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Friedman Faculty - Russell
Robert M Russell
Professor Emeritus, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  • Former Director and Senior Scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
  • Professor, Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Education:

M.D., Columbia University

Curriculum Vitae:
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Contact Information
Email: 
rob.russell@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Retinoids, carotenoids, aging, gastrointestinal absorptive function

Professional Affiliations

Editor, Nutrition Reviews; Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Select Recent Publications
Russell RM. A primer on determining the dietary requirements for folate. BioFactors. 2011;37:251-2.
Liu C, Bronson RT, Russell RM, Wang X-. beta-Cryptoxanthin supplementation prevents cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation, oxidative damage and squamous metaplasia in ferrets. Cancer Prevention Research . 2011. Abstract
Kim Y, Chongviriyaphan N, Liu C, Russell RM, Wang X-. Combined α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid protects against smoke-induced lung squamous metaplasia in ferrets. Lung Cancer. 2011. Abstract
Wong JB, Coates PM, Russell RM, Dwyer JT, Schuttinga JA, Bowman BA, et al. Economic analysis of nutrition interventions for chronic disease prevention: methods, research, and policy. Nutrition Reviews. 2011;69:533-49. Abstract
Mein JR, Dolnikowski GG, Ernst H, Russell RM, Wang X-. Enzymatic formation of apo-carotenoids from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin by ferret carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2011;506:109-21. Abstract
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