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Print| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block, Steven | Associate Professor | steven.block@tufts.edu |
Food and agricultural policy in developing countries; agricultural productivity; development economics; political... |
| Cash, Sean | Associate Professor | sean.cash@tufts.edu | Economics and policy of food, nutrition, and the environment |
| Goldberg, Jeanne | Professor | jeanne.goldberg@tufts.edu |
Childhood Obesity; Communication and behavior change; Nutrition, physical activity and weight in older adults |
| Gute, David | Associate Professor | david.gute@tufts.edu |
Environmental and occupational epidemiology |
| Joseph, Hugh | Adjunct Assistant Professor | hugh.joseph@tufts.edu |
Food systems, community food security, community food programs, local food systems, local agriculture, food... |
| Kirshen, Paul | Adjunct Professor | paul.kirshen@tufts.edu |
Water resources planning and management, integrated assessment, climate change, water policy analysis, and hydrology... |
| Peters, Christian | Assistant Professor | christian.peters@tufts.edu |
Understanding the potential to increase the ecological sustainability of human societies through changes to the food... |
| Rogers, Beatrice | Professor | beatrice.rogers@tufts.edu |
Economic determinants of household food consumption; consumption effects of economic and pricing policies; design... |
| Webb, Patrick |
Dean for Academic Affairs Professor |
patrick.webb@tufts.edu |
Food security, humanitarian policy and practice, development policy, agriculture and food systems, micronutrient... |
| Wilde, Parke | Associate Professor | parke.wilde@tufts.edu |
U.S. food and nutrition policy; consumer economics; federal food assistance programs |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block, Steven | Associate Professor | steven.block@tufts.edu |
Food and agricultural policy in developing countries; agricultural productivity; development economics; political... |
| Coates, Jennifer | Assistant Professor | jennifer.coates@tufts.edu |
Food security and livelihoods (measurement, assessment, and programming); Risk management and disaster risk... |
| Economos, Christina | Associate Professor | christina.economos@tufts.edu |
Dr. Economos's research efforts have addressed the interaction between exercise, diet, and body composition... |
| Hammock, John | Adjunct Professor | john.hammock@tufts.edu |
Latinos, Central America and the Caribbean, humanitarian assistance, economic/political development, ethics |
| Houser, Robert | Assistant Professor | robert.houser@tufts.edu | |
| Kennedy, Eileen | Professor | eileen.kennedy@tufts.edu |
Assessing the health and nutrition impacts of policies and programs; nutrient density and diet diversity;... |
| Masters, William | Professor | william.masters@tufts.edu |
Food policy and agricultural development, technology and markets |
| Maxwell, Daniel | Professor | daniel.maxwell@tufts.edu |
Famine, food security, livelihoods; Food aid; Humanitarian programs in both assistance and protection; Emergency... |
| Nelson, Miriam | Professor | miriam.nelson@tufts.edu |
physical activity, nutrition, and obesity prevention |
| Sacheck, Jennifer | Associate Professor | jennifer.sacheck@tufts.edu |
Physical fitness, physical activity and health outcomes. Exercise and energy balance. Sports nutrition; Exercise and... |
| Sadler, Kate | Assistant Professor | kate.sadler@tufts.edu |
The identification and treatment of severe acute malnutrition, community-based programming, the nutritional support... |
| Tillotson, James | Professor of Food Policy and International Business | james.tillotson@tufts.edu |
The global food supply chain and the economic, technological, political and social factors influencing its... |
| Walker, Peter | Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security | peter.walker@tufts.edu |
Humanitarian crises |
| Webb, Patrick |
Dean for Academic Affairs Professor |
patrick.webb@tufts.edu |
Food security, humanitarian policy and practice, development policy, agriculture and food systems, micronutrient... |
| Wilde, Parke | Associate Professor | parke.wilde@tufts.edu |
U.S. food and nutrition policy; consumer economics; federal food assistance programs |
| Young, Helen | Professor | helen.young@tufts.edu |
Livelihoods and conflict: vulnerability and risk among different livelihood groups. Pastoralism, from... |
Additional Faculty from the Fletcher School
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Jacobsen | Academic Director; Associate Research Professor | karen.jacobsen@tufts.edu | Refugee and migration issues; humanitarian assistance, livelihoods in complex emergencies, field methods, Africa; developing countries. View full profile at: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/jacobsen/default.shtml |
| Dyan Mazurana | Associate Research Professor | dyan.mazurana@tufts.edu | Civilian populations' experiences of armed conflict; women's human rights; war-affected children; armed conflict; human security; protection; ex-combatants; and peacekeeping. View full profile at: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/mazurana/default.shtml |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxwell, Daniel | Professor | daniel.maxwell@tufts.edu |
Famine, food security, livelihoods; Food aid; Humanitarian programs in both assistance and protection; Emergency... |
| Sadler, Kate | Assistant Professor | kate.sadler@tufts.edu |
The identification and treatment of severe acute malnutrition, community-based programming, the nutritional support... |
| Stites, Elizabeth | Instructor | elizabeth.stites@tufts.edu |
Household level coping strategies, shifts in land tenure during and after conflict, changes in intra-household... |
| Walker, Peter | Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor of Nutrition and Human Security | peter.walker@tufts.edu |
Humanitarian crises |
| Young, Helen | Professor | helen.young@tufts.edu |
Livelihoods and conflict: vulnerability and risk among different livelihood groups. Pastoralism, from... |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folta, Sara | Assistant Professor | sara.folta@tufts.edu |
Community-based interventions, public health nutrition, theories of behavior change, obesity prevention. |
| Goldberg, Jeanne | Professor | jeanne.goldberg@tufts.edu |
Childhood Obesity; Communication and behavior change; Nutrition, physical activity and weight in older adults |
| Must, Aviva | Professor | aviva.must@tufts.edu |
Childhood growth antecedents and adult health outcomes, childhood and adolescent obesity, epidemiology of obesity in... |
| Nelson, Miriam | Professor | miriam.nelson@tufts.edu |
physical activity, nutrition, and obesity prevention |
| Shuman, Jill | Adjunct Lecturer | jill.shuman@tufts.edu | |
| Smith, Christine | Adjunct Lecturer | christine.smith@tufts.edu |
Grammar; Consumer health writing |
| Tillotson, James | Professor of Food Policy and International Business | james.tillotson@tufts.edu |
The global food supply chain and the economic, technological, political and social factors influencing its... |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blumberg, Jeffrey | Professor | jeffrey.blumberg@tufts.edu |
Determining the role of dietary antioxidants in the promotion of health and prevention of chronic disease,... |
| Booth, Sarah | Professor | sarah.booth@tufts.edu |
Vitamin K food composition, dietary assessment, nutritional assessment, and bioavailability |
| Chen, Oliver | Assistant Professor | oliver.chen@tufts.edu |
Antioxidant actions and bioavailability of dietary flavonoids |
| Choi, Sang-Woon | Associate Professor | sang.choi@tufts.edu |
Mechanisms underlying the modulation of carcinogenesis by one-carbon metabolism, aging, and epigenetics |
| Crivello, Natalia | Assistant Professor | natalia.crivello@tufts.edu |
Aging, nutrition, oxidative stress, brain signaling |
| Dallal, Gerard | Professor | gerard.dallal@tufts.edu |
Application of statistical methodology to laboratory experiments and population-based studies of human nutrition,... |
| Das, Sai Krupa | Assistant Professor | sai.das@tufts.edu |
Energy regulation in humans; obesity; energy expenditure; body weight regulation; caloric restriction. |
| Fielding, Roger | Professor | roger.fielding@tufts.edu |
Impact of exercise and physical activity on successful human aging; skeletal muscle alterations with advancing age... |
| Greenberg, Andrew | Associate Professor | andrew.greenberg@tufts.edu |
Obesity, regulation of adipocyte metabolism, insulin resistance. |
| Jacques, Paul | Professor | paul.jacques@tufts.edu |
Causes and consequences of hyperhomocysteimia; the impact of folic acid fortification of enriched cereal grain... |
| Johnson, Elizabeth | Assistant Professor | elizabeth.johnson@tufts.edu |
Carotenoids, eye health, cognition, skin health |
| Kehayias, Joseph | Associate Professor | Joseph.Kehayias@tufts.edu |
Body composition and radioisotope kinetics |
| Lamon-Fava, Stefania | Associate Professor | stefania.lamon-fava@tufts.edu | |
| Leavis, Paul | Associate Professor | leavis@bbri.org |
Protein-protein interactions in thin filament regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction |
| Lichtenstein, Alice | Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy | alice.lichtenstein@tufts.edu |
General research focus is on assessing the interplay between diet and heart disease risk factors. |
| Mason, Joel | Professor | joel.mason@tufts.edu |
Folate and carcinogenesis, intestinal metabolism of B vitamin, folate |
| Meydani, Mohsen | Professor | mohsen.meydani@tufts.edu |
Role of dietary antioxidants, bioflavonoids, lipids, and oxidative stress on molecular mechanisms associated with... |
| Meydani, Simin Nikbin | Professor | simin.meydani@tufts.edu |
Nutrient- and age-induced changes in immune response and their underlying mechanisms and clinical implications. The... |
| Obin, Martin | Associate Professor | martin.obin@tufts.edu |
Adipose tissue biology; mechanisms and role of inflammation in metabolic complications of obesity. |
| Ordovas, Jose | Professor | jose.ordovas@tufts.edu |
Molecular biology, nutrition and genetics; lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk |
| Roberts, Susan | Professor | susan.roberts@tufts.edu |
Dietary determinants of body fatness, energy efficiency, expenditure, and intake; stable isotope kinetic techniques... |
| Rosenberg, Irwin |
Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition University Professor |
irwin.rosenberg@tufts.edu |
Folate nutriture; relationship between homocysteine, B vitamin nutriture, and vascular disease. |
| Russell, Robert | Professor Emeritus | rob.russell@tufts.edu |
Retinoids, carotenoids, aging, gastrointestinal absorptive function |
| Sacheck, Jennifer | Associate Professor | jennifer.sacheck@tufts.edu |
Physical fitness, physical activity and health outcomes. Exercise and energy balance. Sports nutrition; Exercise and... |
| Sceppa, Carmen Castaneda | Adjunct Associate Professor | carmen.sceppa@tufts.edu |
Role of protein intake and physical activity in the maintenance of muscle mass and function in the elderly; etiology... |
| Selhub, Jacob | Professor | jacob.selhub@tufts.edu |
Relationship between B vitamin nutriture, homocysteine, and vascular disease. |
| Taylor, Allen | Professor | allen.taylor@tufts.edu |
Relationship between oxidative stress, protein quality control, nutrient intake, and risk for cataract and age-... |
| Wang, Xiang-Dong | Professor | xiang-dong.wang@tufts.edu |
Retinoids; carotenoids; signal transduction, alcohol and cigarette smoking, and cancer prevention. |
| Wood, Richard | Adjunct Associate Professor | richard.wood@tufts.edu |
Gene-diet interactions, micronutrient bioavailability |
| Wu, Dayong | Associate Professor | dayong.wu@tufts.edu |
Dietary lipids and antioxidant nutrients in immune and inflammatory responses; nutritional regulation of eicosanoid... |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhupathiraju, Shilpa | Adjunct Instructor | Shilpa.bhupathiraju@tufts.edu | |
| Dallal, Gerard | Professor | gerard.dallal@tufts.edu |
Application of statistical methodology to laboratory experiments and population-based studies of human nutrition,... |
| Dunn, Julie | Visiting Associate Professor | julie.dunn@tufts.edu |
Epidemiologic study design for complex interventions. Nutrition-lifestyle effects on cognitive function |
| Dwyer, Johanna | Adjunct Professor | jdwyer1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org |
Flavonoids in food and supplements and chronic disease risk; nutrition and quality of life; nutritional risk factors... |
| Jacques, Paul | Professor | paul.jacques@tufts.edu |
Causes and consequences of hyperhomocysteimia; the impact of folic acid fortification of enriched cereal grain... |
| Must, Aviva | Professor | aviva.must@tufts.edu |
Childhood growth antecedents and adult health outcomes, childhood and adolescent obesity, epidemiology of obesity in... |
| Ordovas, Jose | Professor | jose.ordovas@tufts.edu |
Molecular biology, nutrition and genetics; lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk |
| Zhang, Fang Fang | Assistant Professor | fang_fang.zhang@tufts.edu |
Cancer Epidemiology, Nutrition Epidemiology |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthurs, Denise | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | darthurs@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Borto, Dara | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | dborto@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Doyle, Marcia | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | mdoyle1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org |
Pediatric critical care nutrition (selecting appropriate parenteral and enteral nutrition support for critically ill... |
| Dwyer, Johanna | Adjunct Professor | jdwyer1@tuftsmedicalcenter.org |
Flavonoids in food and supplements and chronic disease risk; nutrition and quality of life; nutritional risk factors... |
| Efstathion, Ann | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | aefstathion@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Howard, Alexis | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | ahoward@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Kennedy, Claire | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | ckennedy@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Marino-Costello, Elizabeth | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | elizabeth.marino_costello@tufts.edu | |
| Paquette, Annie | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | apaquette@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Phelan, Grace | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | gphelan@tuftsmedicalcenter.org |
| Name | Title | General Research | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coates, Jennifer | Assistant Professor | jennifer.coates@tufts.edu |
Food security and livelihoods (measurement, assessment, and programming); Risk management and disaster risk... |
| Das, Sai Krupa | Assistant Professor | sai.das@tufts.edu |
Energy regulation in humans; obesity; energy expenditure; body weight regulation; caloric restriction. |
| Hastings, David | Adjunct Professor | david.hastings@tufts.edu |
Organizational behavior and design, management control systems. |
| Hendricks, Kristy | Adjunct Associate Professor | kristy.hendricks@tufts.edu |
Pediatric nutrition, maternal and child health, clinical nutrition, clinical trials in international pediatric... |
| Houser, Robert | Assistant Professor | robert.houser@tufts.edu | |
| Kane, Kelly | Assistant Professor | kkane@tuftsmedicalcenter.org | |
| Lichtenstein, Alice | Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy | alice.lichtenstein@tufts.edu |
General research focus is on assessing the interplay between diet and heart disease risk factors. |
| Marino-Costello, Elizabeth | Clinical Instructor, Frances Stern Nutrition Center | elizabeth.marino_costello@tufts.edu | |
| Prelack, Kathy | Visiting Instructor | kprelack@shrinenet.org | |
| Rogers, Beatrice | Professor | beatrice.rogers@tufts.edu |
Economic determinants of household food consumption; consumption effects of economic and pricing policies; design... |
| Saltzman, Edward | Associate Professor | edward.saltzman@tufts.edu |
Obesity and body weight regulation in humans |
| Van Rompay, Maria | Adjunct Instructor | maria.vanrompay@tufts.edu |
Dietary, sociodemographic, and metabolic risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes in Puerto Rican adults;... |
| Webb, Patrick |
Dean for Academic Affairs Professor |
patrick.webb@tufts.edu |
Food security, humanitarian policy and practice, development policy, agriculture and food systems, micronutrient... |
