Doctor's Bio
Dr. Gooding is an adolescent medicine specialist in the Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Gooding received her BS from the University of Georgia, her MSc from the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, and her MD from the University of California San Francisco. She completed her clinical fellowships in internal and adolescent medicine at Brigham and Woman’s and Boston Children’s Hospital and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School before joining Emory in 2019. Dr. Gooding’s NIH funded research explores the preservation of cardiovascular health both during and following the transition from adolescence to adulthood. In addition to her research and clinical work, Dr. Gooding teaches about adolescent and young adult care to medical students, pediatric and internal medicine residents, and health care professionals.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowships
Boston Children's Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Associations of Screen Time and Physical Activity With Body Mass Index in Early Adolescence: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Nagata JM, Frimpong I, Nguyen ND, Heuer A, Helmer CK, Al-Shoaibi AA, Ganson KT, Testa A, Dooley EE, Gabriel KP, Baker FC, Gooding HC
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 2026;
PMID: 41916773 - Higher recreational screen time and lower step count are associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk in early adolescence.
Nagata JM, Nguyen ND, Frimpong I, Heuer A, Helmer CK, Al-Shoaibi AA, Ganson KT, Testa A, Dooley EE, Le TP, Gabriel KP, Baker FC, Gooding HC
BMC public health. 2026;
PMID: 41772512 - Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women in the United States Through 2050: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Joynt Maddox KE, Reynolds HR, Adedinsewo D, Bushnell C, DeVon HA, Gooding HC, Howard VJ, Mauricio R, Miller EC, Sharma G, Waken RJ, , , ,
Circulation. 2026;153(13):e1061-e1077.
PMID: 41738095 - Neighborhood Quality and Screen Use: Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.
Nagata JM, Helmer CK, Memon Z, Talebloo J, Ganson KT, Testa A, He J, Abdel Magid HS, Gooding HC, Baker FC
Academic pediatrics. 2026;26(2):103164.
PMID: 41167465 - Racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cardiovascular health: evidence of the role of social disadvantage from NHANES 2013-2018.
Fields ND, Gooding HC, Perak AM, Vos MB, Aguayo L
BMC medicine. 2025;23(1):582.
PMID: 41136956 - Promoting life's essential 8 to advance global adolescent cardiovascular health.
Nagata JM, Nguyen ND, Helmer CK, Wong JH, Al-Shoaibi AAA, Gooding HC
International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention. 2025;
PMID: 40994910 - Independent and Joint Prospective Associations of Screen Time and Sleep Disturbance with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Among U.S. Adolescents.
Al-Shoaibi AA, Helmer CK, Shim J, Choi W, Dooley EE, Gooding HC, Pettee Gabriel K, Baker FC, Nagata JM
Childhood obesity (Print). 2025;21(7):618-628.
PMID: 40474740 - Social epidemiology of sports and extracurricular activities in early adolescents.
Nagata JM, Wong JH, Helmer CK, Diep T, Domingue SK, Al-Shoaibi AAA, Ganson KT, Testa A, Dooley EE, Gooding HC, Baker FC, Pettee Gabriel K
Pediatric research. 2025;98(4):1313-1322.
PMID: 40319141 - Social epidemiology of cardiometabolic risk factors in early adolescents.
Nagata JM, Helmer CK, Wong JH, Lee S, Domingue SK, Low P, Al-Shoaibi AAA, Shim JE, Ganson KT, Testa A, Kiss O, Gooding HC, Dooley EE, Pettee Gabriel K, Baker FC
International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention. 2025;
PMID: 40166767 - Social epidemiology of early adolescent nutrition.
Nagata JM, Helmer CK, Wong J, Diep T, Domingue SK, Do R, Ervin R, Mehta AS, Al-Shoaibi AAA, Gooding HC, Ganson KT, Testa A, Baker FC, Garber AK
Pediatric research. 2025;98(3):885-894.
PMID: 39870773
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