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Center Directors

Luis M. Falcón, Ph.D.

Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
- Phone978-934-3843
- EmailLuis_Falcon@uml.edu
Sabrina Noel, Ph.D., R.D.

Assistant Professor, Member of the Center for Population Health

Nutritional Epidemiology, Nutritional Sciences
- Phone(978) 934-6459
- EmailSabrina_Feldeisen@uml.edu
Katherine L. Tucker, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Center for Population Health

Nutritional Epidemiology
- Phone(978) 934-4066
- Emailkatherine_tucker@uml.edu

Center Members

Mahdi Garelnabi, Ph.D., MSc., FAHA

Associate Professor

Clinical Chemistry, Biochemistry of Lipids and Lab Instrumentation
- Phone(978) 934-4528
- EmailMahdi_Garelnabi@uml.edu
Laurie Soroken, MS, ANP-BC, Ph.D. (c)

Director of Baccalaureate Program , Clinical Associate Professor

Adult Health, Medical Surgical Nursing
- Phone(978) 934-4270
- EmailLaurie_Soroken@uml.edu
Herpreet Thind, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

Physical Activity; Yoga; Obesity
- Phone(978) 934-5317
- EmailHerpreet_Thind@uml.edu
Yuan Zhang, Ph.D., R.N.

Assistant Professor

Occupational Health, Shift Work and Sleep Health, Health-care Workforce
- Phone(978) 934-4421
- EmailYuan_Zhang@uml.edu
Shilpa Bhupathiraju, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Nutritional Epidemiology, Metabolomics, Cardiometabolic diseases
- Phone617-432-1740
- Emailsbhupath@hsph.harvard.edu
Doug Brugge, Ph.D.

Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
- Emaildbrugge@aol.com
Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD

Director, Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research, Center on Aging at Tufts University and Professor of Medicine at Tufts

Bone and Muscle Metabolism
- Phone617-556-3066
- Emailbess.dawson-hughes@tufts.edu
John Griffith, Ph.D

Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Bouve College of Health Sciences

Clinical Trials
- Phone617-373-7516
- Emailjo.griffith@northeastern.edu
Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D.

Molecular Biologist/Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Nutrition and Genomics Lab, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

Molecular biology, nutrition, aging, population genetics, biostatistics
- Phone617-556-3206
- Emailchaoqiang.lai@ars.usda.gov
Jong Soo Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Statistics, Applications of statistics
- Phone978-934-5241
- EmailJongSoo_Lee@uml.edu
Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., R.D.

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Program Director

Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutritional Sciences
- Phone(978) 934-6367
- Emailkelsey_mangano@uml.edu
Josiemer Mattei, PhD, MS, MPH

Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Epidemiological studies on genetic, nutritional, and psychosocial determinants of chronic diseases; community interventions for disease prevention among Latinos
- Phone617-432-3017
- Emailjmattei@hsph.harvard.edu
José M. Ordovás, Ph.D.

Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Genetics, Director Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, Tufts University

Gene-Diet Interactions in relation to Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and other Age-Related Chronic Diseases
- Phone617-556-3102
- Emailjose.ordovas@tufts.edu
Natalia Palacios, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Environmental Health and Neuro-Epidemiology
- Phone978-934-5373
- Emailnatalia_palacios@uml.edu
Jill Portnoy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

biosocial criminology, psychophysiology, hormones, biologically-informed prevention
- Phone978-934-4258
- Emailjill_portnoy@uml.edu
Tammy Scott, Ph.D.

Scientist II, the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging; Assistant Professor, the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Tufts University School of Medicine

Neuropsychological evaluation; Cognition; Aging; Dementia
- Phone617-556-3356
- Emailtammy.scott@tufts.edu
Caren E. Smith, D.V.M, M.S.

Scientist II, Nutrition and Genomics Lab, JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University

Gene-diet interactions for cardio-metabolic phenotypes
- Phone617-556-3014
- Emailcaren.smith@tufts.edu
Yan Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
- Phone(978) 934-3912
- EmailYan_Wang1@uml.edu
Hong Yu, Ph.D.

Professor
- Phone978-934-3620
- EmailHong_Yu@uml.edu
Boce Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Food Safety, Food Nanotechnology
- Phone(978) 934-6282
- Emailboce_zhang@uml.edu

Center Staff

Vanessa Garces Deyab, M.S.

Research Coordinator/Health Communicator
- Phone978-934-6461
- EmailVanessa_GarcesDeyab@uml.edu
Esther Jennings, MPH

Senior Research Manager
- Phone978-934-6458
- EmailEsther_Jennings@uml.edu
Elizabeth (Ellie) Rivera

Phlebotomist/Interviewer
- Phone978-934-4271
- EmailElizabeth_Rivera@uml.edu
Elizabeth Rosario

Project Manager
- Phone978-934-6460
- EmailElizabeth_Rosario@uml.edu
Xiyuan Zhang

Data Manger/Analyst
- Phone978-934-4829
- EmailXiyuan_Zhang@uml.edu
Daniel Frank

Adjunct Faculty
- Phone508-361-5534
- EmailMahoney Hall – 100

Associate Members

NAME	ORGANIZATION
Rafeeque Bhadelia, MD	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Neurophysiology
Shilpa Bhupathiraju, Ph.D.	Harvard Medical School Nutritional Epidemiology, Metabolomics, Cardiometabolic diseases
Doug Brugge, Ph.D.	Tufts University Environmental Health
Lisa Chasan-Taber, Ph.D.	UMass Amherst Epidemiology
Adolfo Correa, MD, Ph.D.	University of Mississippi Medical Center Public Health, Epidemiology
Marcia Cruz-Correa, MD, Ph.D.	University of Puerto Rico Epigenetics of Cancer
Adolfo Cuevas, Ph.D.	Tufts University Psychosocial Determinants of Health
Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD	Tufts University Bone Mineral Research
Jane Freedman, MD	UMass Medical School Cardiology
John Griffith, Ph.D.	Northeastern University Biostatistics, Population Health
Christina Hemphill Fuller, Sc.D.	Georgia State University Environmental Health
Monik Jimenez, Sc.D.	Harvard Medical School Epidemiology
Paul Loprinzi, Ph.D.	University of Mississippi Exercise Science
Chao-Qiang Lia, Ph.D.	USDA-ARS/Tufts University Nutrigenomics
Josiemer Mattei, Ph.D., MS, MPH	Harvard University Nutritional Epidemiology
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Ph.D.	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Nutrition and Health Promotion
José M. Ordovás, Ph.D.	Tufts University Nutrigenomics
Quibin Qi, Ph.D.	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Epidemiology
Casey Rebholz, Ph.D.	Johns Hopkins University Cardiovascular and Clinical Epidemiology
Milagros Rosal, Ph.D.	UMass Medical School Epidemiology
Julia Scialla, MD, Ph.D.	Duke University Nephrology
Tammy Scott, Ph.D.	Tufts University Neuropsychology
Ravi Shah, M.D.	Mass General Hospital Cardiology
Caren E. Smith, D.V.M, M.S.	Tufts University Nutrigenomics
Mercedes Sotos Prieto, Ph.D.	Ohio University Nutritional Epidemiology
Sameera Talegawkar, Ph.D.	George Washington University Nutritional Epidemiology
Kaipeng Wang, Ph.D.	Texas State University Sociology
Bongki Woo, Ph.D., MSW	University of South Carolina Social Determinants of Health

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