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Interim Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Dr. Van Horn's research focuses on benefits derived from a lower fat diet that is rich in fruit, vegetables, protein and whole-grain fiber. The Diet and Hormone Study, the Women's Health Initiative, and International Study of Macronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP) are a sampling of the studies in which she's participated. Multi-center collaborative trials include Multiple Risk Factor Intervention, the Diet Intervention Study in Children, and the study of Coronary Artery Risk Reduction in Young Adults. Integrating and expanding nutrition education into the undergraduate curriculum at the Feinberg School and providing continuing education for residents, graduate students, and medical faculty has been one major thrust for Dr. Van Horn. Nutrition outreach education for underserved populations has been another. She launched a program for low-income pregnant patients who attend the Prentice Ambulatory Clinic in which they received nutrition education from dietitian-supervised medical students.
Dr. Van Horn was awarded her PhD from the University of Illinois Health Sciences Center and her RD from Indiana University Medical School. Areas of specialty
nutrition, nutrition education For more, read http://www.preventivemedicine.northwestern.edu/vanhorn.htm
Recent Publications
He K, Xu Y, Van Horn L. The puzzle of dietary fat intake and risk of ischemic stroke: a brief review of epidemiologic data. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Feb;107(2):287-95.
Tinker LF, Rosal MC, Young AF, Perri MG, Patterson RE, Van Horn L, Assaf AR, Bowen DJ, et al. Predictors of dietary change and maintenance in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial. J Am Diet Assoc 2007;107: 1155-66.
Ueshima H, Stamler J, Elliott P, Chan Q, Brown IJ, Carnethon MR, Daviglus ML, He K, Van Horn L, et al. Food omega-3 fatty acid intake of individuals (total, linolenic acid, long-chain) and their blood pressure: INTERMAP study. Hypertension 2007;50: 313-9.
McCoin M, Sikand G, Johnson EQ, Kris-Etherton PM, Burke F, Carson JA, Champagne CM, Karmally W, Van Horn L, et al. The effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy delivered by registered dietitians for disorders of lipid metabolism: a call for further research. J Am Diet Assoc 2008;108: 233-9.
Van Horn L, McCoin M, Kris-Etherton PM, Burke F, Carson JA, Champagne CM, Karmally W and Sikand G. The evidence for dietary prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. J Am Diet Assoc 2008;108: 287-331.
Neuhouser ML, Tinker L, Shaw PA, Schoeller D, Bingham SA, Van Horn L, Beresford SA, Caan B, Thomson C, Satterfield S, Kuller L, Heiss G, Smit E, Sarto G, Ockene J, Stefanick ML, Assaf A, Runswick S, Prentice RL. Use of recovery biomarkers to calibrate nutrient consumption self-reports in the Women's Health Initiative. Am J Epidemiol 2008: 167:1247-59.
Van Horn L, Manson JE. The Women's Health Initiative: implications for clinicians. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008; 75: 385-90.
Tsoulake I, Brown IJ, Chan Q, Van Horn L, Ueshima H, Zhao L, Stamler J, Elliott P. International Collaborative Research Group on Macro-/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure. Relation of iron and red meat intake to blood pressure: cross sectional epidemiological study. BMJ. 2008; 337: a258.
He K, Zao L, Daviglus ML, Dyer AR, Van Horn L, Garside D, Zhu L, Guo D, Wu Y, Zhou B, Stamler J. Association of Monosodium Glutamate Intake With Overweight in Chinese Adults: The INTERMAP Study. Obesity. 2008;16:1875-80.
Kizilbash MA, Daviglus ML, Dyer AR, Garside DB; Hankinson AL, Van Horn L, et al. Relation of Heart Rate With Cardiovascular Disease in Normal-Weight Individuals: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry. Prev Cardiol. 2008; 11:141-7.
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