Research News, September, 2019
Sept.10, 2019
Grants Awarded
- Fuster, M. NIH/NHLBI, K01 HL147882-01, 08/2019-07/2024 "Applying Innovative Approaches to Design and Implement an Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Hispanic/Latino communities through Restaurants." Grant will support training in implementation science, systems science, and human-centered design approaches to design an innovative, stakeholder-engaged intervention in Hispanic Caribbean restaurants to improve cardiovascular health in Caribbean Hispanic/Latino communities.
- Jiang, X. Effects of choline supplementation on fetal growth in gestational diabetes mellitus. The Maimonides Research and Development Foundation (MRDF) Spring/Summer 2019 Grant. Role: co-I (Fisher PI).
- Jiang, X. Effects of maternal choline supplementation on liver metabolism and severity of alcoholic liver disease in mouse offspring exposed to alcohol in utero. PSC-CUNY Enhance Award. Role: PI (Trasino co-PI).
Papers Published
- Briker S, Aduwo J, Mugeni R, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Dubose C, Mabundo L, Hormenu T, Chung ST, Ha J, Sherman A, Sumner AE. A1C Underperforms as a Diagnostic Test in Africans even in the Absence of Nutritional Deficiencies, Anemia and Hemoglobinopathies: Insight from the Africans in America Study. Front. Endocrinol., 07 August 2019. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00533
- Friedman, S.R., Pouget, E.R., Sandoval, M., Nikolopoulus, G.K., Mateu-Gelabert, P., Rossi, D., Auerbach, J.D. (2019). New Measures for Research on Men Who Have Sex with Men and for At-Risk Heterosexuals: Tools to study links between structural interventions or large-scale social change and HIV risk behaviors, service use, and infection. AIDS & Behavior, published online July 11.
- Fuster M, Weindorf S, Mateo KF, Barata-Cavalcanti O, Leung MM. (2019) "It's Sort Of, Like, in My Family's Blood": Exploring Latino Pre-adolescent Children and Their Parents' Perceived Cultural Influences on Food Practices. Ecology of Food and Nutrition: 1–17.
- Hollander M. and Greene M. (2019). A conceptual framework for understanding iatrophobia. Patient Education and Counseling.
- Korsmo H, Jiang X, Caudill M. Choline: Exploring the Growing Science on Its Benefits for Moms and Babies. Nutrients. 2019; 11 (8), 1823.
- Weston, R.E. (2019). The Contributions of Martial Art Training and Other Physical Activities to Health Status: Data from the ECLS-K Survey. International Journal of Martial Arts, 5(1).
Conference Presentations
- Briker SM, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Aduwo JY, Mugeni R, DuBose C, Mabundo L, Chung ST, Ha J, Sherman A. Sumner AE. Sickle Cell Trait, Hemoglobin C Trait and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Contribute to Decreased Detection of Hyperglycemia by A1C. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
- Briker SM, Mugeni R, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Aduwo JY, DuBose C, Ha J, Sherman A. Sumner AE. Duplicate Oral Glucose Tolerance Tests Reveal Excellent Reproducibility for Detection of Diabetes but Inconsistent Results for Prediabetes: A Study of Africans. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
- Briker SM, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Mugeni R, Aduwo JY, DuBose C, Sumner AE. Glycated Albumin may be an Effective Alternative to A1C in the Presence of Hemoglobin C Trait. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
- Fullington, LA, M Fuster, M Horlyck-Romanovsky, S Jakuboski. "Evidence-based library instruction for nutrition research: Librarian and faculty collaboration." Presented at the 10th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference, Glasgow, Scotland (June 17–19).
- Fuster, M, S Burrowes, S Lewis, B McCarthy, G Shen, "Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America: A qualitative comparative examination of the Mexican and Chilean experience." Presented at the American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting Nutrition, Baltimore (June 9).
- Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Mugeni R, Aduwo JY, Briker SM, DuBose CW, Mabundo LS, Chung ST, Ha J, Sherman A, Sumner AE. A1C-Modified Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Prediction Equation for Diabetes Can Be Replaced in Africans by Fasting Glucose. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
- Mugeni R, Aduwo JY, Briker SM, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF, Mabundo L, DuBose C, Sumner AE. Glycated Albumin Identifies Dysglycemia not Detected by A1C: The Case for Combining Glycated Albumin and A1C in Africans. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
- Mugeni R, Briker SM, Aduwo JY, DuBose C, Sumner AE, Horlyck-Romanovsky MF. Detecting Diabetes in Africans is Improved by Both Modifying the A1C Threshold and Adding Glycated Albumin. Presented at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions, June 7–11, 2019, in San Francisco. Poster.
Invited Talks
- Fuster, M. "Ethnic restaurants and nutrition environments: Examining Latin-Caribbean Restaurants in New York City." Presented at the Rising Stars in Health Related Sciences symposium, University of Indiana-Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana (July 17, 2019).
