Publications
179
Citations
3,560
Est. group size
~26
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
29
Publishing since 1998
Brian C. Focht studies physical activity, weight management, and behavioral interventions in populations affected by obesity, kidney transplantation, and cancer. His work often examines how social, environmental, and neighborhood factors influence health behaviors and outcomes such as weight loss after bariatric surgery, and he also investigates exercise interventions (including resistance training) for recovery, fitness, and cognitive function in various clinical groups. Much of this research uses pilot studies, feasibility trials, and applied health behavior frameworks.
Publication output was fairly steady at 9-11 papers per year from 2017-2022, peaked sharply in 2023, and has declined in the most recent two years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- The mediating role of social support in behavioral changes and weight loss outcomes among overweight Appalachian adults
Journal of Behavioral Medicine · 2025
- Correction: The feasibility of Technology, Application, Self-Management for Kidney (TASK) intervention in post-kidney transplant recipients using a pre/posttest design
Pilot and Feasibility Studies · 2024
- Transportation Factors and Postoperative Attendance and Weight Loss Through 24 Months
Obesity Surgery · 2023
- The feasibility of Technology, Application, Self-Management for Kidney (TASK) intervention in post-kidney transplant recipients using a pre/posttest design
Pilot and Feasibility Studies · 2023
- Proximity to High/Moderate vs Low Diversity Selection Food Stores and Patient Weight loss through 24 Months
Obesity Surgery · 2023
- Differences in obesity-related health behaviors and health outcomes by rural and Appalachian residency
Cancer Causes & Control · 2023
- The Effects of Resistance Training on Physical Fitness and Neuromotor-Cognitive Functions in Adults With Down Syndrome
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences · 2022
- Influence of Nutritional Ketosis Achieved through Various Methods on Plasma Concentrations of Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor
Brain Sciences · 2022
- The BARI-hoods Project: neighborhood social determinants of health and postoperative weight loss using integrated electronic health record, census, and county data
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases · 2022
- Lessons Learned for Training a Research Team and Teaching Kidney Transplant Recipients How to Use a Mobile Health Technology for Dietary Intake and Physical Activity via a Virtual Platform
Nephrology Nursing Journal · 2022
- Acute Floatation-REST Improves Perceived Recovery After a High-Intensity Resistance Exercise Stress in Trained Men
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2022
- Effects Of Floatation Therapy On Endogenous Opioid Peptides After Resistance Exercise In Men
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2022
- Body image, physical activity and psychological health in older female cancer survivors
Journal of Geriatric Oncology · 2021
- Maintenance phase of a physical activity intervention in older kidney transplant recipients: A 12-month follow-up
Geriatric Nursing · 2021
- Patient Access, Utilization, and Perceptions of Neighborhood and Built Environment Resources
Obesity Surgery · 2021
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise×36
- Obesity Surgery×6
- Journal of Geriatric Oncology×5
- PLoS ONE×4
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine×3
- Steve Amireault
Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Navin Kaushal
Medicine · Indiana University
- J. N. Morris
Medicine · The Ohio State University
- NiCole R. Keith
Medicine · Indiana University
- Vanessa M. Martinez Kercher
Medicine · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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