Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD

Dr. Fulkerson was named the Cora Meidl Siehl Endowed Chair in Nursing Research for Improved Patient Care. The fund was established in 1982 to celebrate the legacy of Meidl Siehl and was a cornerstone in the creation of the school’s doctoral program. It was among the very first endowed chairs in schools of nursing to focus on research. Dr. Fulkerson is director of the Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research and an affiliate professor in the School of Public Health’s Epidemiology and Community Health Division. She served as director of the Nursing PhD Program and director of Graduate Studies prior to being named director of the Health Sciences Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s TL1 Program director, translational research development program. She is a national and international leader in family-based obesity prevention programs and instrument validation and has published more than 125 articles in academic journals.

Teaching Areas
Program Evaluation; Childhood Obesity Prevention

• Cora Meidl Siehl Endowed Chair, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 2018-
• Best Randomized Controlled Trial, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition, and Physical Activity, 2016
• Outstanding Graduate Advisor, School of Nursing, 2015
• Visiting Professor, I-TOPPS Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
• Recipient, award for Out-of-the-Box Thinking, DAISY Foundation, School of Nursing, 2013
• Recipient, best poster award, Women's Health Research Conference, 2005
• Nominee, Psychology Department Graduate Fellowship, 1995
• Recipient, Eva O. Miller Fellowship, 1995
• Graduate Equity Fellowship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1987
• Recipient, summa cum laude honors, 1984
• Distinguished Fellow, National Academies of Practice, 2021

Fulkerson, J. A., Horning, M., Barr-Anderson, D. J., Sidebottom, A., Linde, J. A., Lindberg, R., . . . & Freese, R. L. (2022). Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: A randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01260-w

Horning, M. L., Friend, S., Freese, R. L., Barr-Anderson, D. J., Linde, J. A., Sidebottom, A., . . . & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Parent weight, diet, active living outcomes, and food-related outcomes of the family-focused NU-HOME randomized controlled trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 123(5), 751-760.el. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.10.009

Kramer-Kostecka, E. N., Fulkerson, J. A., Sherwood, N. E., Barr-Anderson, D. J., Larson, N., & Neumark-Sztainer, D. (2022). What brings young adults to the yoga mat? Cross-sectional associations between motivational profiles and physical and psychological health among participants in the Project EAT-IV survey. Journal of integrative and complementary medicine, 28(8), 664-673. PubMed Central ID Number: PMC9419988. https://doi.org/10.1089/jicm.2021.0445 

Linde, J. A., Horning Dehmer, M. L., Lee, J., Friend, S., Flattum, C., Arcan, C., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Associations of parent dietary role modeling with children's diet quality in a rural setting: Baseline data from the NU-HOME study. Appetite, 174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106007

Lee, J., Friend, S., Horning, M. L., Linde, J. A., Flattum, C., Lindberg, R., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Are patterns of family evening meal practices associated with child and parent diet quality and weight-related outcomes? Appetite, 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.105937 

Grace, S. M., Barr-Anderson, D. J., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Exploring associations of household chaos and child health behaviors in rural families. American Journal of Health Behavior, 46(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.46.1.5

Horning, M. L., Friend, S., Lee, J., Flattum, C., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Family characteristics associated with preparing and eating more family evening meals at home. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122(1), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2021.07.002

Martin, C. L., McMorris, B. J., Eisenberg, M. E., Sieving, R. E., Porta, C. M., Mathiason, M. A., . . . & Fulkerson, J. A. (2022). Weight status among Minnesota Hispanic or Latino/a youth: An exploration of protective factors. American Journal of Health Promotion, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171221120912 

Flattum, C., Friend, S., Horning, M., Lindberg, R., Beaudette, J., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2021). Family-focused obesity prevention program implementation in urban versus rural communities: A case study. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1915. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11967-3 PubMed ID: 34674674.

Mason, S. M., Frazier, P. A., Renner, L. M., Fulkerson, J. A., & Rich-Edwards, J. W. (2021). Childhood abuse-related weight gain: An investigation of potential resilience factors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 62(1), 77-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.07.011 PubMed ID: 34629199.

NRSA Training Core
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Center for Advancing Tran Science
Award Dates: 2019 - 2023

Evaluating Diet, Food Insecurity, and Food Purchasing Outcomes of a Full-Service Mobile Food Market with a Randomized Cluster Trial
Principal Investigator: Horning Dehmer, Melissa Lynn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NINR National Institute of Nursing
Award Dates: 2022 - 2026

Innovation in Measurement for Diet-Related Disease Research: Optimizing Utility and Reach to Reduce Health Disparities
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI)
Award Dates: 2020 - 2025

Jonas Scholars 2018-2020
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
Award Dates: 2018 - 2020

Future of Nursing Scholars at the University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award Dates: 2018 - 2021

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)
Principal Investigator: Blazar, Bruce R
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Center for Advancing Tran Science
Award Dates: 2018 - 2023

Future of Nursing Scholars Program
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Award Dates: 2017 - 2020

Jonas Nurse Scholar Program 2016-2018
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
Award Dates: 2016 - 2018

New Ulm at HOME - (NU-HOME)
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU
Award Dates: 2016 - 2022

Futures of Nursing Scholars
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
Award Dates: 2015 - 2018

Phasell - Virtual Role Plays to Reduce the Occurrence of Childhood Obesity
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: Simmersion, LLC
Award Dates: 2014 - 2016

School Nurse-Directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School Children
Principal Investigator: Kubik, Martha Y
Sponsoring Organization: NIH NINR National Institute of Nursing
Award Dates: 2013 - 2019

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)
Principal Investigator: Blazar, Bruce R
Sponsoring Organization: NIH Nat'l Center for Research Resources
Award Dates: 2011 - 2017

Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME Plus)
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Institute of Diabetes/DIG/Kidney Dis
Award Dates: 2010 - 2016

Etiology of Childhood Obesity (ECHO): A Longitudinal Study
Principal Investigator: Harnack, Lisa J
Sponsoring Organization: Seattle Children's Hospital
Award Dates: 2009 - 2010

Project F-EAT: Families and Eating and Activity in Teens
Principal Investigator: Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne R
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Heart, Lunch, and Blood Institute
Award Dates: 2009 - 2012

Bright Start: Obesity Prevention in American Indian Children
Principal Investigator: Story, Mary T
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Heart, Lunch, and Blood Institute
Award Dates: 2009 - 2011

Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME)
Principal Investigator: Fulkerson, Jayne Allyn
Sponsoring Organization: NIH National Institute of Diabetes/DIG/Kidney Dis
Award Dates: 2006 - 2008