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Shirley A. A. Beresford

Shirley A. A. Beresford

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82
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43214
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15854
National Ranking
7979

Overview

Shirley A. A. Beresford is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a specialized emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, Plant Science, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Shirley A. A. Beresford has contributed to several scientific publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Evaluation of potential metabolomic-based biomarkers of protein, carbohydrate and fat intakes using a controlled feeding study (2021), published in European Journal of Nutrition
  • Cooking for Health: a healthy food budgeting, purchasing, and cooking skills randomized controlled trial to improve diet among American Indians with type 2 diabetes (2021), published in BMC Public Health
  • Associations between Plasma Choline Metabolites and Genetic Polymorphisms in One-Carbon Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (2020), published in Journal of Nutrition
  • Comparison of Methods Used to Correct Self-Reported Protein Intake for Systematic Variation in Reported Energy Intake Using Quantitative Biomarkers of Dietary Intake (2020), published in Journal of Nutrition
  • Engaging School and Family in Navajo Gardening for Health: Development of the Yéego Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating among Navajo Children (2021), published in Health Behavior and Policy Review

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Marian L. Neuhouser, Lesley F. Tinker, India J. Ornelas, Ross L. Prentice, and Johanna W. Lampe.

Publications by Shirley A. A. Beresford appear regularly in key journals such as Journal of Nutrition, Current Developments in Nutrition, BMC Public Health, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and European Journal of Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • A quantitative assessment of plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease. Probable benefits of increasing folic acid intakes

    Carol J. Boushey;Shirley A. A. Beresford;Gilbert S. Omenn;Arno G. Motulsky

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • Increased risk of hip fracture among patients with end-stage renal disease

    Astier M. Alem;Donald J. Sherrard;Daniel L. Gillen;Noel S. Weiss

  • Self-efficacy and health behavior among older adults.

    David Grembowski;Donald Patrick;Paula Diehr;Mary Durham

  • The controversy over homocysteine and cardiovascular risk

    Per M Ueland;Helga Refsum;Shirley Aa Beresford;Stein Emil Vollset

  • Effects of Estrogen Plus Progestin on Gynecologic Cancers and Associated Diagnostic Procedures: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Howard L. Judd;Andrew M. Kaunitz;David H. Barad

  • Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial

    Shirley A. A. Beresford;Karen C. Johnson;Cheryl Ritenbaugh;Norman L. Lasser

  • Risk of endometrial cancer in relation to use of oestrogen combined with cyclic progestagen therapy in postmenopausal women

    Shirley A A Beresford;Noel S. Weiss;Lynda F. Voigt;Barbara McKnight;Barbara McKnight

  • Health risks and benefits 3 years after stopping randomized treatment with estrogen and progestin.

    Gerardo Heiss;Robert Wallace;Garnet L. Anderson;Aaron Aragaki

  • Effects of Physical Activity on Health Status in Older Adults II: Intervention Studies

    D M Buchner;S A A Beresford;E B Larson;and A Z LaCroix

  • Use of recovery biomarkers to calibrate nutrient consumption self-reports in the Women's Health Initiative

    Marian L. Neuhouser;Lesley Tinker;Pamela A. Shaw;Dale Schoeller

  • Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure: the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial.

    Karen L. Margolis;Roberta M. Ray;Linda Van Horn;Jo Ann E. Manson

  • Colorectal Adenomas and the C677T MTHFR Polymorphism: Evidence for Gene-Environment Interaction?

    Cornelia M. Ulrich;Ellen Kampman;Jeannette Bigler;Stephen M. Schwartz

  • Estrogen-Plus-Progestin Use and Mammographic Density in Postmenopausal Women: Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial

    Anne McTiernan;Anne McTiernan;Christopher F. Martin;Jennifer D. Peck;Aaron K. Aragaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Beti Thompson
Beti Thompson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Noel S. Weiss
Noel S. Weiss University of Washington
Rowan T. Chlebowski
Rowan T. Chlebowski UCLA Medical Center
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Garnet L. Anderson
Garnet L. Anderson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
Donald L. Patrick
Donald L. Patrick University of Washington
Bette J. Caan
Bette J. Caan Kaiser Permanente

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