Ran Xu
Assistant Professor/Allied Health Sciences

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Scholarly Contributions

67 Scholarly Contributions

57
Journal Articles
9
Poster/Presentations
1
Book Chapter
Using Crowdsourced Food Image Data for Assessing Restaurant Nutrition Environment: A Validation Study
2023
Ran Xu, Weixuan Lyu, Nina Seok, Xiang Chen
Research Type: Journal Article

Construct validity of the Charitable Food Nutrition Index
2023
Ran Xu, Maria F Gombi-Vaca, Marlene B Schwartz, Caitlin E Caspi
Research Type: Journal Article

Forest stressors and roadside vegetation management in an exurban landscape
2023
Anita T. Morzillo, Ran Xu, Jacob Cabral
Research Type: Journal Article

An Evaluation of a Personalized Multicomponent Commercial Digital Weight Management Program: Single-Arm Behavioral Trial
2023
Richard Bannor, Tiffany Bullard, Michelle I Cardel, Gary D Foster, Matthew Schroeder, Sherry Pagoto, Joseph DiVito, Kaylei Arcangel, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Enhancing long-term forecasting: Learning from COVID-19 models
2022
Hazhir Rahmandad, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Assessing the Effects of a Statewide Training Initiative on Local School Wellness Policies.
2022
Ran Xu, S L McKee, MARLENE B SCHWARTZ
Research Type: Journal Article

A missing behavioural feedback in COVID-19 models is the key to several puzzles
2022
Hazhir Rahmandad, Ran Xu, Navid Ghaffarzadegan
Research Type: Journal Article

The Mann-Kendall-Sneyers test to identify the change points of COVID-19 time series in the United States
2022
Hui Wang, Weixuan Lyu, Xiang Chen, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Retail Soda Purchases Decrease and Water Purchases Increase: 6-Year Results From a Community-Based Beverage Campaign
2022
Abiodun T Atoloye, Brooke L Bennett, Nicolette Highsmit H Vernick, Ran Xu, Glenn E Schneider, Marlene B Schwartz, Yoon-Youn Y Choi, Lawrence J Appel
Research Type: Journal Article

Predicting Participant Engagement in a Social Media--Delivered Lifestyle Intervention Using Microlevel Conversational Data: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
2022
Joseph Divito, Richard Bannor, Ran Xu, Matthew Schroeder, Sherry Pagoto
Research Type: Journal Article

Contagion of offensive speech online: An interactional analysis of political swearing
2022
Qinyun Lin, K Hazel Kwon, Ran Xu, Yunya Song, Christine HY Choy
Research Type: Journal Article

Validating a nutrition ranking system for food pantries using the Healthy Eating Index-2015
2022
Maria Fernanda Gombi-Vaca, Katie Martin, Caitlin E Caspi, Marlene Schwartz, Ran Xu, Hesse, Michelle Battista
Research Type: Journal Article

A Facebook-Delivered Weight Loss Intervention Using Open Enrollment: Randomized Pilot Feasibility Trial.
2022
Ran Xu, Molly Waring, H Troy, J M Goetz, M W Schroeder, C Idiong, L Groshon, Sherry Pagoto, J DiVito, R Bannor
Research Type: Journal Article

Social network analysis of the effects of a social media--based weight loss intervention targeting adults of low socioeconomic status: Single-arm intervention trial
2021
Ran Xu, David Cavallo
Research Type: Journal Article

Health inequities in COVID-19 vaccination among the elderly: Case of Connecticut
2021
Shijin Qu, Ran Xu, Aaron Adams, Xiang Chen, Hui Wang, Marlene Schwartz
Research Type: Journal Article

Food pantries select healthier foods after nutrition information is available on their food bank???s ordering platform
2021
Marlene B Schwartz, Katie Martin, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

An Exploratory Approach to Deriving Nutrition Information of Restaurant Food from Crowdsourced Food Images: Case of Hartford
2021
Ran Xu, Xiang Chen, Aditya Kulkarni, Yanyan Chen, Natalie Ranelli, Caiwen Ding, Evelyn Johnson
Research Type: Journal Article

Hypothetical case replacement can be used to quantify the robustness of trial results
2021
Ran Xu, Christopher S Hayter, Qinyun Lin, others, Ramy A Mahmoud, Kenneth A Frank, Spiro Maroulis, Thomas Dietz, Marynia Kolak, Joshua M Rosenberg, Anna S Mueller
Research Type: Journal Article

Examining the characteristics of impactful research topics: A case of three decades of HIV-AIDS research
2021
Arash Baghaei Lakeh, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Risk perception and resource scarcity in food procurement during the early outbreak of COVID-19
2021
Yiru Wang, Xiang Chen, Ran Xu, Yunhe Cui, Yang Yang
Research Type: Journal Article