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Friedman Faculty - Ordovas
Jose M Ordovas
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Senior Scientist and Director, Nutritional Genomics Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Education:

Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Zaragoza

Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 556-3102
Fax: 
(617) 556-3103
Email: 
jose.ordovas@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Molecular biology, nutrition and genetics; lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk

Select Recent Publications
{Frazier-Wood} AC, Glasser S, Garvey TW, Kabagambe EK, Borecki IB, Tiwari HK, et al. A clustering analysis of lipoprotein diameters in the metabolic syndrome. Lipids in Health and Disease. 2011;10:237. Abstract
Richardson K, Lai {C, Parnell LD, Lee {Y, Ordovas JM. A genome-wide survey for SNPs altering microRNA seed sites identifies functional candidates in GWAS. BMC Genomics. 2011;12:504. Abstract
Corella D, Arnett DK, Tucker KL, Kabagambe EK, Tsai M, Parnell LD, et al. A high intake of saturated fatty acids strengthens the association between the fat mass and obesity-associated gene and BMI. The Journal of Nutrition. 2011;141:2219-25. Abstract
Cusano NE, Kiel DP, Demissie S, Karasik D, Adrienne Cupples L, Corella D, et al. A Polymorphism in a Gene Encoding Perilipin 4 Is Associated with Height but not with Bone Measures in Individuals from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Calcified Tissue International. 2011. Abstract
Smith CE, Ordovas JM, Sánchez-Moreno C, Y-C, Garaulet M. Apolipoprotein A-II polymorphism: relationships to behavioural and hormonal mediators of obesity. International Journal of Obesity. 2011. Abstract
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