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Faculty Profile: Janet Forrester, Ph.D., M.Sc.
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Professor
Nutrition/Infection Unit
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Ave., Stearns 203
Boston, MA 02111
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617-636-2978 |
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617-636-2728 |
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| Education |
Ph.D., Epidemiology &
Biostatistics
McGill University
M.Sc., Parasitology
McGill University
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| Research Focus |
HIV-nutrition interactions in drug abusers
and non-drug abusers with HIV |
| Selected Publications |
- Sahni S, Forrester JE, Tucker KL. Assessing dietary intake of drug-abusing Hispanic adults with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Jun;107(6):968-76.
- Forrester JE. Nutritional alterations in drug abusers with and without HIV. Am J Infect Dis. 2006;2(3):173-179. [Review]
- Forrester JE, Tucker KL, Gorbach SL. The effect of drug abuse on body mass index in Hispanics with and without HIV infection. Public Health Nutr. 2005 Feb;8(1):61-8.
- Forrester JE, Gorbach SL. Fat
Distribution In Relation to Drug Use, Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) Status, and the Use of Antiretroviral Therapies
in Hispanic Patients with HIV Infection. Clin Infec Dis
2003; 37:S62-8
- Forrester JE, Spiegelman D,
Tchetgen E, Knox T, Gorbach SL. Weight loss and body composition
changes in man and women infected with HIV. Am J Clin Nutr
2002;76:1428-1434.
- Tang AM, Forrester JE, Spiegelman
D, Knox TA, Tchetgen E, Gorbach SL. Weight loss and survival
in HIV-positive patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral
therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2002;31:230-236.
- Woods MN, Spiegelman D, Knox TA, Forrester
JE, Connors JL, Skinner SC, Silva M, Kim JH, Gorbach
SL. Nutrient intake and body weight in a large cohort that
includes women and minorities. J Am Diet Assoc 2002;102:203-211.
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