Staff

Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Gershoff Professor, Nutrition Science and Policy
Research focus: Dietary fatty acids, nutrition, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk; phytoestrogens/soy protein; sterol/stanol esters; genetically modified/selectively bred oils; glycemic index;ï¿½cholesterol homeostasis; nutrition policy, systematic evidence based reviews

Lynne M. Ausman, D.Sc.
Scientist I and Professor, Nutrition
Research Focus: Dietary fat, cholesterol, fiber and coronary artery disease and colon cancer; nutritional primatology; biostatistics

Nirupa Matthan, Ph.D.
Scientist II and Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Research Focus: Dietary fatty acids, cholesterol metabolism, plant sterols, soy protein, lipoproteins, kinetic modeling, glycemic index, nutrition and cardiovascular disease risk

Alice Dillard Hirschel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research focus: Dietary fatty acids, especially trans fatty acids, cholesterol, lipoproteins, nutrition and cardiovascular disease

Lee Ann Honda, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Jaime Lecker, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Winifred W. Yu, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Nicole Spartano, Graduate Student Researcher

Janey Ronxhi, B.S.,ï¿½ Research Coordinator

Blanche Ip, B.S., Research Technician

Kara Fedors, B.S., Research Technician

Catarina S. Loxe, B.S., Research Technician

Kimberly Yates, B.S., Staff Assistant

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For more information about the Cardiovascular Health Laboratory, please visit the USDA, Agricultural Research Service.

Taking the "Strong Women" Message to Heart
For Tufts' Miriam Nelson and Alice Lichtenstein, writing a book that provides women with accessible, applicable information on heart disease was both a professional and personal mission.

Modified Pyramid
Thanks to the work of Tufts Nutrition faculty Robert Russell, Alice Lichtenstein and Helen Rasmussen, the Modified Food Pyramid for Older Adults is now available to the public.

Scholar with national impact named to Gershoff Chair
Lichtenstein named the first recipient of the Stanley N. Gershoff Chair of Nutrition Science and Policy at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Sacrificing Food In The Name Of Nutrition
It takes dedicated researchers and disciplined volunteers to fuel nutrition studies, which lead to important discoveries about food and health.

Soy Puzzle
This 'wonder food' may be more hype than help

Volunteer for Research Studies
Glycemic Index - Variability Among Individuals
Purpose: To determine whether people have different blood sugar responses to the same food