E.A. & Moore, S.C. (2019). Weight training and risk of 10 common types of cancer. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. PubMed PMID: 30920488

Salerno, E.A., Rowland, K., Kramer, A.F., & McAuley, E. (2019). Acute aerobic exercise effects on cognitive function in breast cancer survivors: a randomized crossover trial. BMC Cancer, (19)1, 371. PubMed PMCID: PMC6480426

Pergolotti, M, Battisti, N.M.L., Padgett, L., Sleight, A., Abdallah, M., Newman, R., Covington, K.R., Williams, G.R., Magnuson, A., Pollock, Y. Y., Van Dyk, N.K., Salerno, E.A., van den Bos, F., Gattas, I., Ahles, T.A. (2019). Embracing the complexity: Older adults with cancer-related cognitive impairment — A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Position Paper. Journal of Geriatric Oncology. PubMed PMCID: PMC7054166

Gothe, N.P., Ehlers, D.K., Salerno, E.A., Fanning, J., Kramer, A.F. & McAuley, E. (2019). Physical activity, sleep and quality of life in older adults: Influence of physical, mental and social well-being. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. PubMed PMID: 31713442

Salerno, E.A., Wanigatunga, A.A., Yang, A., Urbanek, Y., Simonsick, E., Ferrucci, L., Resnick, S. & Schrack, J. (2019). Longitudinal association between perceived fatigability and cognitive function in older adults: Results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Journal of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences. PubMed PMID: 31828289

Matthews, C. E., Troiano, R. P., Salerno, E. A., Berrigan, D., Patel, S. B., Shiroma, E. J., & Saint-Maurice, P. F. (2020). Exploration of Confounding Due to Poor Health in an Accelerometer-Mortality Study. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 10.1249. PubMed PMID: 32472927

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