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Catherine Loria, Ph.D., M.S., F.A.H.A.
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Biography
Catherine Loria, Ph.D., M.S., F.A.H.A., is a nutritional epidemiologist and program director in the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Loria co-chairs the NHLBI Obesity Working Group and serves on the five-member Senior Leadership Group of the NIH Obesity Research Task Force. She initiated and leads the Early Adult Reduction of Weight through LifestYle Intervention (EARLY) Trials and the GEI Improved Measures of Diet and Physical Activity Program. Dr. Loria has served as project officer or deputy project officer for the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study for over 10 years. She is a deputy project officer for the Healthy Communities Study.
Her primary research interests are in nutrition and its relation to cardiovascular diseases and risk factors; predictors of weight gain, obesity, and obesity-related lifestyle behaviors; early adult risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases, and behavioral interventions aimed at weight loss, maintenance of weight loss, and prevention of weight gain. She also has expertise in dietary assessment methods, particularly in multi-cultural populations.
Prior to joining the NHLBI in 1999, Dr. Loria worked on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1988 until 1999 at the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before that, Dr. Loria worked at the Pan American Health Organization from 1985 until 1988.
Dr. Loria received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; a Master of Science degree in statistics; and a Master of Arts degree in anthropology from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Dr. Loria is also a Fellow of the American Heart Association (F.A.H.A.).
Areas of expertise: nutrition and its relation to cardiovascular diseases and risk factors; obesity research; and behavioral interventions aimed at weight loss, maintenance of weight loss, and prevention of weight gain.
Dr. Loria In the News
December 20, 2012
: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Physicians admit feeling under qualified and lacking necessary education to treat obesity
According to a new NHLBI-supported study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, primary care physicians agree they may not be the best health care professionals to give weight related counseling.
December 15, 2012
: MedPage Today
Obesity hormone linked to pancreatic cancer
Michael Smith
Low levels of the obesity-related hormone adiponectin are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to NIH-supported research.
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