Staff

José M. Ordovas, Ph.D., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Professor, Nutrition and Molecular Genetics
Research focus: molecular biology, nutrition, and genetics; lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk

Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D.
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Research focus: molecular biology, population genetics, nutrition and genetics; genetics and molecular mechanisms of aging; and lipoproteins and cardiovascular disease risk

Laurence D. Parnell, Ph.D.
Computational Biologist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Research focus: bioinformatics and genomics of nutrition; single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, comparative genomics, candidate gene discovery, transcription microarrays, nutrition systems biology

Caren E. Smith, M.S., D.V.M
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: nutrient-gene interactions in cardiovascular disease, exercise-gene interactions in cardiovascular disease.

Mireia Junyent, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist

Tai E. Shyong, M.D.
Visiting Scientist
Research focus: cardiovascular genetics; gene-environment interactions

Caren E. Smith, D.V.M., Postdoctoral Associate

Jian Shen, Ph.D., M.D., Postdoctoral Associate

Jacqueline M. Lane, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Josiemer Mattei, M.S., M.P.H.,Graduate Research Assistant

Toshiko Tanaka, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Carolina Vargas, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Yu-Chi Lee, M.S., Research Assistant

Christine Gary, B.S., Research Coordinator

Francisco García, B.S., Research Coordinator

Meghan Faherty, B.S., Staff Assistant

For contact information, please click on the scientist's webpage or visit the Tufts University online directory at http://whitepages.tufts.edu/.

Learn More

For more information about the Nutrition & Genomics Laboratory, please visit the USDA, Agricultural Research Service.

It's in the Genes
Working in what he calls "the lab of the future" at Tufts' Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, senior scientist Jose Ordovas explores the ways in which the linkages between nutrition, behavior and genetics impact human health.

Benefits of Eating Fish Outweigh Risks
Despite the risk of consuming contaminants, eating fish is good for your health, according to a recent report by a committee of nutrition experts, including Tufts' Jose Ordovas

Genetic Variants Shown to Hoard Body Fat
Two variations of a gene associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes have been linked to storing excess fat in Caucasian women.

Risky gene
Research uncovers another cause of heart disease

USDA honors
Scientist recognized for work in genetics and nutrition