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The NHS faculty represent numerous departments within the Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control.


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Frank A. Anania, MD, FACP
Associate Professor

Research Area: The role of oxidative stress in altering the transcriptional regulation of genes in hepatic stellate cells and relates to the initial observation made in our laboratory, that leptin, the weight-controlling hormone, is required for liver fibrosis.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms, Oxidative Stress, Lipids/ Metabolic Diseases, Cancer






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George R. Beck Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Understanding the role of dietary inorganic phosphate in regulating cell and tissue behavior related to bone metabolism, calcification, and cancer.

Keywords: Cancer/Aging/Nutrition, Diabetes/Bone, Molecular/Cellular/ Mechanisms, Genomics, Proteomics, Animal models






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Heidi Michels Blanck, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, CDC

Research Area: Weight control practices; fruit and vegetable consumption; hemochromatosis.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, Dietary intake assessment, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Macronutrients, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics






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Roberd Bostick, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Understanding the etiology and primary prevention of colon and prostate cancer.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Micronutrients, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, and Cancer






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Barbara Bowman, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Science, CDC

Research Area: Nutritional epidemiology, primary prevention of chronic disease, especially type 2 diabetes Publications.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance






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Lou Ann S. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Impact of alcoholism (adult and fetal) on pulmonary oxidant injury.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Molecular, Cellular, Mechanisms, Genomics, Proteomics, Animal models, Micronutrients, Pregnancy and lactation, Growth/Development, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health / Biomarkers / Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Vascular disease/Diabetes, Infection






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Peter J. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Nutrition and disease.

Keywords: Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance






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Henry F. Edelhauser, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Pathogenesis of corneal edema and drug delivery for posterior segment eye disease.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms, Cancer






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Rosanne P. Farris, Ph.D.
Team Lead, CDC

Research Area: Heart disease and stroke prevention applied research, translation and program evaluation.

Keywords: Dietary intake assessment, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Lipids/Metabolic disease






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Rafael Flores, Ph.D.
Senior Service Fellow, CDC

Research Area: Focuses primarily on nutrition and human capital development, nutrition and growth, impact of micronutrient interventions (iron, folate, Vitamin A, DHA and Zinc) and consequences of early malnutrition. He also works on targeting social programs and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and implications of public health and public nutrition policies and programs in developing countries.

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Janet Fulton, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, CDC

Research Area: The epidemiology of physical activity, and chronic diseases; obesity, weight gain, and chronic diseases; the measurement and quantification of physical activity; and the promotion of physical activity.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, Behavior/Health Promotion/Communication, Vascular Disease/Diabetes






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Michael Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Michael Goodman, MD, MPH, is an epidemiologist whose research is focused on the roles of diet, inflammation and oxidative stress as determinants of cancer risk and prognosis.

Keywords: cancer, oxidative stress, epidemiology, treatment outcomes






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Jason Hansen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Compartmentation of oxidative stress and redoxsensitive signal transduction in disease processes.

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Dean P. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Diet and cancer; antioxidants, and aging.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Human feeding studies, Animal models, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Macronutrients, Aging, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Cancer, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Jan-Michael Klapproth, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Bacterial factors in infectious diarrhea and inflammatory bowel disease.

Keywords: Animal models, Infection






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Elena Kuklina, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

Research Area: The role of socio-demographic, lifestyle, and health care factors in prevalence and control of cardiovascular risk factors at population levels

Keywords: epidemiology, cardiovascular diseases, pregnancy, adolescents, surveillance, prevention, control, policy, lipoproteins, sodium






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Michelle Lampl, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Human growth and development, saltatory growth; nutrition; medical anthropology; paleoanthropology.

Keywords: Dietary intake assessment, Infant Feeding, Growth/Development






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Ngoc-Anh Le, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Lipoprotein metabolism and lipid utilization.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Human feeding studies, Animal models, Community/Programs, Aging, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Michele Marcus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Reproductive epidemiology; environmental and occupational epidemiology; musculoskeletal disorders.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/Development, Aging, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Human nutrition.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, International/Global, Nutritional status assessment, Micronurtients, Micronutrients, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/Development






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Marjorie L. McCullough, Sc.D., R.D.
Strategic Director, American Cancer Society

Research Area: Diet and cancer prevention, primarily gastrointestinal cancers; diet assessment methods.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Dietary intake assessment, Nutritional status assessment, Cancer






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Didier Merlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Our main research projects are centered in intestinal epithelia research, specifically in following areas: 1)The role of membrane transporters in intestinal inflammation that is directly related to Intestinal Bowel Disease (IBD); 2) The role of the cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in the intestinal barrier function; 3) Nanotechnology in IBD

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular Mechanisms; Intestinal inflammation; IBD; membrane transporters






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Alfred H. Merrill, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Sphingolipid metabolism and cell regulation; nutrition and cancer.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Cancer






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Patricia W. Mueller, Ph.D.
Chief, Health Effects Laboratory Branch, CDC

Research Area: Genetic risk factors for, and macromolecular and metabolic indicators of, early health effects of chronic diseases and toxic exposures.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms, Predictive Health/Biomarkers, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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K.M. Venkat Narayan, M.D.
Hubert Professor

Research Area: Public health aspects of diabetes and chronic diseases.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, International/Global, Dietary intake assessment, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Pregnancy and lactation, Aging, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Vascular disease/Diabetes, Infection, Cognition and mental health






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Cria Perrine, Ph.D.
Epidemiologist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, CDC

Research Area: Infant and young child feeding including breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and home fortification of complementary foods; iodine status, deficiency, and assessment.

Keywords: Epidemiology, Breastfeeding, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Micronutrient Deficiencies






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Christine M. Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Chief, Nutritional Biomarkers Branch, CDC

Research Area: Genetic risk factors for, and macromolecular and metabolic indicators of, early health effects of chronic diseases and toxic exposures.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/ Genomics/Proteomics, Dietary intake assessment, Micronutrients, Macronutrients, Growth/Development, Predictive Health/ Biomarkers/ Metabolomics, Vascular disease/ Diabetes






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Michael Pratt, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer IV, Supervisory Epidemiologist, CDC

Research Area: The economics of physical activity and health including costs of inactivity and cost effectiveness of physical activity interventions.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, Behavior/ Health Promotion/ Communcation, Growth/Development, Obesity/Physical activity/ Energy balance






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S. Russ Price, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Regulation of protein and branched-chain amino acid metabolism in pathologic conditions associated with muscle wasting.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Animal models, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Usha Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Maternal and child nutrition, micronutrient malnutrition, nutrition assessment.

Keywords: Population/ Epidemiology, International/Global, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/development, Obesity/Physical activity/ Energy balance, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Cognition and mental health






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Carol H. Rubin, DVM
National Center for Zoonotic and Viral Enteric Disease, CDC

Research Area: Pesticide exposure and pesticide poisoning; biomarkers of environmental exposure; endocrine disruptors.

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Mary K. Serdula, M.D.
Epidemiologist, CDC

Research Area: Surveillance of weight control practices and dietary intake; abbreviated methods for assessing dietary intake; health effects of alcohol.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Dietary intake assessment, Nutritional status assessment, Obesity/ Physical activity/ Energy balance






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John Scott, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Neurobiology of the chemical senses and olfactory system.

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Andrea J. Sharma, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist, CDC

Research Area: The long-term consequences of nutritional exposures early in life.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Dietary intake assessment, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Macronutrients, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/Development, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance






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Rani H. Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Clinical nutrition in the area of inborn errors of metabolism.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/ Proteomics, Infant feeding, Growth/development, Lipids/ Metabolic disease






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Anne L. Sowell, Ph.D.
Environmental Health Scientist, CDC

Research Area: Nutritional epidemiology and surveillance.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Dietary intake assessment, Micronutrients






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Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Methods in dietary assessment; childhood and prenatal influences on chronic disease risk; cardiovascular disease epidemiology.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, International/Global, Dietary intake assessment, Macronutrients, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/Development, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Cancer, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Karen K. Steinberg, Ph.D.
Senior Science Officer, CDC

Research Area: Causes and risk factors of chronic disease, such as osteoporosis and effects of exposure to xenobiotic agents.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Community/Programs, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Cancer






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Robert B. Stephenson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Research interests in reproductive and sexual health, migration and health, and the relationship between individual health and the community environment.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, International/Global, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication






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Victoria L. Stevens, Ph.D.
Strategic Director, American Cancer Society

Research Area: Molecular markers of cancer risk, folate and cancer, obesity and prostate cancer, health consequences of weight cycling

Keywords: Populations/Epidemiology, Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/ Genomics/Proteomics, Folate, Obesity, Weight Cycling






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Parminder Suchdev, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Micronutrient malnutrition; interaction of iron and malaria and other infectious diseases

Keywords: Micronutrients; Epidemiology; Infant and young child feeding; Global Health






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Vin Tangpricha , M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Vitamin D nutrition in chronic kidney diease, hypertension, cystic fibrosis and short bowel disease.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Macronutrients






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Nancy J. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Etiology of cancers of the digestive tract and several hormone-mediated cancers.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Behavior/Health promotion/Communication






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Paige Tolbert, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Environmental and occupational epidemiology; cancer epidemiology.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Pregnancy and lactation, Infant feeding, Growth/development, Aging, Cancer, Infection






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Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Cardiovascular disease epidemiology.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Vascular disease/Diabetes, Cognition and mental health






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Hubert Vesper, M.D.
Senior Service Fellow, CDC

Research Area: Human exposure, health effects of reactive chemicals, and chronic diseases.

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Human feeding studies, Dietary intake assessment, Growth / Development, Aging, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Cancer






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Miriam B. Vos, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: The role of adipocytokines and hepatic carbohydrate metabolism in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Human feeding studies, Dietary intake assessment, Macronutrients, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease, Cancer






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M. Neale Weitzmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: The mechanisms regulating physiological and pathological bone turnover and how alterations in the immuno-skeletal interface, nutritional and hormonal factors drive osteoporosis in inflammatory conditions, estrogen deficiency, infection and aging.

Keywords: Osteoporosis, Bone Biology, Aging, Infection, Inflammation, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, Animal models, Micronutrients, Metabolic Diseases






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Carol M. Worthman, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Area: Community preventive health

Keywords: Population/Epidemiology, Community/Programs, Dietary intake assessment, Growth/Development, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Cognition and mental health






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Chris Yun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Area: Cellular signaling regulating Na/H exchangers; lysophosphatidic acid and colon cancer.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Animal models, Cancer, Vascular disease/Diabetes






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Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D.
Associate Professor

Research Area: Clinical, metabolic and molecular effects of specialized parenteral and enteral nutrition support, and specific nutrients and growth factors in intestinal failure and other catabolic states.

Keywords: Molecular/Cellular/Mechanisms/Genomics/Proteomics, Human feeding studies, Animal models, Dietary intake assessment, Nutritional status assessment, Micronutrients, Macronutrients, Obesity/Physical activity/Energy balance, Predictive health/Biomarkers/Metabolomics, Oxidative stress, Lipids/Metabolic disease





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