Melanie Rose (Stein) Jay MD

PubMed

• WOOP as a Brief Alcohol Intervention Led by Lay Coaches in College Settings.
  Sandra Wittleder, Brianna Bhoopsingh, Peter M Gollwitzer, Melanie Jay, Elizabeth Mutter
  Health Education & Behavior. 2025-01-24
• Building a community-centered clinical research center in an underserved New York City neighborhood to enhance access to research, equity, and quality of care.
  Amin Yakubov, James Holahan, Aaron Lord, Melanie Jay, Rachel Gross
  Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2025-01-01
• Body Positivity, Physical Health, and Emotional Well-Being Discourse on Social Media: Content Analysis of Lizzo's Instagram.
  Stephanie L Albert, Rachel E Massar, Omni Cassidy, Kayla Fennelly, Melanie Jay
  JMIR Formative Research. 2024-11-04

Journal Articles

• Development of a 5As-Based Technology-Assisted Weight Management Intervention for Veterans in Primary Care  
  Adina Kalet, Scott E Sherman, Melanie Jay, Craig Tenner, Joanna Dognin, BioMed Central
• Antibiotics Cut Death Rates in Children with Malnutrition (article review)  
  Henderson N, Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2013
• A New Role for Multivitamins? (article review)  
  Tang A, Savarimuthu S, JayM, JCOM, 1/1/2013
• Treatment-Seeking Overweight Preschoolers Have Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life Compared with Nonclinical Preschoolers (article review)  
  Goya Arce A, Jay M, Bruzzese J-M, JCOM, 1/1/2013
• The impact of primary care resident physician training on patient weight loss at 12 months  
  Jay M, Gillespie C, Schlair S, Savarimuthu S, Sherman S, Zabar S, Kalet A, Obesity, 1/1/2013
• “CMS to Reimburse for Intensive Obesity Treatment in Primary Care: A Step in the Right Direction” (newsletter)  
  Tsai AG, Herring SJ, Jay M, SGIM Forum, 1/1/2012
• How to deliver high quality obesity counseling using the 5As framework  
  Schlair S, Moore S, McMacken M, Jay M, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 1/1/2012
• How medical students’ behaviors and attitudes affect the impact of a brief curriculum on nutrition counseling  
  Schlair S, Hanley K, Gillespie G, Disney L, Kalet A, Darby P, Frank E, Spencer E, Harris J, Jay M, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 1/1/2012
• Training physician investigators in medicine and public health research  
  Gourevitch MN, Jay M, Goldfrank LR, Mendelsohn AL, Dreyer BP, Foltin GL, Lipkin ML, Schwartz MD, American Journal of Public Health, 1/1/2012
• The relationship between asthma and obesity in early ethnic minority adolescents  
  Jay M, Wijentunga N, Stepney C, Dorsey K, Chua DM, Bruzzese J-M, Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulm, 1/1/2012
• “Can a culturally-sensitive weight loss intervention reduce diabetes risk in Hispanic patients?” (article review)  
  Savarimuthu S, Gerchow L, Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2012
• “Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Moderate the Role of Barriers to Treatment Adherence in Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease”  
  Lamm AE, Jay M, Bruzzese JM, JCOM, 1/1/2012
• Fructose Not to Blame for Weight Gain? (article review)  
  Nicholson J, Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2012
• Can a cognitive therapy group intervention improve glycemia in patients with poorly controlled diabetes? (article review)  
  Savarimuthu S, Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2012
• Can cognitive behavioral therapy prevent recurrent cardiovascular events? (article review)  
  Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2011
• The impact of a behavioral intervention on weight gain during pregnancy (article review)  
  Kaplan R, Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2011
• How effective is the VA MOVE! program in promoting weight loss in overweight and obese Veterans? (article review)  
  Jay M, JCOM, 1/1/2011
• Preparing Residents to Effectively Prevent, Identify, and Treat Obesity: The Role of Professionalism  
  Gillespie C, Jay M, Virtual Mentor, 1/1/2010
• Physicians' use of the 5As in counseling obese patients: Is the quality of counseling associated with patients' motivation and intention to lose weight?  
  Jay M, Gillespie C, Schlair S, Sherman S, Kalet S, BMC Health Services Research, 1/1/2010
• From the patients’ perspective: The impact of training on resident physicians’ obesity counseling  
  Jay M, Schlair S, Caldwell R, Kalet A, Sherman S, Gillespie CC, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2010
• New measures to establish the evidence base for medical education: Identifying Educationally Sensitive Patient Outcomes (ESPOs)  
  Kalet AL, Gourevitch MN, Gillespie CC, Schwartz MD, Ark TK, Jay M, Paik S, Truncali A, Hyland Bruno J, Zabar S, Holmboe ES, Academic Medicine, 1/1/2010
• Physicians’ attitudes about obesity and their relation to competency and patient weight loss: A cross-sectional survey  
  Jay M, Kalet A, Ark T, McMacken M, Messito MJ, Richter R, Schlair S, Sherman S, Zabar S, Gillespie C, BMC Health Services Research, 1/1/2009
• A randomized trial of a brief multimedia intervention to improve comprehension of food labels  
  Jay M, Adams J, Herring S, Gillespie C, Ark T, Feldman H, Jones V, Zabar S, Stevens D, Kalet A, Preventive Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Do internists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists feel competent in obesity care? Using a needs assessment to drive curriculum design  
  Jay M, Gillespie C, Ark T, Richter R, Lee J, Zabar S, Paik S, Messito MJ, McMacken M, Kalet A, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2008
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Abstracts/Posters

• Antibiotic Use and Exposure in NYC Area Mothers and Infants in the First Year of Life. [abstract]
  Henderson N, Bedi S, Savarimuthu S, Jay M, Perez-Perez G, Francois F, Blaser M, Chen Y, New York School of Medicine Research Day, New York, NY, 5/7/2013
• Early Childhood Antibiotics and the Microbiome (ECAM): Study Design and Initial Recruitment. [abstract]
  Henderson N, Savarimuthu S, Bedi S, Schweizer W, Jiang J, Chen Y, Perez-Perez G, Francois F, Blaser M, Jay M, New York School of Medicine Research Day, New York, NY, 5/7/2013
• Influences of Medical Residents’ Attitudes and Health Behaviors on their Communication Skills and Counseling Practices.
  Bowersock A, Schlair S, Jay M, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 5/1/2013
• Latina Food Patterns: A Qualitative Metasynthesis. [abstract]
  Gerchow L, Tagliaferro B, Squires A, Nicholson J, Savarimuthu S, Gutnick D, Jay M, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/24/2013
• Technology-Assisted Weight-Loss Interventions in Primary Care: A Systematic Review. [abstract]
  Levine D, Savarimuthu S, Squirres A, Nicholson J, Jay M, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/24/2013
• Barriers and Facilitators to Goal-Setting in Overweight and Obese Latina Patients: A Qualitative Study. [abstract]
  Jay M, Gutnick D, Gerchow L, Savarimuthu S, et al, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/24/2013
• An Interclerkship Intensive on Addiction Among Clerkship-Year Medical Students. [abstract] Poster presentation.
  Tofighi, B, Lee J, Grossman E, McNeely J, Rotrosen J, Szyld D, Kim P, Harnick V, Rosenfeld M, JayM, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/24/2013
• Improving Resident Counseling Competence: A 5A’s Skills-Based Obesity Curriculum. [abstract] Poster presentation.
  Iyer S, Kunins HV, Jeffers A, Jay M, Schlair S, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 4/24/2013
• New York University: Innovations in Inter-professional Substance Abuse Education and Research.
  Naegle M; Gillespie, C; More F; Gourevitch, M; Jay, M; Wright, S; Kalet, A, Annual meeting, International Nurses Society on Addictions, Washington, DC, 9/1/2012
• Brief Tools for Assessing Dietary Quality in Primary Care: A Pilot Study. [abstract]
  Jay M, Still C, Seiler J, Henderson N, Savarimuthu S, Lobach, I, Gillespie, C, Kalet, A, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 5/10/2012
• Resident Physicians’ Patient Activating Skills and Their Obese Patients’ Weight Loss. (Oral presentation)
  Gillespie, C; Jay, M; Schlair, S; Zabar, S; Kalet, A, AAMC Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 11/4/2011
• Medical Education Research as Translational Research: Patient Outcome – How to Get Started.
  Zabar, S; Hanley, K; Kalet, A; Gillespie, C; Jay, M; Wright, S, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 5/4/2011
• Resident physicans’ patient activating skills are associated with obese patients’ weight loss.
  Gillespie, C; Jay, M; Schlair, S; Zabar, S; Kalet, A, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 5/4/2011
• Is an obesity counseling curriculum for resident physicians associated with patient weight loss in primary care?
  Jay, M; Gillespie, C; Schlair, S; Savarimuthu, S; Erck, D; Sherman, S; Zabar, S; Kalet, A, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 5/4/2011
• Attitudes and preferences among Hispanic bariatric surgery candidates.
  Jones, V; Jay, M; Caldwell, R; McMacken, M, Parikh, M, American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, 6/1/2010
• The “Buddy” Study: Are there benefits to having bariatric surgery with a “buddy?”
  Pandya, N; Jay, M; Lobach, I; Fielding, C; Weinshel, W, Digestive Diseases Weekly, 6/1/2010
• Exploring patient activation in an obese, Hispanic urban population in relation to weight management behavior. Poster
  Moore, S; Jay M; Coldiron, M; Rhee J; Gillespie C, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting; SGIM Annual Meeting, New York, NY; Minneapolis, MN, 3/5/2010
• Using patient exit interviews to assess residents’ quality of counseling after an obesity curriculum.
  Jay, M; Schlair, S; Gillespie, C; Zabar, S; Adams, JG; Caldwell, R; Ark, TK; Choudhury, E; Wu, D; and Kalet, AL, Journal of General Internal Medicine J Gen Intern Med; Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting for the Mack Lipkin, Sr. Associate Member Scientific Presentation Award for Junior Faculty, 1/1/2009
• Is there an association between quality of obesity counseling and patients’ motivation and intention to change their behaviors?
  Jay, M; Schlair, S; Gillespie, C; Zabar, S; Ark, T; Sherman, S; Axtmayer, A; Von Erck, D; Stevens, DL; and Kalet, AL, Journal of General Internal Medicine; Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting, 1/1/2009
• Relationship between OSCE obesity counseling performance and actual practice.
  Gillespie, C; Jay, M; Schlair, S; Kalet, AL; and Zabar, S, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Are resident physicians’ counseling practices and personal and professional characteristics associated with patient activation to lose weight?
  Schlair, S; Jay, M; Gillespie, C; Ark, TK; Zabar, S; Axtmayer, A; Santana, A; and Kalet, AL, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1/1/2009
• “Do physicians preach what they practice? Correlates of resident physician obesity counseling”
  Schlair S, Jay M, Kalet A, Gillespie C, Ark T, Shapiro N, Zabar S, Sherman S, Hyland Bruno J, 2008 International Conference on Doctors’ Health, London, UK, 11/1/2008
• “PSS Diet and Weight Management Counseling”
  Schlair S, Hanley K, Darby P, Harris J, Disney L, Frank E, Spencer E, Jay M, Gillespie C, Kalet A, AACH Research Forum, Madison, WI, 10/1/2008
• “Do physicians preach what they practice? Correlates of resident physician obesity counseling”
  Schlair S, Jay M, Kalet A, Gillespie C, Ark T, Shapiro N, Zabar S, Sherman S, Hyland Bruno J, 2008 AACH Research Forum, Madison, WI, 10/1/2008
• “PSS Diet and Weight Management Counseling”
  Schlair S, Hanley K, Darby P, Harris J, Disney L, Frank E, Spencer E, Jay M, Gillespie C, Kalet A, AMA-BMA-CMA; 2008 International Conference on Doctors’ Health, London, UK, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

• “Eating Healthier: Easy Ways to Improve Your Diet.” 
  1/1/2010
• “Managing Obesity in Primary Care: A Case-Based Workshop” 
  1/1/2010
• “Adding Value: An Evidence + Value Approach to Obesity” 
  1/1/2010
• Medical Education Matters: A Theory Building Conference (Presenter and Small Group Facilitator) 
  NYU Kimmel Center for University Life - 11/16/2009
• “Medical Weight Loss” 
  NYU School of Medicine - 1/1/2009
• “What Works and What Doesn’t Work to Treat Obesity: Diets.” 
  NYU School of Medicine - 1/1/2008
• Counseling about Obesity 5A’s in primary care 
  1/1/2008
• “Weight Management, Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders: A Cross Section of Division of General Internal Medicine Activities.” 
  NYU School of Medicine - 1/1/2007
• “Office Management of Obesity.” 
  NYU School of Medicine - 1/1/2006
• “Practice of Medicine: Yearly Introductory Nutrition Lecture for 1st Year Medical Students.” 
  NYU School of Medicine - 1/1/2006
• “Food for thought: Integrating motivational interviewing with nutritional counseling” 
  1/1/2006
• “A Physicians Toolkit for Exercise Prescriptions: Stage of Change Related Counseling and Group Based Pedometer Teaching.” 
  1/1/2005
• “The Implementation of a Resident-Initiated, Resident-Run Weight Management Clinic: A Novel Way to Address the ACGME Core Competencies.” 
  1/1/2004
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