Postdoctoral Associate
Dietary Assessment Unit
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: 617-556-3000
Fax: 617-556-3344
E-mail: sameera.talegawkar@tufts.edu

Ph.D., Nutritional Epidemiology
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Dietary assessment methods, diet and chronic disease.

American Society for Nutrition
American Heart Association

Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers TC, Taylor HA, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Serum carotenoid and tocopherol concentrations vary by dietary pattern among African Americans. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 (in press).

Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers TC, Taylor HA, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Carotenoid intakes, assessed by food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs), are associated with serum carotenoid concentrations in the Jackson Heart Study: validation of the Jackson Heart Study Delta NIRI Adult FFQs. Public Health Nutr. 2007;6:1-9.

Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers T, Taylor HA Jr, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Total alpha-tocopherol intakes are associated with serum alpha-tocopherol concentrations in African American adults. J Nutr. 2007; 13(10):2297-303.

Bermudez OI, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Talegawkar SA, Tucker KL. Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elders from Massachusetts have different patterns of carotenoid intake and plasma concentrations. J Nutr. 2005; 135(6):1496-502.