Who We Are

Katherine L. Tucker, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Center for Population Health

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

Nutritional Epidemiology

Luis M. Falcón, Ph.D.

Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

• Phone978-934-3843
• EmailLuis_Falcon@uml.edu

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

Associate Professor

• Phone(978) 934-4528
• EmailMahdi_Garelnabi@uml.edu

Clinical Chemistry, Biochemistry of Lipids and Lab Instrumentation

Garry Handelman, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

• Phone(978) 934-4503
• EmailGarry_Handelman@uml.edu

Nutritional Sciences

Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., R.D.

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Program Director

• Phone(978) 934-6367
• Emailkelsey_mangano@uml.edu

Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutritional Sciences

Sabrina Noel, Ph.D., R.D.

Assistant Professor, Member of the Center for Population Health

• Phone978-934-6459
• Emailsabrina_noel@uml.edu

Nutritional Epidemiology, Nutritional Sciences

Laurie Soroken, MS, ANP-BC, Ph.D. (c)

Director of Baccalaureate Program , Clinical Associate Professor

• Phone(978) 934-4270
• EmailLaurie_Soroken@uml.edu

Adult Health, Medical Surgical Nursing

Herpreet Thind, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

• Phone978-934-5317
• EmailHerpreetKaur_Thind@uml.edu

Physical Activity; Yoga; Obesity

Yuan Zhang, Ph.D., R.N.

Assistant Professor

• Phone(978) 934-4421
• EmailYuan_Zhang@uml.edu

Occupational Health, Shift Work and Sleep Health, Health-care Workforce

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

• Phone617-432-1740
• Emailsbhupath@hsph.harvard.edu

Nutritional Epidemiology, Metabolomics, Cardiometabolic diseases

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

• Phone617-556-3066
• Emailbess.dawson-hughes@tufts.edu

Bone and Muscle Metabolism

John Griffith, Ph.D

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

• Phone617-373-7516
• Emailjo.griffith@northeastern.edu

Clinical Trials

SoJung (Sophie) Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

• Phone(978) 934-5483
• EmailSoJung_Kim@uml.edu

Bone quality assessment using HR-pQCT, pQCT and DXA measurements; Yoga-based intervention and bone health

Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D.

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

• Phone617-556-3206
• Emailchaoqiang.lai@ars.usda.gov

Molecular biology, nutrition, aging, population genetics, biostatistics

Jong Soo Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

• Phone978-934-5241
• EmailJongSoo_Lee@uml.edu

Statistics, Applications of statistics

Josiemer Mattei, PhD, MS, MPH

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

• Phone617-432-3017
• Emailjmattei@hsph.harvard.edu

Epidemiological studies on genetic, nutritional, and psychosocial determinants of chronic diseases; community interventions for disease prevention among Latinos

Yunsheng Ma, M.P.H., P.hD.

Associate Professor of Medicine

• Phone508-856-1008
• EmailYunsheng.Ma@umassmed.edu

Epidemological research of diet, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease; lipid-lowering medication

José M. Ordovás, Ph.D.

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

• Phone617-556-3102
• Emailjose.ordovas@tufts.edu

Gene-Diet Interactions in relation to Cardiovascular Diseases, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and other Age-Related Chronic Diseases

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

• Phone617-556-3356
• Emailtammy.scott@tufts.edu

Neuropsychological evaluation; Cognition; Aging; Dementia

Caren E. Smith, D.V.M, M.S.

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

• Phone617-556-3014
• Emailcaren.smith@tufts.edu

Gene-diet interactions for cardio-metabolic phenotypes

Boce Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

• Phone(978) 934-6282
• Emailboce_zhang@uml.edu

Food Safety, Food Nanotechnology

Renee Wurth, MS RD

Ph.D. Candidate at Northeastern University

• Emailwurth.re@husky.neu.edu

Focus on environmental health within vulnerable populations, including analyses on: air pollution and cognition, the gut microbiome, and endocrine disrupting compounds and diet.

Esther Carver, MPH

Senior Research Manager

• Phone978-934-6458
• EmailEsther_Carver@uml.edu

Vanessa Garces Deyab, M.S.

Research Coordinator/Health Communicator

• Phone978-934-6461
• EmailVanessa_GarcesDeyab@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