Expert Details

Mineral Bioavailability, Calcium Metabolism, and Bone Health

ID: 722653 Indiana, USA

Expert’s laboratory studies calcium metabolism during life stages of high demand, i.e., building peak bone mass during adolescence and bone loss in postmenopausal women. Calcium needs in adolescence is investigated with metabolic research camps (Camp Calcium). Dietary alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy for postmenopausal women are also being investigated in her laboratory by a novel approach of Ca-41 technology. Expert uses isotopic tracer techniques to intrinsically label foods or salts of interest in order to study factors that enhance or inhibit absorption and their biological fate in animal models or humans. She has screened many food sources for calcium bioavailability, and has developed rat models for studying calcium kinetics and bone strength. In addition, evaluating enhancers and inhibitors of calcium absorption by active and passive routes is a focus of on laboratory.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1978	Degree: Ph.D.	Subject: Food Science	Institution: Florida State University
Year: 1974	Degree: M.S.	Subject: Food Science	Institution: Oregon State University
Year: 1972	Degree: B.S.	Subject: Food Science	Institution: Oregon State University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1991 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Distinguished Professor and Department Head	Department: Foods and Nutrition
Responsibilities: Expert is Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Foods & Nutrition at Employer, West Lafayette, Indiana. In 2000, she also became Director of a National Institutes of Health funded Botanical Center to study dietary supplements containing polyphenolics for age-related diseases. Her research interests include mineral bioavailability, calcium metabolism, and bone health.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1978 to 1995	Employer: Purdue University	Title: Professor	Department: Foods and Nutrition
Responsibilities: Available upon request.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a member of IFT, ACS, ASNS, SEBM, GSD, AAAS, ACN, IBMS, SX, PTS, ON, ISP, PHP, SDE, and ODK.

Professional Appointments
She was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Panel to develop new recommendations for requirements for calcium and related minerals. She is past-president of American Society for Nutritional Sciences and is on the Board of Trustees of the International Life Sciences Institute. She serves on the following editorial boards: AJCN, Nutritiongate, Nutrition Research Reviews, CRC Series in Contemporary Food Science, and the Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry. She has held many positions in IFT and ASNS. In addition, she was appointed to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for 2003-2004.

Professional Appointments

She was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Panel to develop new recommendations for requirements for calcium and related minerals. She is past-president of American Society for Nutritional Sciences and is on the Board of Trustees of the International Life Sciences Institute. She serves on the following editorial boards: AJCN, Nutritiongate, Nutrition Research Reviews, CRC Series in Contemporary Food Science, and the Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry. She has held many positions in IFT and ASNS. In addition, she was appointed to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for 2003-2004.

Awards / Recognition
For her contributions in teaching, Expert was awarded Employer's Outstanding Teaching Award. In 1993, she was honored with the Employer Health Promotion Award for Women, and in 1997, she received the Institute of Food Technologists Babcock Hart Award. In April 2003, she received the USDA A.O. Atwater Lectureship Award at the annual Experimental Biology meeting. Her other awards include: Michigan State University, G. Malcolm Trout Lecturer (2002); Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition (2000); Lydia Roberts Memorial Lecturer (2000); Julius Bauermann Lectureship Award, Philadelphia Section Institute of Food Technologists (1999); inducted into Purdue Teaching Academy (1997); Distinguished Alumna, Florida State University (1997); Outstanding Paper Award from the Vitamins and Mineral Research Interest Section, American Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997); and, Elected Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (1996).

Awards / Recognition

For her contributions in teaching, Expert was awarded Employer's Outstanding Teaching Award. In 1993, she was honored with the Employer Health Promotion Award for Women, and in 1997, she received the Institute of Food Technologists Babcock Hart Award. In April 2003, she received the USDA A.O. Atwater Lectureship Award at the annual Experimental Biology meeting. Her other awards include: Michigan State University, G. Malcolm Trout Lecturer (2002); Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition (2000); Lydia Roberts Memorial Lecturer (2000); Julius Bauermann Lectureship Award, Philadelphia Section Institute of Food Technologists (1999); inducted into Purdue Teaching Academy (1997); Distinguished Alumna, Florida State University (1997); Outstanding Paper Award from the Vitamins and Mineral Research Interest Section, American Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997); and, Elected Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (1996).

Publications and Patents Summary
She has published over 100 research articles.

Fields of Expertise

bone, bone formation, calcium, mineral bioavailability, bone health, bone disease, calcium fortification, calciferol, dietary supplement mineral, nutritional biochemistry, calcium chemistry, calcium metabolism disorder