Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine
  • Penny and Phil Knight Endowed Professor in Cancer Research Innovation, Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine
  • Co-Section Head, Cancer Population Sciences, Division of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine
  • Co-director, Knight Community Partnership Program, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Kerri Winters-Stone, is an exercise scientist and Penny and Phil Knight Endowed Professor in Cancer Research Innovation. She is co-section head of Cancer Population Science in the Division of Oncological Sciences and co-director of the Knight Community Partnership Program for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. As a scientist, Dr. Winters-Stone’s research focuses on the combined  effects of cancer treatment and aging on musculoskeletal health and cancer recurrence risk and the ability of exercise to improve health and longevity in cancer survivors. While developing and testing exercise-based approaches to improve outcomes in cancer survivors will be the mainstay of her research, Dr. Winters-Stone is always forging new directions. Her work has extended to consider the impact of cancer treatment on the health of intimate partners and relationships by innovating a partnered approach to resistance exercise that builds teamwork and to develop combined diet and exercise interventions to optimize cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal health in cancer survivors. Dr. Winters-Stone has also received NCI funding to determine the patterns and predictors of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy and mobility impairment during neurotoxic chemotherapy and several NCI supplements to integrate digital technology as a tool for continuous passive monitoring of symptoms, mobility and quality of life in aging cancer patients.

Dr. Winters-Stone has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, National Heart Blood and Lung Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Livestrong, and Movember Foundations. This work has supported over 14 controlled clinical exercise trials that have trained over 2500 cancer survivors in different exercise modalities including resistance, aerobic, flexibility and tai ji quan training. She has also co-led the update of the American College of Sports Medicine Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors, released in October 2019. The long-term goal of Dr. Winters-Stone’s research is to develop prescriptive exercise programs for cancer survivors that meets their needs and preferences, optimizes their health outcomes, and provides the support and encouragement they need to stay active so that they can live better and longer with cancer. After developing new virtual approaches to the delivery of exercise training during the COVID-19 pandemic, she is now conducting two large type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials of supervised group exercise which can scale to reach the most underserved patients living in rural and poor regions of the U.S.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 1991, University of California
    • M.S., 1993, University of California
    • Ph.D., 2000, Oregon State University

  • Certifications

    • Limited Operator Permit, Bone Densitometry

Memberships and associations:

  • American College of Sports Medicine

Areas of interest

  • Exercise physiology, exercise oncology, cancer survivorship, aging, musculoskeletal health, body composition, clinical trials
  • Quantitative methods, Clinical Exercise Testing, Patient-Reported Outcomes, Behavioral Science, Clinical Trials

Publications

Publications

  • Daily life mobility detects frailty, falls, and functioning in older prostate cancer survivors treated with androgen deprivation therapy

    Journal of Geriatric Oncology
    1. Deanne C. Tibbitts
    2. Martina Mancini
    3. Sydnee Stoyles
    4. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    5. Julie N. Graff
    6. Mahmoud El-Gohary
    7. Fay B. Horak
    8. Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Adapting a dyadic exercise program to be culturally relevant for Hispanic men with prostate cancer using community engagement studio

    Frontiers in Psychology
    1. Meghan B. Skiba
    2. Terry A. Badger
    3. David O. Garcia
    4. Floyd H. Chilton
    5. Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Assessing Life's Essential 8 and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Grandparent-Grandchild Co-residing Dyads

    Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
    1. Minkyoung Song
    2. Hannah C. Bessette
    3. Carol M. Musil
    4. Karen S. Lyons
    5. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    6. Laura L. Hayman

  • Assessment of Mobility Trajectories Using Wearable Inertial Sensors During Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

    Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    1. Meghan B. Skiba
    2. Mahmoud El-Gohary
    3. Fay Horak
    4. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    5. Carolyn Guidarelli
    6. Gabrielle Meyers
    7. Brandon Hayes-Lattin
    8. Kerri Winters-Stone

  • Can strength training or tai ji quan training reduce frailty in postmenopausal women treated with chemotherapy? A secondary data analysis of the GET FIT trial

    Journal of Cancer Survivorship
    1. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    2. Sydnee A. Stoyles
    3. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    4. Elizabeth Eckstrom
    5. Shiuh Wen Luoh
    6. Fay B. Horak
    7. Eric J. Roeland
    8. Fuzhong Li

  • Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Falls in Cancer Survivors Relate to Digital Balance and Gait Impairments

    JCO Precision Oncology
    1. Vrutangkumar V. Shah
    2. Daniel Muzyka
    3. Carolyn Guidarelli
    4. Kristen Sowalsky
    5. Fay B. Horak
    6. Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Dropout from exercise trials among cancer survivors—An individual patient data meta-analysis from the POLARIS study

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
    1. Benedikte Western
    2. Andreas Ivarsson
    3. Ingvild Vistad
    4. Ingrid Demmelmaier
    5. Neil K. Aaronson
    6. Gillian Radcliffe
    7. Marc van Beurden
    8. Martin Bohus
    9. Kerry S. Courneya
    10. Amanda J. Daley
    11. Daniel A. Galvão
    12. Rachel Garrod
    13. Martine M. Goedendorp
    14. Kathleen A. Griffith
    15. Wim H. van Harten
    16. Sandi C. Hayes
    17. Fernando Herrero-Roman
    18. Anouk E. Hiensch
    19. Melinda L. Irwin
    20. Erica James
    21. Marlou Floor Kenkhuis
    22. Marie José Kersten
    23. Hans Knoop
    24. Alejandro Lucia
    25. Anne M. May
    26. Alex McConnachie
    27. Willem van Mechelen
    28. Nanette Mutrie
    29. Robert U. Newton
    30. Frans Nollet
    31. Hester S. Oldenburg
    32. Ron Plotnikoff
    33. Martina E. Schmidt
    34. Katie H. Schmitz
    35. Karl Heinz Schulz
    36. Camille E. Short
    37. Gabe S. Sonke
    38. Karen Steindorf
    39. Martijn M. Stuiver
    40. Dennis R. Taaffe
    41. Lene Thorsen
    42. Miranda J. Velthuis
    43. Jennifer Wenzel
    44. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    45. Joachim Wiskemann
    46. Sveinung Berntsen
    47. Laurien M. Buffart

  • Effectiveness and Durability of a Workplace Sedentary Behavior Intervention Based on the Total Worker Health® Approach

    Behavioral Sciences
    1. Bradley Wipfli
    2. Sara Wild
    3. Ginger Hanson
    4. Steven Shea
    5. Kerri Winters
    6. Wura Olawole
    7. Renee Kozlowski
    8. Saurabh S. Thosar

  • Effect of a Home-based Walking Intervention on Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Quality of Life Among Men with Prostate Cancer on Active Surveillance

    European Urology Oncology
    1. Erin L. Van Blarigan
    2. Stacey A. Kenfield
    3. Adam Olshen
    4. Neil Panchal
    5. Katriel Encabo
    6. Imelda Tenggara
    7. Rebecca E. Graff
    8. Alexander S. Bang
    9. Katsuto Shinohara
    10. Matthew R. Cooperberg
    11. Peter R. Carroll
    12. Lee W. Jones
    13. Kerri Winters-Stone
    14. Anthony Luke
    15. June M. Chan

  • From Organizing Medicine to Cooking With More Leafy Greens

    Research on Aging
    1. Amy Rauer
    2. Wendy Mc Lean Cooke
    3. Megan Haselschwerdt
    4. Kerri Winters-Stone
    5. Lyndsey Hornbuckle

  • Moderators of exercise effects on self-reported cognitive functioning in cancer survivors

    Journal of Cancer Survivorship
    1. Anouk E. Hiensch
    2. Julia Beckhaus
    3. Lenja Witlox
    4. Evelyn M. Monninkhof
    5. Sanne B. Schagen
    6. Jonna K. van Vulpen
    7. Maike G. Sweegers
    8. Robert U. Newton
    9. Neil K. Aaronson
    10. Daniel A. Galvão
    11. Karen Steindorf
    12. Martijn M. Stuiver
    13. Ilse Mesters
    14. Hans Knoop
    15. Martine M. Goedendorp
    16. Martin Bohus
    17. Lene Thorsen
    18. Karl Heinz Schulz
    19. Martina E. Schmidt
    20. Cornelia M. Ulrich
    21. Gabe S. Sonke
    22. Wim H. van Harten
    23. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    24. Miranda J. Velthuis
    25. Dennis R. Taaffe
    26. Willem van Mechelen
    27. Marie José Kersten
    28. Frans Nollet
    29. Joachim Wiskemann
    30. Laurien M. Buffart
    31. Anne M. May

  • Motivational interviewing for fall prevention (MI-FP) pilot study

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    1. Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo
    2. Elizabeth Eckstrom
    3. Deborah Cohen
    4. Bryanna De Lima
    5. Kathlynn Northrup-Snyder
    6. Nathan F. Dieckman
    7. Kerri Winters-Stone

  • Physical Activity Engagement After Tai Ji Quan Intervention Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Memory Concerns

    JAMA Network Open
    1. Fuzhong Li
    2. Peter Harmer
    3. Elizabeth Eckstrom
    4. Kerri Winters-Stone

  • Preliminary effects of a yoga intervention for lung cancer dyads

    Supportive Care in Cancer
    1. Qian L. Leng
    2. Karen S. Lyons
    3. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    4. Mary E. Medysky
    5. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    6. Quin E. Denfeld
    7. Donald R. Sullivan

  • The Use of Novel Instrumented Socks to Detect Changes in Daily Life Mobility During an Exercise Intervention in Prostate Cancer Survivors Treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy

    Seminars in oncology nursing
    1. Deanne C. Tibbitts
    2. Sydnee A. Stoyles
    3. Martina Mancini
    4. Mahmoud El-Gohary
    5. Fay B. Horak
    6. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    7. Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Associations between perceptions of relationship quality and markers of inflammation and insulin resistance among couples coping with cancer

    Journal of Cancer Survivorship
    1. Meghan B. Skiba
    2. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    3. Karen Lyons
    4. Kerri M. Winters-Stone

  • Candidate biomarkers of physical frailty in heart failure

    European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
    1. Quin E. Denfeld
    2. Jonathan Q. Purnell
    3. Christopher Lee
    4. Eric S. Orwoll
    5. S. Albert Camacho
    6. Shirin O. Hiatt
    7. Mary Roberts Davis
    8. Kerri Winters-Stone
    9. William R. Woodward
    10. Beth A. Habecker

  • Clinical Effectiveness of Cognitively Enhanced Tai Ji Quan Training on Global Cognition and Dual-Task Performance During Walking in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Self-Reported Memory Concerns A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Annals of internal medicine
    1. Fuzhong Li
    2. Peter Harmer
    3. Elizabeth Eckstrom
    4. Kathleen Fitzgerald
    5. Kerri Winters-Stone

  • Frequency and Predictors of Falls Among Adults With Heart Failure

    Journal of Cardiac Failure
    1. QUIN E. DENFELD
    2. SARAH GOODLIN
    3. R. A.N.D. ABEDALWELI
    4. M. A.R.Y. ROBERTS DAVIS
    5. SHIRIN O. HIATT
    6. CHRISTOPHER S. LEE
    7. KERRI WINTERS-STONE

  • GET FIT

    Journal of Clinical Oncology
    1. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    2. Fay Horak
    3. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    4. Shiuh Wen Luoh
    5. Elizabeth Eckstrom
    6. Sydnee A. Stoyles
    7. Eric J. Roeland
    8. Fuzhong Li

  • Identifying trajectories and predictors of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms, physical functioning, and falls across treatment and recovery in adults treated with neurotoxic chemotherapy

    BMC cancer
    1. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    2. Stephanie M. Krasnow
    3. Fay B. Horak
    4. Martina Mancini
    5. Michelle H. Cameron
    6. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    7. Sydnee A. Stoyles
    8. Eric J. Roeland

  • Mat Pilates improves lower and upper body strength and flexibility in breast cancer survivors undergoing hormone therapy

    Disability and Rehabilitation
    1. Josefina Bertoli
    2. Ewertton de Souza Bezerra
    3. Kerri M. Winters-Stone
    4. Luis Alberto Gobbo
    5. Ismael Forte Freitas

  • Moderators of resistance-based exercise programs' effect on sarcopenia-related measures in men with prostate cancer previously or currently undergoing androgen deprivation therapy

    Journal of Geriatric Oncology
    1. Pedro Lopez
    2. Robert U. Newton
    3. Dennis R. Taaffe
    4. Kerri Winters-Stone
    5. Daniel A. Galvão
    6. Laurien M. Buffart

  • Motivational Interviewing for Fall Prevention (MI-FP) pilot study

    Geriatric Nursing
    1. Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo
    2. Bryanna De Lima
    3. Deborah J. Cohen
    4. Nathan Dieckmann
    5. Kerri Winters-Stone
    6. Elizabeth Eckstrom

  • Protocol for a 4-arm randomized controlled trial testing remotely delivered exercise-only, diet-only, and exercise + diet interventions among men with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (Prostate 8-II)

    Contemporary Clinical Trials
    1. Erin L. Van Blarigan
    2. June M. Chan
    3. Ada Sanchez
    4. Li Zhang
    5. Kerri Winters-Stone
    6. Vivian Liu
    7. Greta Macaire
    8. Neil Panchal
    9. Rebecca E. Graff
    10. Imelda Tenggara
    11. Anthony Luke
    12. Jeffry P. Simko
    13. Matthew R. Cooperberg
    14. Peter R. Carroll
    15. Stacey A. Kenfield