Vitamin K Team

Mission

The long-term objective of this project is to enhance scientific knowledge on the physiological benefits of increased vitamin K consumption in order to develop more precise vitamin K intake recommendations.

 

 

Objectives

1. To characterize dietary factors, including food composition and nutrient-nutrient interactions, and non-dietary factors, such as genetics, that contribute to the inter-individual variation in vitamin K intake, bioavailability, and utilization and vitamin K.
2. Determine the role(s) and mechanism(s) of action for vitamin K beyond its essential role in coagulation, including the role of vitamin K in the prevention of abnormal non-skeletal calcification and the mechanisms of vitamin K action not currently explained by its role as an enzyme cofactor.

Team Members

Sarah Booth, PhD
HNRCA Center Director, Lead Scientist, Senior Scientist
Research focus: vitamin K status and chronic disease, bioavailability, food composition

Haowei Wang, PhD
Scientist III
Research focus: health disparities

Xueyan Fu, PhD
Scientist II
Research focus: vitamin K bioavailability and role of vitamin K in inflammation and insulin resistance

Kyla Shea, PhD
Scientist I
Research focus: understanding the role of vitamin K in age-related disease

Rebecca Ruditser, Graduate Research Assistant
Xiaohua Shen, MD., Research Assistant
Margie Dunn, Staff Assistant
Meghan Faherty, Associate Director, Research Administration