Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Health Sciences
School: School of Health Professions
Room: 316E Robinson Hall
Phone: 617-373-5543
Fax: 617-373-2968
E-mail: c.sceppa@neu.edu
Education/degrees: MD, PhD
Specialization: Human clinical nutrition, gerontology
Major Research Interests: aging, nutrition, physical activity and exercise, physical function and frailty, quality of life, health disparities, chronic disease with emphasis in obesity, diabetes and chronic kidney disease
Public Service:
Latin American Health Public Council, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA
Multicultural Coalition on Aging, Boston, MA
Brookdale Institute on Aging, The Brookdale Foundation Group, New York, NY
Network Minority Research Investigators (NMRI), The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Publications:
Layne JE, Sampson SE, Mallio CJ, Hibberd PL, Griffith JL, Das SK, Flanagan, WJ, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Successful Dissemination of a Community-Based Strength Training Program for Older Adults by Peer and Professional Leaders. J Am Geriatr Soc: in press.
Sattler FR, Castaneda-Sceppa C, Binder EF, Schroeder TE, Wang Y, Yarasheski KE, Kawakubo M, Stewart Y, Hahn C, Colletti P, Roubenoff R, Bhasin S, Azen SP. Testosterone and Growth Hormone Improve Body Composition and Muscle Performance in Older Men: The HORMA Trial. JAMA: in press.
Brooks N, Cloutier GC, Cadena SM, Layne JE, Nelsen CA, Freed AM, Roubenoff R, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Resistance training and timed essential amino acids protect against the loss of muscle mass and strength during 28 days of bed rest and energy deficit. J Appl Physiol: in press.
Chen JT, Lerner D, Ruthazer R, Castaneda-Sceppa C, Levey AS. Association of physical activity with mortality in chronic kidney disease. J Nephrol: in press.
Nelson ME, Rejeski WJ, Blair SN, Duncan PW, Judge JO, King AC, Macera CA, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults: Recommendation from American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2007;39(8):1435–1445.
Schroeder ET, Castaneda-Sceppa C, Wang Y, Binder E, Kawakubo M, Stewart Y, Storer T, Roubenoff R, Bhasin S, Yarasheski KE, Sattler FR, Azen SP. Hormonal Regulators of Muscle and Metabolism in Aging (HORMA): Design and Conduct of a Complex, Double Masked Multicenter Trial. Clinical Trials 2007;4(5):560-571.
Castaneda-Sceppa C, Sarnak. MJ, Wang X, Greene T, Madero M, Kusek JW, Beck G, Collins AJ, Kopple JD, Levey A, Manon V. Role of the adipose tissue in determining muscle mass in patients with chronic kidney disease. J Renal Nutrition 2007;17(5):314-322.
Madero M, Sarnak MJ, Wang X, Castaneda-Sceppa C, Greene T, Beck GJ, Kusek JW, Collins AJ, Levey AS, Menon V. Body mass index and mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2007;50(3):404-411.
Schroeder ET, Wang Y, Castaneda-Sceppa C, Cloutier G, Vallejo AF, Kawakubo M, Jensky NE, Coomber S, Azen SP, Sattler FR. Reliability of Maximal Voluntary Muscle Strength and Power Testing in Older Men. J Gerontol 2007;62(5):543-549.
Sigal RJ, Kenny GP, Wasserman DH, Castaneda-Sceppa C, White RD. Physical Activity/Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Statement from the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2006;29(6):1433-1438.
Brooks N, Layne JE, Gordon PL, Roubenoff R, Nelson ME, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Strength training improves muscle quality and insulin sensitivity in Hispanic older adults with type 2 diabetes. Int J Med Sciences 2006;4(1):19-27.
Gordon PL, Vannier E, Hamada K, Witsell A, Layne JE, Hurley BF, Roubenoff R, Castaneda C. Effects of resistance training on cytokine gene expression in skeletal muscle of older adults with type 2 diabetes. Intl J Immunopathology & Pharmachology 2006;19(4);487-497.
Castaneda F, Layne JE, Castaneda C. Skeletal muscle sodium glucose co-transporters in older adults with type 2 diabetes undergoing resistance training. Intl J Med Sciences 2006;3(3):84-91.
Castaneda C, Janssen I. Ethnic comparisons of low skeletal muscle mass and obesity in diabetes. Ethnicity & Disease 2005;15(4):664-670.
Castaneda C, Gordon PL, Parker R, Uhlin KL, Roubenoff R, Levey AS. Resistance Training to reduce the malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome of chronic kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2004; 43(4):607-616.
Sigal RJ, Kenny GP, Wasserman DH, Castaneda-Sceppa C. Physical Activity/exercise and type 2 diabetes: Technical review. Diabetes Care 2004;27(10):2518-2539.
Nelson ME, Layne J, Bernstein M, Nuernberger A, Castaneda C, Kaliton D, Hausdorff J, Judge J, Buchner DM, Roubenoff R, Fiatarone Singh MA. The effects of multi-dimensional home based exercise on functional performance in the elderly. J Gerontol 2004;59A(2):154-160.
Castaneda C, Layne J, Munoz-Orians L, Gordon PL, Walsmith J, Foldvari M, Roubenoff R, Tucker KL, Nelson M. A randomized control trial of progressive resistance exercise training in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2002;25(12):2335-2341.
Castaneda C, Gordon PL, Uhlin KL, Levey AS, Kehayias JJ, Dwyer JT, Roubenoff R, Fielding RA, Fiatarone Singh, MA. Resistance training to counteract the catabolism of a low protein diet in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. A randomized, controlled trail. Ann Int Med 2001;135(11);965-976.
Tucker KL, Bermudez O, Castaneda, C. Type 2 diabetes is prevalent and poorly controlled among Caribbean origin Hispanic elders. Am J Public Health 2000;90:1288-1293.
Castaneda C, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. Protein nutritional status and function are associated with type 2 diabetes in Hispanic elders. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:89-95.
Castaneda C, Gordon PL, Fielding RA, Evans WJ, Crim MC. Marginal protein intake results in reduced plasma IGF-I levels and skeletal muscle fiber atrophy in elderly women. J Nutr Health & Aging 2000;4(2):85-90.
Castaneda C, Charnley JM, Evans WJ, Crim MC. Elderly women accommodate to a low protein diet with losses of body composition, muscle function, and immune response. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62:30-39.
Castaneda C, Dolnikowski GG, Dallal GE, Evans WJ, Crim MC. Protein turnover and energy metabolism of elderly women chronically fed a low protein diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;62:40-48.
