Caffeine consumption and cardiovascular health.
van Dam RM, Hu FB.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 May 17. PMID: 35581338
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Frank Hu’s research has focused on diet/lifestyle, metabolic, and genetic determinants of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). His major research interests include epidemiology and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases through diet and lifestyle; gene-environment interactions and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes; nutritional metabolomics in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease; and obesity, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Hu’s group has conducted detailed analyses of many dietary and lifestyle factors and risk of diabetes and CVD, including sugar-sweetened beverages, coffee, red meat, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, iron, and dietary patterns in large prospective cohort studies including the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. These findings have contributed to current public health recommendations and policies for the prevention of chronic diseases. His group has also identified novel biomarkers and gene-environment interactions in relation to risk of obesity and diabetes by integrating cutting-edge omics technologies into epidemiological studies. In addition, Dr. Hu has conducted extensive research on nutrition transition, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries.
Dr. Hu served on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. He has served on the editorial/advisory board of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Hu was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM) in 2015.
Research Paper Listed as American Heart Association's Top Ten Research Advances for 1997
American Heart Association
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor research Award Finalist in Epidemiology for Young Investigators, AHA
71st American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
Charles A. King Trust Research Fellowship
The Medical Foundation, Boston
Research Paper Listed as American Heart Association's Top Ten Research Advances for 2001
American Heart Association
Established Investigator Award, AHA
American Heart Association
Kelly West Award in Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Epidemiology, American Diabetes Association
Elected member, National Academy of Medicine
Ancel Keys Memorial Lecturer American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
Boyd Orr Trust Fund Lecturer, The Nutrition Society, UK-Ireland
van Dam RM, Hu FB.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 May 17. PMID: 35581338
Goni L, Razquin C, Toledo E, Guasch-Ferré M, Clish CB, Babio N, Wittenbecher C, Atzeni A, Li J, Liang L, Dennis C, Alonso-Gómez Á, Fitó M, Corella D, Gómez-Gracia E, Estruch R, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Ros E, Arós F, Salas-Salvadó J, Hu FB, Martínez-González MA, Ruiz-Canela M.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 May 16. PMID: 35575609
Guasch-Ferré M, Hu FB.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 05 10. 79(18):e435. PMID: 35512868
Kaplan A, Zelicha H, Yaskolka Meir A, Rinott E, Tsaban G, Levakov G, Prager O, Salti M, Yovell Y, Ofer J, Huhn S, Beyer F, Witte V, Villringer A, Meiran N, B Emesh T, Kovacs P, von Bergen M, Ceglarek U, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Friedman A, Shelef I, Avidan G, Shai I.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 May 01. 115(5):1270-1281. PMID: 35021194
Ward ZJ, Willett WC, Hu FB, Pacheco LS, Long MW, Gortmaker SL.
EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Jun. 48:101429. PMID: 35516446
Merino J, Guasch-Ferré M, Li J, Chung W, Hu Y, Ma B, Li Y, Kang JH, Kraft P, Liang L, Sun Q, Franks PW, Manson JE, Willet WC, Florez JC, Hu FB.
PLoS Med. 2022 04. 19(4):e1003972. PMID: 35472203
Domínguez-López I, Arancibia-Riveros C, Casas R, Tresserra-Rimbau A, Razquin C, Martínez-González MÁ, Hu FB, Ros E, Fitó M, Estruch R, López-Sabater MC, Lamuela-Raventós RM.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2022 Apr 25. 150:113028. PMID: 35483198
Marchand NE, Sparks JA, Malspeis S, Yoshida K, Prisco L, Zhang X, Costenbader K, Hu F, Karlson EW, Lu B.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 04 11. 61(4):1430-1439. PMID: 34247242
Wang F, Baden MY, Guasch-Ferré M, Wittenbecher C, Li J, Li Y, Wan Y, Bhupathiraju SN, Tobias DK, Clish CB, Mucci LA, Eliassen AH, Costenbader KH, Karlson EW, Ascherio A, Rimm EB, Manson JE, Liang L, Hu FB.
Diabetologia. 2022 Apr 08. PMID: 35391539
Huang T, Sands SA, Stampfer MJ, Tworoger SS, Hu FB, Redline S.
Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Apr 06. PMID: 35385367
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