Name: Katherine L. Tucker

Title: Professor and Chair

Department: Health Sciences

School/Center: School of Health Professions

Office Location: 316 Robinson Hall

Phone: 617-373-7952

Fax: 617-373-2968

E-mail: kl.tucker@neu.edu

Education/degrees: PhD, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
BSc, Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut

Specializations: Nutritional epidemiology; public health nutrition

Research Interests: Diet and health; health disparities; nutritional status of populations

Public Service: Chair-Elect, Nutritional Sciences Council, American Society for Nutrition
External Advisory Committee, Harvard School of Public Health, Concentration in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention
Dean's Advisory Committee University of New Hampshire, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Scientific Directions Committee, NHLBI Jackson Heart Study, Jackson, MS
Community Advisory Council, Tufts CTSI Center for Aligning Researchers and Communities for Health (ARCH)

Publications: (selected from more than 200)
1. Sahni S, Hannan MT, Gagnon D, Blumberg J, Cupples A, Kiel DP, Tucker KL. Protective effect of supplemental vitamin C intake on the risk of hip fracture - A 17-year follow-up from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Osteopor Int doi: 10.1007/s00198-009-0897-y.
2. Knoops KTB, Spiro A 3rd, de Groot L C PGM, Kormhout D, van Staveren WA, Tucker KL. Do dietary patterns in older men influence change in homocysteine through folate fortification? The Normative Aging Study. Pub Health Nutr doi: 10.1017/S1368980008004321.
3. Noel SE, Newby PK, Ordovás JM, Tucker KL. A traditional rice and beans pattern is associated with metabolic syndrome in Puerto Rican older adults.J Nutr 2009;139: 1360-1367.
4. Buell JS, Scott TM, Dawson-Hughes B, Dallal GE, Rosenberg IH, Folstein MF, Tucker KL. Vitamin D is associated with cognitive function in elders receiving home health services. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009;64:888-95.
5. Arsenault LN, Matthan N, Scott TM, Dallal G, Lichtenstein AH, Folstein MF, Rosenberg I, Tucker KL. Validity of estimated dietary eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid intakes determined by interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire among older adults with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment or dementia. Am J Epidemiol 2009;170(1):95-103.
6. Carithers T, Talegawkar S, Rowser M, Henry O, Dubbert PM,Bogel ML, Taylor HA, Tucker KL. Validity and calibration of food frequency questionnaires used with African American adults in the Jackson Heart Study. J Am Dietet Assoc 2009;109:1184-1193.
7. Sahni S, Hannan MT, Blumberg J, Cupples A, Kiel DP, Tucker KL. Protective effect of total carotenoid and lycopene intake on the risk of hip fracture: A 17 year follow-up from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. J Bone Min Res 2009;24:1086-1094
8. Tucker KL, Jugdaosingh R, Powell J, Qiao N, Hannan MT, Sripanyakorn S, Cupples LA, Kiel DP. Effects of beer, wine, and liquor intakes on bone mineral density in older men and women. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:1188-1196.
9. Gao X, Scott T, Falcón LM, Wilde PE, Tucker KL. Food insecurity and cognitive function in Puerto Rican adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:1197-1203.
10. Maras J, Newby PK, Bakun P, Ferrucci L, Tucker KL. Whole grain intake: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. J Food Comp 2009;22:53-58.
11. Sahni S, Hannan MT, Blumberg J, Cupples A, Kiel DP, Tucker KL. Inverse association of carotenoid intakes and 4-year change in BMD in elderly men and women: the Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:416-24.
12. Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers T, Taylor HA, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Serum carotenoid and tocopherol concentrations vary by dietary pattern among African Americans. J Am Dietet Assoc 2008;108:2013-2020.
13. Merete C, Falcón LM, Tucker KL. Vitamin B6 is associated with depressive symptomatology in Massachusetts elders. J Am Coll Nutr 2008; 27: 421-427.
14. Sahni S, Hannan MT, Gagnon D, Blumberg J, Cupples A, Kiel DP, Tucker KL. High vitamin C intake is associated with lower 4-year bone loss in elderly men. J Nutr 2008 138: 1931-1938.
15. Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers T, Taylor HA, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Carotenoid intakes, assessed by food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs), are associated with serum carotenoid concentrations in the Jackson Heart Study: validation of the Jackson Heart Study Delta NIRI Adult FFQs. Pub Health Nutr 2008; 11:989-997.
16. King JC, Blumberg J, Ingwersen L, Jenab M, Tucker KL. Incorporating Nuts into a Healthy Diet. J Nutr 2008;138:1736S-1740S.
17. Tucker KL. Water-soluble vitamins. Chapter 20 in Raats MM, de Groot LCPGM & van Staveren WA (Eds) Food for the Ageing Population 2008: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 978 1 84569 193 6.
18. Tucker KL. Nutritional Epidemiology, pages 750-754 in Boslaugh S (ed) Encyclopedia of Epidemiology 2, 2008: Sage Publications, Los Angeles CA. ISBN: 978-1-4129-2816-8.
19. Newby PK, Maras J, Bakun P, Muller D, Ferrucci L, Tucker KL. Intake of whole grains, refined grains, and cereal fiber measured with 7-d diet records and associations with risk factors for chronic disease. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:1745-53.
20. Carrera P, Gao X, Tucker KL. A study of dietary patterns in the Mexican American population and their association with obesity. J Am Diet Assoc 2007;107:1735-42
21. Talegawkar SA, Johnson EJ, Carithers T, Taylor HA, Bogle ML, Tucker KL. Total alpha-tocopherol intakes are associated with serum alpha-tocopherol concentrations in African American adults. J Nutr 2007;137: 2297-2303.
22. Buell J, Arsenault L, Scott T, Qiu W, Rosenberg I, Folstein M, Tucker KL. Multivitamin use and B vitamin status in a homebound elderly population. J Nutr Health Aging 2007;11:299-303.
23. Sahni S, Forrester J, Tucker KL. Assessing dietary intake of drug abusing Hispanic adults with and without HIV infection. J Am Diet Assoc 2007;107:968-976.
24. Gao X, Nelson ME, Tucker KL. Television viewing is associated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Hispanic elders Diabetes Care 2007;30:694-700.
25. Seaverson EL, Buell J, Fleming DJ, Bermudez O, Wood R, Potischman N, Chasan-Taber L, Tucker KL. Poor iron status is more prevalent in Hispanic than in non-Hispanic white older adults in Massachusetts. J Nutr 2007;137:414-420.
26. Feldeisen S, Tucker KL. Nutritional strategies in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome. App Phys Nutr Metab 2007;32:46-60.
27. Tucker KL. Assessment of usual dietary intake in population studies of gene-diet interaction. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2007;17:74-81.