Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Willett studied food science at Michigan State University, and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School before obtaining a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Willett has focused much of his work over the last 40 years on the development and evaluation of methods, using both questionnaire and biochemical approaches, to study the effects of diet on the occurrence of major diseases. He has applied these methods starting in 1980 in the Nurses' Health Studies I and II and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Together, these cohorts that include nearly 300,000 men and women with repeated dietary assessments, are providing the most detailed information on the long-term health consequences of food choices.
Dr. Willett has published over 2,000 original research papers and reviews, primarily on lifestyle risk factors for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions and has written the textbook, Nutritional Epidemiology, published by Oxford University Press, now in its third edition. He also has written four books for the general public. Dr. Willett is the most cited nutritionist internationally. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the recipient of many national and international awards for his research.
Glenn AJ, Guasch-Ferré M, Malik VS, Kendall CWC, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Willett WC, Sun Q, Jenkins DJA, Hu FB, Sievenpiper JL.
Circulation. 2023 Oct 25. PMID: 37877288
Bromage S, Pongcharoen T, Prachansuwan A, Sukboon P, Srichan W, Purttiponthanee S, Deitchler M, Moursi M, Arsenault J, Ali NB, Batis C, Fawzi WW, Winichagoon P, Willett WC, Kriengsinyos W.
J Nutr. 2023 Oct 14. PMID: 37844842
Willett WC.
J Nutr. 2023 Oct 05. PMID: 37805045
Henn M, Glenn AJ, Willett WC, Martínez-González MA, Sun Q, Hu FB.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Oct 01. PMID: 37783371
Wan Y, Tobias DK, Dennis KK, Guasch-Ferré M, Sun Q, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Ludwig DS, Devinsky O, Willett WC.
BMJ. 2023 09 27. 382:e073939. PMID: 37758268
Ludwig DS, Hu FB, Lichtenstein AH, Willett WC.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Nov. 118(5):849-851. PMID: 37742930
Haghayegh S, Strohmaier S, Hamaya R, Eliassen AH, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Schernhammer ES.
Hypertension. 2023 11. 80(11):2407-2414. PMID: 37721046
Dennis KK, Wang F, Li Y, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Wang DD.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Nov. 118(5):1000-1009. PMID: 37659725
Middha P, Wang X, Behrens S, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Auer PL, Augustinsson A, Baert T, Freeman LEB, Becher H, Beckmann MW, Benitez J, Bojesen SE, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brooks-Wilson A, Campa D, Canzian F, Carracedo A, Castelao JE, Chanock SJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Cordina-Duverger E, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Dossus L, Dugué PA, Eliassen AH, Eriksson M, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Figueroa JD, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Giles GG, González-Neira A, Grassmann F, Grundy A, Guénel P, Haiman CA, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hankinson SE, Harkness EF, Holleczek B, Hoppe R, Hopper JL, Houlston RS, Howell A, Hunter DJ, Ingvar C, Isaksson K, Jernström H, John EM, Jones ME, Kaaks R, Keeman R, Kitahara CM, Ko YD, Koutros S, Kurian AW, Lacey JV, Lambrechts D, Larson NL, Larsson S, Le Marchand L, Lejbkowicz F, Li S, Linet M, Lissowska J, Martinez ME, Maurer T, Mulligan AM, Mulot C, Murphy RA, Newman WG, Nielsen SF, Nordestgaard BG, Norman A, O'Brien KM, Olson JE, Patel AV, Prentice R, Rees-Punia E, Rennert G, Rhenius V, Ruddy KJ, Sandler DP, Scott CG, Shah M, Shu XO, Smeets A, Southey MC, Stone J, Tamimi RM, Taylor JA, Teras LR, Tomczyk K, Troester MA, Truong T, Vachon CM, Wang SS, Weinberg CR, Wildiers H, Willett W, Winham SJ, Wolk A, Yang XR, Zamora MP, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Dunning AM, Pharoah PDP, García-Closas M, Schmidt MK, Kraft P, Milne RL, Lindström S, Easton DF, Chang-Claude J.
Breast Cancer Res. 2023 08 09. 25(1):93. PMID: 37559094
Gu X, Wang DD, Sampson L, Barnett JB, Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ, Djousse L, Rosner B, Willett WC.
Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 08. PMID: 37552965
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