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- Bela F. Asztalos, Ph.D.
- Lynne M. Ausman, D.Sc., R.D.
- Angelo Azzi, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Ph.D.
- Sarah L. Booth, Ph.D.
- Lisa Ceglia, M.D.
- Chung-Yen (Oliver) Chen, Ph.D.
- Chung-Jung Chiu, DDS, Ph.D.
- Sang-Woon Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
- Natalia A. Crivello, Ph.D.
- Jimmy Crott, Ph.D.
- Gerard E. Dallal, Ph.D.
- Sai K. Das, Ph.D.
- Bess Dawson-Hughes, M.D.
- Gregory G. Dolnikowski, Ph.D.
- Johanna T. Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D.
- Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D.
- Xueyan Fu, Ph.D.
- Andrew S. Greenberg, M.D.
- Susan Harris, D.Sc.
- Tina L. Huang, Ph.D.
- Paul F. Jacques, D.Sc.
- Elizabeth J. Johnson, Ph.D.
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- Joseph J. Kehayias, Ph.D.
- Chao-Qiang Lai,Ph.D.
- Stefania Lamon-Fava, M.D., Ph.D.
- Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc.
- Chun Liu, M.D., M.S./M.P.H.
- Zhenhua Liu, Ph.D.
- Joel B. Mason, M.D.
- Nirupa Matthan, Ph.D.
- Diane L. McKay, Ph.D.
- Nicola McKeown, Ph.D.
- Mohsen Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Simin Nikbin Meydani, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Martha Morris, Ph.D.
- Martin S. Obin, Ph.D.
- Jose M. Ordovas, Ph.D.
- Laurence D. Parnell, Ph.D.
- Ligi Paul Pottenplackel, PhD
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- Donato Rivas, Ph.D.
- Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D.
- Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D.
- Edward Saltzman, M.D.
- Ernst J. Schaefer, M.D.
- Jacob Selhub, Ph.D.
- Fu Shang, Ph.D.
- Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ph.D.
- Caren E. Smith, M.S., D.V.M
- Donald E. Smith, Ph.D., CMAR
- Katherine Strissel, Ph.D
- Guangwen Tang, Ph.D.
- Allen Taylor, Ph.D.
- Xiang-Dong Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Elizabeth Whitcomb, Ph.D.
- Dayong Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
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- Jean-Marc Zingg, Ph.D.
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- 2655: Immunological Impact of High Olive Oil Consumption
- 2660: Meal effects on vitamin D absorption
- 2690: VIVE2 Study: Efficacy of nutritional supplementation on physical-activity mediated changes in physical functioning
- 2705: Musculoskeletal benefits of bicarbonate in older adults
- 2720: The addition of whole grains to the diets of adults
- 2730: Effect of dietary fat type and amount on vitamin D3 absorption
- 2740: Cranberry Phytochemical Research Study
- 2750: HEALTH Healthy Eating and Active Living for Total Health
- 2765: Effect of aging and weight loss on iron status
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Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory
The Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory provides clinical and specialized biochemical analyses for human, animal, epidemiological, and field studies. Licensed by the federal government and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Clinical Core Unit provides results for over thirty hematology, blood chemistry, and urinalysis procedures. The laboratory adheres to strict quality-control measures by using commercial reference materials and by participating in the College of American Pathologists' external proficiency survey. The Specialized Chemistries Unit provides approximately 120 protocol-specific laboratory procedures. Quality control of the esoteric procedures is monitored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference Materials or commercially available serum and urine quality-control materials. The Specimen Processing Unit receives, processes, stores, and tracks blood, urine, and fecal samples. A clinical laboratory software package provides infinite storage and specimen archiving, on-line quality-control checking, workload reporting, and test-result transfer from instruments to medical records.
Staff
Gayle Petty, M.B.A., Manager
Directly responsible for administrative and scientific leadership related to all operations of a state and federal licensed clinical laboratory and analytical core research facility in which human, animal and food specimens are evaluated for markers of nutritional status. Scientific responsibilities involve directing the development, implementation and trouble shooting of laboratory tests using advance and state-of-the-art instrumentation, establishing quality control procedures, and designing the analytical components of research protocols.
Elizabeth McArdle, B.S., Processing Coordinator
Jian Qin, B.S., Research Assistant
Caleigh Sawicki, B.S., Research Assistant
Elias Seyoum, Ph.D., Research Assistant
Shahin Smith, B.S., Laboratory Section Supervisor
Stephanie Valliere, B.S.,MLS(ASCP), Laboratory Section Supervisor
Hong Wang, M.D., Research Assistant
Kathleen Benoit , Budget and Administrative Assistant
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