Alice H. Lichtenstein
Preventive Cardiology
Tufts University
About
Alice H. Lichtenstein works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Tufts University.
Alice H. Lichtenstein is the director and senior scientist of the Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is the Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Her work includes involvement in American Heart Association guidelines on dietary recommendations for cardiovascular health.
Research focus
Dietary fats and cardiovascular disease riskOmega-3 fatty acids in CVD preventionLifestyle management for cardiovascular risk reductionTrans fatty acids and lipid metabolismNutritional interventions for atherosclerosis
Impact
724 pubs · 56,530 cites · h-index 100
Training
D.Sc. in Nutritional Biochemistry
Harvard University
M.S. in Nutritional Biochemistry
Harvard University
1975
M.S. in Nutrition
Pennsylvania State University
1973
Affiliations
Work Experience
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
2001 - Present
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
2002 - Present
Tufts University
1998 - 2002
Tufts University
1994 - 1998
Tufts University
1988 - 1994