
Lyn Steffen, PhD, MPH
Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health
Titles
Member, Center on Aging (COA)
Member, Healthy Weight Research Center
Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
MPH, Public Health Nutrition, University of Minnesota
BA, Home Economics and Sociology, University of Minnesota
Summary
My research interests focus on nutritional epidemiology and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. Specific research projects include studies of dietary intake and cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in adults. Recent projects include the study of dietary intake (diet patterns, added sugar, processed foods), biomarkers (metabolomics, fatty acids), adipose tissue depots, and cardiovascular disease.
Expertise
Aging, nutrition epidemiology, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, diet assessment, diet patterns, nutrition in older adults, dietary intake and health, fatty acids & CVD.
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