Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutrition and Health in Aging, and Diet and metabolism studies.
Perspective: Beyond the Mediterranean Diet—Exploring Latin American, Asian, and African Heritage Diets as Cultural Models of Healthy Eating
Healthy Lifestyle and the Likelihood of Becoming a Centenarian
A first-in-class pan-lysyl oxidase inhibitor impairs stromal remodeling and enhances gemcitabine response and survival in pancreatic cancer
Microbial metabolites in chronic heart failure and its common comorbidities
Red blood cell fatty acid patterns from 7 countries: Focus on the Omega-3 index
Dietary patterns and fecundability in 2 prospective preconception cohorts
Protein-rich food intake and risk of spontaneous abortion: a prospective cohort study
Salivary AMY1 Copy Number Variation Modifies Age-Related Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Glycemic load, dietary fiber, and added sugar and fecundability in 2 preconception cohorts
A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Blood Disorder–Related Variants Influencing Hemoglobin A1c With Implications for Glycemic Status in U.S. Hispanics/Latinos
Effect of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on the Mobilization of Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Older Men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study
Higher-protein intake and physical activity are associated with healthier body composition and cardiometabolic health in Hispanic adults
Epigenomics and metabolomics reveal the mechanism of the APOA2-saturated fat intake interaction affecting obesity
Transethnic Evaluation Identifies Low-Frequency Loci Associated With 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations
Dietary patterns, bone lead and incident coronary heart disease among middle-aged to elderly men
Dietary Phosphorus and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Nutritional Considerations for Healthy Aging and Reduction in Age-Related Chronic Disease
Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass Among Puerto Rican Older Adults
Dairy Consumption and Body Mass Index Among Adults: Mendelian Randomization Analysis of 184802 Individuals from 25 Studies
A Western Diet Pattern Is Associated with Higher Concentrations of Blood and Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Elderly Men
Diet quality, inflammation, and the ankle brachial index in adults with or without cardiometabolic conditions
Diet Quality and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Vary by Hispanic and Latino Ethnic Background in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
Using Genetic Technologies To Reduce, Rather Than Widen, Health Disparities
Dairy intake and fecundability in 2 preconception cohort studies
Associations of the MCM6-rs3754686 proxy for milk intake in Mediterranean and American populations with cardiovascular biomarkers, disease and mortality: Mendelian randomization
Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS): rationale and study design
Fumarate Hydratase–deficient Uterine Leiomyomas Occur in Both the Syndromic and Sporadic Settings
Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)
Dihydrofolate reductase 19-bp deletion polymorphism modifies the association of folate status with memory in a cross-sectional multi-ethnic study of adults