Sameera Talegawkar, Ph.D.

	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
Education	Ph.D., Nutritional Epidemiology The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Research Focus	Dietary assessment methods, diet and chronic disease.
Selected Professional Affiliations	American Society for Nutrition American Heart Association
Selected Research Publications
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.