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Research & Publications

Advancing our understanding of health through everyday life, movement, and person-centered care.

My research explores how the ways we move, participate, and structure our daily lives influence health and well-being. Using intensive longitudinal methods and occupational science, I study how everyday experiences shape health in real-world settings—and how that knowledge can be translated into practical strategies that improve people's lives.

Research Interests

My research explores how everyday life influences health, participation, and well-being. I am particularly interested in the following areas:

Everyday Environments, Movement & Grounded Living

How the environments we create and the ways we sit, move, and interact with our surroundings influence health and well-being.

Physical Activity & Well-Being

Understanding how movement influences mood, emotional well-being, and quality of life in everyday life.

Everyday Life & Occupational Science

How routines, occupations, environments, and everyday experiences shape health, participation, and meaning.

Person-Centered Health & Chronic Disease

How individual patterns of behavior, symptoms, and daily experiences can inform more personalized approaches to health and chronic disease management.

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My Research

(Selected Publications)

Everyday Movement & Well-Being

Movement matters: Short-term impacts of physical activity on mood and well-being

Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

Explored how physical activity influences mood, energy, and emotional well-being throughout everyday life using real-world data.

An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life

Nature Human Behaviour (2026)

Contributed to an international collaboration examining the relationship between physical activity and affective well-being across more than 8,000 participants.

Occupational Science & Participation

Whole day workload: Evaluation of a new outcome measure in occupational therapy for adults with Type 1 diabetes

American Journal of Occupational Therapy (2024)

Evaluated a new occupational therapy measure of daily workload and occupational balance.

Spirituality in occupational therapy practice: Where is our spirituality now?

American Journal of Occupational Therapy (2022)

Explored how occupational therapists understand and address spirituality as part of holistic, person-centered care.

Individualized & Person-Centered Care

Impact of overnight glucose on next-day functioning in adults with type 1 diabetes: An exploratory intensive longitudinal study

Diabetes Care (2023)

Investigated how overnight glucose patterns affect next-day functioning and participation in everyday life.

Examining the potential of person-centered temporal network models to individualize type 1 diabetes care

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2026)

Examined how individualized data can inform more personalized approaches to chronic disease care.

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Dr. Loree Pham presenting occupational science research.

Speaking & Presentations

I enjoy translating research into practical, engaging conversations about the ways our everyday environments, habits, movement, and occupations shape health and well-being. I am available for conference presentations, guest lectures, workshops, panels, and other educational opportunities.
I have presented my research at more than 25 state, national, and international conferences, including:
American Academy of Health Behavior
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine Conference
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
OT Summit of Scholars
Society for the Study of Occupation: USA
American Diabetes Association
Occupational Therapy Association of California
USC Ostrow Research Day
California State University Research Day