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Dr. Alaina Pearce is a Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Scholar (2022-2024).
Research interests
Dr. Alaina Pearce is a Research Data Management Librarian at Penn State. Before joining Penn State Libraries, Alaina earned her PhD in Psychology with a concentration in Lifespan Cognitive Neuroscience from Georgetown University and was an Assistant Research Professor in Nutritional Sciences at Penn State. Her research is focused on examining neurocognitive and behavioral factors that contribute to risk and resiliency for pediatric obesity. In addition to her research interests in pediatric obesity, Alaina is interested in advancing open science, reproducible research pipelines, and metadata standards.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, Neurocognitive Deficits in Pediatric Obesity, Georgetown University
2012 → 2017
Award Date: Dec 15 2017
Researcher Defined Keywords
- childhood obesity
- eating behavior
- executive function
- reward
- fNIRS
- fMRI
- open science
- research data management
- eating rate
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Comparing Child Eating Patterns in Controlled and Home Environments
Pearce, A. (PI)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/11/25 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
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Determining protective cognitive and eating behavior phenotypes for pediatric obesity
Pearce, A. (PI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
7/1/19 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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ByteTrack: a deep learning approach for bite count and bite rate detection using meal videos in children
Bhat, Y. R., Keller, K. L., Brick, T. R. & Pearce, A. L., 2025, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 12, 1610363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Children's satiety responsiveness moderates the association between food reinforcement and eating in the absence of hunger
Hallisky, K., Pearce, A. L., Fuchs, B., Baney, B. A., Ramesh, S., Wilson, S. J., Masterson, T., Rose, E. J., Bruce, A., Lim, S. L. & Keller, K. L., Dec 1 2025, In: Physiology and Behavior. 302, 115092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food switching at a meal is positively associated with change in adiposity among children at high-familial risk for obesity
Neuwald, N. V., Pearce, A. L., Cunningham, P. M., Setzenfand, M. N., Koczwara, L., Rolls, B. J. & Keller, K. L., Apr 1 2025, In: Appetite. 208, 107915.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Child eating behaviors are consistently linked to intake across meals that vary in portion size
Pearce, A. L., Neuwald, N. V., Evans, J. S., Romano, O., Rolls, B. J. & Keller, K. L., May 1 2024, In: Appetite. 196, 107258.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does ‘portion size’ matter? Brain responses to food and non-food cues presented in varying amounts
Fuchs, B. A., Pearce, A. L., Rolls, B. J., Wilson, S. J., Rose, E. J., Geier, C. F. & Keller, K. L., May 2024, In: Appetite. 196, 107289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations