Research/Areas of Interest
Dietary modification and cardiometabolic risk, biomarkers of nutrient intake and disease risk, nutrition policy, systematic reviews
Education
- Hon. PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Finland
- DSc, MS, Nutritional Biochemistry, Harvard School of Public Health
- MS, Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University
- BS, Human Ecology, Cornell University
Biography
Dr. Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, is Senior Scientist and leader of the Diet & Chronic Disease Prevention for Healthy Aging directive at the HNRCA. Her research focuses on assessing the interplay between diet and cardiometabolic disorders.
Dr. Lichtenstein's past and current work includes addressing issues related to trans fatty acids, soy protein and isoflavones, sterol/stanol esters, novel vegetable oils differing in fatty acid profile and glycemic index, primarily in postmenopausal females and older males. Additional work is focused on population-based studies to assess the relationship between nutrient biomarkers and cardiometabolic disorders, and application of systematic review methodology to the field of nutrition.
Dr. Lichtenstein is the Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition and holds appointments as Professor in the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and Professor in the Department of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. She was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the faculty of medicine at the University of Eastern Finland. Dr. Lichtenstein holds the title of Distinguished University Professor at Tufts University.
Dr. Lichtenstein currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Tufts Health and Nutrition Letter and Associate Editor of Journal of Lipid Research. She received the Award of Meritorious Achievement from the American Heart Association, a Mentorship Award from the American Society for Nutrition and an Honorary Lifetime Membership Award in recognition of unusual expertise and contributions to clinical lipidology from the National Lipid Association. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition and American Heart Association. Dr. Lichtenstein has been a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Food and Nutrition Board for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. She was a member of the 2000 and vice-chair of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for the USDA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and vice-chair of the NHLBI Adult Treatment Panel. She recently received the Alumni Award of Merit from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.