Kristina Lewis, MD, MPH
Enriched profileAssociate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) · Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Kristina Lewis is Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 94 publications with 1,218 citations (h-index 20); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 4 Nov 2026
Overview
Updated 4 Nov 2026
Kristina Henderson Lewis, MD MPH SM, is Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. The public record shows 94 publications with 1,218 citations (h-index 20), centered on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Obesity and Health Practices. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 3 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2021–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · JMIR pediatrics and parenting
- Top research focus: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 3 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 24 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.
Citations across these publications.
H-index from these publications. i10-index 29.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
An office address from a public listing. This research profile has no federal registry record to draw from.
Office address
4614 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Clinical trials
Updated 4 Nov 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Expanding Health System Intervention Through The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Partnership
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Long-term Effectiveness of the Antiobesity Medication Phentermine
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Intervention to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption in Children and Families
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Industry payments
Updated 4 Nov 2026
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2025–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20256 payments$13,600openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Stryker CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 4 Nov 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2021–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Comparative effectiveness of anti-obesity medications for cardiometabolic health outcomes and health services use
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
FY2026$670,441R01HL171293 - 1/2, Clinical Coordinating Center for the Long-term Effectiveness of the Anti-obesity medication Phentermine: the LEAP Trial
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
FY2025$1,509,689UH3HL155801 - Comparative effectiveness of anti-obesity medications for cardiometabolic health outcomes and health services use
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
FY2025$707,430R01HL171293
Congress activity
Updated 4 Nov 2026
2 congress contributions (2018–2026) across ADA, AHA per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Effect of Total Meal Replacement Program Compared with a Reduced-Energy Food-Based Diet Plan on Glycemic Status—Results from the OPTIWIN Study
ADA Scientific Sessions
ADA2018Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 4 Nov 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Health Care Costs and Use of Patients Prescribed Four Different Obesity Medications.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Article2026 - Assessing Caregiver Comfort With Linking the Health Care System and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
JMIR pediatrics and parenting
Article2026 - Application of the Lancet Commission Criteria for the Diagnosis of Obesity to a Clinical Trials Population: The LEAP Trial.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Clinical Trial2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02
- 03The Handbook of Health Behavior ChangeBook76 citations2024
- 04Mental illness in bariatric surgery: A cohort study from the PORTAL networkArticle73 citations2017
- 05Effectiveness and safety of drugs for obesityArticle66 citations2024
Network
Updated 4 Nov 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 4 Nov 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Chair-elect
Health Services Research Section, The Obesity Society
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthaffairs.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Associate Professor
Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗ - Associate Professor
Implementation Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗ - Associate Professor
Bariatric and Weight Management, Surgery (Winston-Salem)
verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →school.wakehealth.edu ↗
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