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Faculty Profile

Lisa Jahns

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EDUCATION
2004, PhD Nutritional Epidemiology (Minor: Epidemiology), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1998, BS Dietetics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth,TX


EXPERIENCE
2004-present Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

July 2005 Visiting Scholar
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

1998-2005 Graduate Research Assistant
Carolina Population Center/Department of Nutrition
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

MEMBERSHIPS
American Dietetic Association (Registered Dietitian #R863009)

American Public Health Association

American Society for Nutrition

North American Association for the Study of Obesity

AWARDS AND HONORS
2003 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of North Carolina Graduate School

2001 Research and Training Grant (funding source: NIH), Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina

2001 Travel Grant (funding source: American Society for Nutritional Sciences)

1998 Joseph E. Pogue Fellowship, University of North Carolina Graduate School

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
2005 Principal Investigator (PI), “Epidemiologic Tools to Assess Obesity-Related Energy and Nutrient Intakes”, US Department of Agriculture ($312,748, pending).

2005 PI “Poverty and nutrient intake of US children,” Frances Speight Barr Faculty Award. The University of Tennessee, College of Education Health and Human Sciences ($3,000).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2005 Member, International Nutrient Databank Directory committee

2005 Co-Chair, 30th National Nutrient Databank Conference


JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER
American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Journal of Nutrition

International Journal of Obesity

Family & Community Health

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

PUBLICATIONS
Articles Published in Refereed Journals
Popkin B, Siega-Riz AM, Haines P, Jahns L. Where’s the fat? Trends in US diets 1965-96. Prev Med 2001; 23:245 254

Jahns L, Siega-Riz AM, Popkin B. The increasing prevalence of snacking among US children and adolescents from 1977 to 1996. J Pediatr 2001; 138:493-498

Jones S, Jahns L, Laraia BA, Haughton B. School-aged food insecure children who participate in food assistance are less likely to be at risk of overweight: Results from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157:780-784

Jahns L, Baturin A, Popkin B. Obesity, diet, and poverty: trends in the Russian transition to market economy. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003; 57:1295-1302

Jahns L, Carriquiry A, Arab L, Mroz T, Popkin B. Within- and between-person variability of nutrient intakes of Russian and U.S. children differs by sex and age. J Nutr 2004; 134: 3114-3120.

Jahns L, Arab L, Carriquiry A, Popkin B. The use of external within-person variance estimates to adjust nutrient intake distributions over time and across populations. Public Health Nutr 2005; 8(1):69-76.

Letters and Commentaries in Peer-reviewed Journals
Jahns L, Arab L, Carriquiry A. Dietary Reference Intakes still used incorrectly in Journal articles. J Am Diet Assoc. 2003; 10:1292-1293

Jahns L, Jones SJ. “Move Insecurity”. Am J Prev Med 2004; 26(1):186

Research Reports Submitted to Sponsors
L Jahns and C Eckhardt with B Popkin and M McLachlan, “Food policy options: preventing and controlling nutrition related non-communicable diseases”. Report of a World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Consultation. November 20-21, 2002.

 

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491