Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging - Tufts University

David Hamer, M.D.

David Hamer, M.D.
Visiting Scientist
Nutritional Immunology Laboratory


Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Center for Global Health and Development Crosstown 3rd floor
801 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Phone:(617) 414-1267
E-mail: dhamer@bu.edu
Education

M.D., University of Vermont
Research Focus Nutritional relationships of infectious disease

Selected HNRCA Research Publications

Sempertegui F, Estrella B, Tucker KL, Hamer DH, Narvaez X, Sempertegui M, Griffiths JK, Noel S, Dallal GD, Selhub J, Meydani SN. Metabolic syndrome in elderly living in marginal peri-urban communities in Quito, Ecuador. Public Health Nut 2010; doi:10:1017/S1368980010002636.

Belisle SE, Hamer DH, Leka LS, Dallal GE, Delgado-Lista J, Fine BC, Jacques PF, Ordovas JM, Meydani SN. IL-2 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms are associated with respiratory tract infection and may modulate the effect of vitamin E on lower respiratory tract infections in elderly nursing home residents. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:106-14.

Osei AK, Rosenberg IR, Houser RF, Bulusu S, Matthews M, Hamer DH. Effectiveness of community level micronutrient fortification of school lunch meals in Himalayan villages of India. J Nutr 2010, doi: 10.3945/jn.109.114751.

 

Printed from: David Hamer, M.D.