Biography
Dominika Pindus completed her PhD in Physical Activity, Public Health, and Cognition at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. She joined The Department of Kinesiology and Community Health from a postdoctoral research position in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, where she was mentored by former KCH professor Dr. Charles Hillman. Her research there focused on the relationship between physical activity and cognitive control in preadolescents. She also investigated relationships among sedentary time, physical activity, and working memory in preadolescents. Prior to Northeastern University, Dr. Pindus completed a postdoctoral position in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge in England. She will continue her research in the area of exercise psychology within the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.
“What attracted me to the position was the opportunity to work at an excellent institution and to pursue research in areas I am passionate about—physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and neurocognitive function—in the leading kinesiology department in the country,” Dr. Pindus said. “I am excited about conducting interdisciplinary work in this area.”
Research Description
My laboratory webpage: Physical Activity and Neurocognitive Health Laboratory
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Recent Publications
Coe, S., Cossington, J., Collett, J., Meaney, A., Mavrommati, F., Ng, Y., Izadi, H., Wade, W., Pindus, D. M., Bushnell, O., Whaymand, L., Theologis, T., Swift, E., Akgul, E., Allen, S., & Dawes, H. (2024). The effect of breaking sitting time with physical activity breaks on cognitive performance in young people with cerebral palsy: an exposure response cross-over feasibility design. Translational Exercise Biomedicine, 1(1), 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2024-2005
Pindus, D. M., Ai, M., Chaddock-Heyman, L., Burzynska, A. Z., Gothe, N. P., Salerno, E. A., Fanning, J., Arnold Anteraper, S. R. A., Castanon, A. N., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Hillman, C. H., McAuley, E., & Kramer, A. F. (2024). Physical activity-related individual differences in functional human connectome are linked to fluid intelligence in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 137, 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2024.02.002
Zou, L., Herold, F., Cheval, B., Wheeler, M. J., Pindus, D. M., Erickson, K. I., Raichlen, D. A., Alexander, G. E., Müller, N. G., Dunstan, D. W., Kramer, A. F., Hillman, C. H., Hallgren, M., Ekelund, U., Maltagliati, S., & Owen, N. (2024). Sedentary behavior and lifespan brain health. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 28(4), 369-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2024.02.003
Hughes, R. L., Pindus, D. M., Khan, N. A., Burd, N. A., & Holscher, H. D. (2023). Associations between Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Fecal Microbiota in Adults with Overweight and Obesity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 55(4), 680-689. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000003096
Pindus, D. M., Shigeta, T. T., Leahy, A. A., Mavilidi, M. F., Nayak, A., Marcozzi, D., Montero‐Herrera, B., Abbas, Z., Hillman, C. H., & Lubans, D. R. (2023). Sex moderates the associations between physical activity intensity and attentional control in older adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 33(5), 737-753. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14311