Faculty Profile: Janet Forrester, Ph.D., M.Sc.

Associate Professor
Nutrition/Infection Unit
Tufts University School of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Ave., Stearns 203
Boston, MA 02111

1. Tang AM, Forrester JE, Spiegelman D, Flanigan T, Dobs A, Skinner S, Wanke C. Heavy injection drug use is associated with lower percent body fat in a multi-ethnic cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug users from three U.S. cities. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2010; 36:78-86.
   
   
2. Forrester JE , Wang, XD, Knox TA, Tang AM, Johnson EJ. Factors associated with serum retinol, alpha-tocopherol, carotenoids, and selenium in Hispanics with problems of HIV, chronic hepatitis and drug use. J Public Health Policy 2009; 30: 285-299.
   
   
3. Casteneda-Sceppa C, Bermudez OI, Wanke C, Forrester JE. Predictors of insulin resistance among Hispanic adults infected with or at risk of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus. J Viral Hepat 2008; 15:878-887.
   
   
4. Rhee MS, Schmid CH, Stevens LA, Forrester JE. Risk factors for proteinurea in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Hispanic drug users. Am J Kidney Dis 2008; 52: 683-690.
   
   
5. Forrester JE , Tucker KL, Skinner S, Terrin N. Drug abuse and weight loss in HIV-infected men. AIDS Care 2008; 68: 868-875.
   
   
6. 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.
   
   
7. Forrester JE. Nutritional alterations in drug abusers with and without HIV. Am J Infect Dis. 2006;2(3):173-179. [Review]
   
   
8. 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.
   
   
9. 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
   
   
10. 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.
    
    
11. 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.
    
    
12. 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.