Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Associate Professor
Heung Soo & Mi Ja Kim Endowed Faculty Scholar
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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About
Dr. Halloway’s scholarship focuses on promoting the benefits of lifestyle physical activity for cardiovascular and brain health through research and policy. She is nationally-recognized for her expertise and has led numerous NIH and other interdisciplinary-funded studies centered on realistic and tailored health behavior strategies to prevent cognitive impairment in older adults who experience disparities in risk/treatment. Dr. Halloway was among the first to show positive effects of physical activity on brain gray matter. She now leads an NIH-funded trial to test synergistic/combined effects of two behavioral interventions (physical activity and cognitive training) on brain health in women with cardiovascular disease. To ensure broad interdisciplinary dissemination of findings, Dr. Halloway presents her work in both traditional venues (publications/presentations/policy briefs) and media outlets (the Hill, HuffPost, AARP, podcasts). This two-pronged approach has vastly expanded the reach of her research findings beyond the scientific community, reaching an estimated 200 million readers/listeners. Dr. Halloway received her BSN from Pacific Lutheran University, and her PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship from Rush University College of Nursing.
Selected Grants
NIH/NINR, Lifestyle Physical Activity and Cognitive Training Interventions: Preventing Memory Loss in Older Women with Cardiovascular Disease, PI
NIH/NIA, Impact of COVID-19 on AD Occurrence: A Biracial Intergenerational Population Study, Co-I
Rush University President's Collaborative Research Award, Health Behavior Profiles and Cognitive Health in Older Adults: A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Approach to Tailor Sustainable Lifestyle Interventions, MPI
Selected Publications
Halloway, S., Desai, P., Beck, T., Aggarwal, N., Agarwal, P., Evans, D., Rajan, K., & Chicago Health and Aging Project. (2022). Association of neurofilament light with the development and severity of Parkinson’s Disease. Neurology, 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200338. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000200338
Halloway, S., Dhana, K., Desai, P., Agarwal, P., Holland, T., Aggarwal, N. T., Evers, J., Sacks, F. M., Carey, V. J., & Barnes, L. L. (2021). Free-living standing activity as assessed by seismic accelerometers and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults: The MIND trial. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76(11), 1981–1987. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab106
Crane, M. M., Halloway, S., Walts, Z. L., Gavin, K. L., Moss, A., Westrick, J. C., & Appelhans, B. M. (2021). Behavioural interventions for CVD risk reduction for blue-collar workers: A systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-216515
Garland, M., Wilbur, J., Fogg, L., Halloway, S., Braun, L., & Miller, A. (2021). Self-Efficacy, outcome expectations, group social support, and adherence to physical activity in African American women. Nursing Research, 70(4), 239–247. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000516
Halloway, S., Schoeny, M. E., Barnes, L. L., Arvanitakis, Z., Pressler, S. J., Braun, L. T., Volgman, A. S., Gamboa, C., & Wilbur, J. (2020). A study protocol for MindMoves: A lifestyle physical activity and cognitive training intervention to prevent cognitive impairment in older women with cardiovascular disease. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 106254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106254
Halloway, S., Wilbur, J., Braun, L. T., Schoeny, M. E., & Volgman, A. S. (2020). The feasibility of a combined lifestyle physical activity and cognitive training intervention to prevent cognitive impairment in older women with cardiovascular disease. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2020-0206
Buchholz, S. W., Wilbur, J., Halloway, S., Schoeny, M., Johnson, T., Vispute, S., & Kitsiou, S. (2019). Study protocol for a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) to improve physical activity in employed women. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 105921. doi:S1551-7144(19)30637-8 [pii]
Halloway, S., Schoeny, M. E., Wilbur, J., & Barnes, L. L. (2019). Interactive effects of physical activity and cognitive activity on cognition in older adults without mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Journal of Aging and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264319875570
Halloway, S., Arfanakis, K., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M. E., & Pressler, S. J. (2018). Accelerometer physical activity is associated with greater gray matter volumes in older adults without dementia or mild cognitive impairment. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby010
Wilbur, J., Miller, A. M., Buchholz, S. W., Fogg, L. F., Braun, L. T., Halloway, S., & Schoeny, M. E. (2017). African-American women’s long-term maintenance of physical activity following a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Health Behavior, 41(4), 484–496. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.41.4.13
Halloway, S., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M. E., & Barnes, L. (2017). The relation between physical activity and cognitive change in older Latinos. Biological Research for Nursing. http://doi.org/10.1177/1099800417715115