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  • Lynne M. Ausman, D.Sc.
    Program Director
    Effect of dietary fat, cholesterol, and fiber on coronary artery disease and colon cancer; nutritional primatology

  • Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Ph.D. Antioxidants and disease prevention in the aging population

  • Sarah L. Booth, Ph.D.
    Vitamin K; food composition, metabolism, and role in chronic disease prevention

  • Carmen Castaneda Sceppa, M.D., Ph.D. Protein requirements and exercise in the elderly

  • Sang Woon Choi, M.D., Ph.D. Mechanisms underlying the modulation of carcinogenesis by nutrients

  • Natalia A. Crivello, Ph.D. Lipids in brain aging and nutrition

  • Gerard E. Dallal, Ph.D. Applied statistical methodology; statistical computing and the analysis of categorical data

  • Sai K. Das, Ph.D. Energy regulation in humans

  • Roger Fielding, Ph.D. Impact of age and physical activity on skeletal muscle

  • Andrew S. Greenberg, M.D. Obesity, regulation of adipocyte metabolism, insulin resistance

  • Sung Nim Han, Ph.D. Vitamin E-induced resistance to infection

  • Paul Jacques, D.Sc. Causes and consequences of elevated plasma homocysteine levels; antioxidants and agerelated eye diseases; dietary patterns and disease risk

  • Elizabeth Johnson, Ph.D. Absorption and metabolism of carotenoids in humans; role of carotenoids in eye disease prevention

  • Stefania Lamon-Fava, M.D. Hormonal replacement, nutrition, lipoproteins, aging and risk of cardiovascular disease

  • Paul Leavis, Ph.D. Mammalian physiology; leptin induced signaling in breast cancer

  • Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc. Dietary fatty acids, nutrition, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk; phytoestrogens/soy protein; sterol/stanol esters; genetically modified/selectively bred oils

  • Joel B. Mason, M.D. Folate and carcinogenesis; intestinal metabolism of folate

  • Mohsen M. Meydani, D.V.M. Role of dietary antioxidants, lipids and oxidative stress on molecular mechanisms of immune/endothelial cells interaction in atherogenesis and angiogenesis

  • Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M. Age and nutrient induced changes in immune response and their underlying mechanisms

  • Aviva Must, Ph.D. Childhood growth antecedents and adult health outcomes, childhood and adolescent obesity, epidemiology of obesity in adults

  • Martin Obin, Ph.D. Photoreceptors degeneration; effects of calorie restriction and novel vitamin K-dependent proteins using transgenics and knockouts

  • José Ordovas, Ph.D. Molecular biology, nutrition and genetics; lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk

  • Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D. Dietary determinants of body fatness, energy efficiency, expenditure, and intake; stable isotope kinetic techniques

  • Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D. Folate nutriture; relationship between homocysteine, B vitamin nutriture, and vascular disease

  • Robert M. Russell, M.D. Retinoids; carotenoids; aging; gastrointestinal function

  • Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D. Interactions amongst exercise and nutrition on muscle physiology 

  • Ernst J. Schaefer, M.D. Nutrition, genetics, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk

  • Jacob Selhub, Ph.D. Relationship between B vitamin nutriture, homocysteine, and vascular disease

  • Allen Taylor, Ph.D. Proteolytic processes in the lens and retina

  • Xiang-Dong Wang, M.D., Ph.D. Retinoid and carotenoid metabolism and signaling

  • Richard J. Wood, Ph.D. Gene-diet interactions; micronutrient bioavailability

  • Dayong Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Eicosanoids in aging and immune response

  

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