Shannon Richard (Nursing PhD graduate and lead author), Brenna Renn (Psychology), and Dieu-My Tran, Jinyoung Kim, and Du Feng (all Nursing) published, "Metabolic Syndrome, Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hispanic Community Health Study," in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. This study found associations between the presence of metabolic syndrome and lifestyle behaviors (including  physical activity and alcohol use) and sleep-disordered breathing in a large national cohort of diverse Hispanic American adults. Gender and Hispanic heritage subgroup differences were prominent among study variables.