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Paul F. Jacques, D.Sc.

Paul F. Jacques Senior Scientist and Director
Nutritional Epidemiology Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: (617) 556-3322
Fax: (617) 556-3344
E-mail:paul.jacques@tufts.edu
Education D.Sc., Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Research Focus Flavonoids, B vitamins, whole grains, diet patterns and diet quality, and their relation to inflammation, insulin resistance, diabetes, cardiovascular disease cognitive impairment
Academic Appointments Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Selected Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Epidemiologic Research
Member, American Society for Nutrition Sciences
Member, American Society for Clinical Nutrition

Recent Publications
McCullough ML, Peterson JJ, Patel R, Jacques PF, Shah R, Dwyer JT. Flavonoid intake and cardiovascular disease mortality in a prospective cohort of US adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Feb;95(2):454-64. Epub 2012 Jan 4.

Troen AM, Scott TM, D'Anci KE, Moorthy D, Dobson B, Rogers G, Weiner DE, Levey AS, Dallal GE, Jacques PF, Selhub J, Rosenberg IH; FACT Study Investigators. Cognitive Dysfunction and Depression in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients: Baseline Findings from the FAVORIT Ancillary Cognitive Trial (FACT). J Ren Nutr. 2011 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Poly C, Massaro JM, Seshadri S, Wolf PA, Cho E, Krall E, Jacques PF, Au R. The relation of dietary choline to cognitive performance and white-matter hyperintensity in the Framingham Offspring Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Dec;94(6):1584-91.

Pachucki MA, Jacques PF, Christakis NA. Social network concordance in food choice among spouses, friends, and siblings. Am J Public Health. 2011 Nov;101(11):2170-7.

Rienstra M, Cheng S, Larson MG, McCabe EL, Booth SL, Jacques PF, Lubitz SA, Yin X, Levy D, Magnani JW, Ellinor PT, Benjamin EJ, Wang TJ. Vitamin D status is not related to development of atrial fibrillation in the community. Am Heart J. 2011 Sep;162(3):538-41.

Kanoni S, Nettleton JA, Hivert MF, Ye Z, van Rooij FJ, Shungin D, Sonestedt E, Ngwa JS, Wojczynski MK, Lemaitre RN, Gustafsson S, Anderson JS, Tanaka T, Hindy G, Saylor G, Renstrom F, Bennett AJ, van Duijn CM, Florez JC, Fox CS, Hofman A, Hoogeveen RC, Houston DK, Hu FB, Jacques PF, Johansson I, Lind L, Liu Y, McKeown N, Ordovas J, Pankow JS, Sijbrands EJ, Syv?nen AC, Uitterlinden AG, Yannakoulia M, Zillikens MC; MAGIC Investigators, Wareham NJ, Prokopenko I, Bandinelli S, Forouhi NG, Cupples LA, Loos RJ, Hallmans G, Dupuis J, Langenberg C, Ferrucci L, Kritchevsky SB, McCarthy MI, Ingelsson E, Borecki IB, Witteman JC, Orho-Melander M, Siscovick DS, Meigs JB, Franks PW, Dedoussis GV. Total zinc intake may modify the glucose-raising effect of a zinc transporter (SLC30A8) variant: a 14-cohort meta-analysis. Diabetes. 2011 Sep;60(9):2407-16.

Lieb W, Pencina MJ, Jacques PF, Wang TJ, Larson MG, Levy D, Kannel WB, Vasan RS. Higher aldosterone and lower N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide as biomarkers of salt sensitivity in the community. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2011 Aug;18(4):664-73.

Yetley EA, Pfeiffer CM, Phinney KW, Bailey RL, Blackmore S, Bock JL, Brody LC, Carmel R, Curtin LR, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Eckfeldt JH, Green R, Gregory JF 3rd, Hoofnagle AN, Jacobsen DW, Jacques PF, Lacher DA, Molloy AM, Massaro J, Mills JL, Nexo E, Rader JI, Selhub J, Sempos C, Shane B, Stabler S, Stover P, Tamura T, Tedstone A, Thorpe SJ, Coates PM, Johnson CL, Picciano MF. Biomarkers of vitamin B-12 status in NHANES: a roundtable summary. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jul;94(1):313S-321S.

Yetley EA, Pfeiffer CM, Phinney KW, Fazili Z, Lacher DA, Bailey RL, Blackmore S, Bock JL, Brody LC, Carmel R, Curtin LR, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Eckfeldt JH, Green R, Gregory JF 3rd, Hoofnagle AN, Jacobsen DW, Jacques PF, Molloy AM, Massaro J, Mills JL, Nexo E, Rader JI, Selhub J, Sempos C, Shane B, Stabler S, Stover P, Tamura T, Tedstone A, Thorpe SJ, Coates PM, Johnson CL, Picciano MF.Biomarkers of folate status in NHANES: a roundtable summary. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Jul;94(1):303S-312S.

Imamura F, Jacques PF.Invited commentary: dietary pattern analysis. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 May 15;173(10):1105-8; discussion 1109-10.

Leung J, Dwyer J, Hibberd P, Jacques P, Rand W, Rocco MV; HEMO Study Group. Association between adherence to folic acid supplements and serum folate, and plasma homocysteine among hemodialysis patients. J Ren Nutr. 2011 May;21(3):246-56.

Bostom AG, Carpenter MA, Kusek JW, Levey AS, Hunsicker L, Pfeffer MA, Selhub J, Jacques PF, Cole E, Gravens-Mueller L, House AA, Kew C, McKenney JL, Pacheco-Silva A, Pesavento T, Pirsch J, Smith S, Solomon S, Weir M. Homocysteine-lowering and cardiovascular disease outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: primary results from the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial. Circulation. 2011 Apr 26;123(16):1763-70.

Wang TJ, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Cheng S, Rhee EP, McCabe E, Lewis GD, Fox CS, Jacques PF, Fernandez C, O'Donnell CJ, Carr SA, Mootha VK, Florez JC, Souza A, Melander O, Clish CB, Gerszten RE. Metabolite profiles and the risk of developing diabetes. Nat Med. 2011 Apr;17(4):448-53.

Dietrich M, Jacques PF, Polak JF, Keyes MJ, Pencina MJ, Evans JC, Wolf PA, Selhub J, Vasan RS, D'Agostino RB. Segment-specific association between plasma homocysteine level and carotid artery intima-media thickness in the Framingham Offspring Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Mar-Apr;20(2):155-61.

Shen J, Johnson VM, Sullivan LM, Jacques PF, Magnani JW, Lubitz SA, Pandey S, Levy D, Vasan RS, Quatromoni PA, Junyent M, Ordovas JM, Benjamin EJ. Dietary factors and incident atrial fibrillation: the Framingham Heart Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;93(2):261-6.