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Silvina Choumenkovitch
Instructor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Researcher, Children in Balance, John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention

Scientist III, HNRCA-Page-hnrca2ws_1192109688659.html Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Human Nutrition Science, Tufts University
  • MS in Human Nutrition Science, Tufts University
Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-3544
Email: 
silvina.choumenkovitch@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

folate, dietary patterns, obesity

Current Research: 

Diet quality and dietary patterns and childhood and adolescent obesity.

Past Research: 

effects of folic acid fortification on total folate and folic acid consumption, on markers of folate status and on various health outcomes in US population. Relationship between folate and vitamin B12 and health outcomes.

Select Recent Publications
Kalmbach RD, Choumenkovitch SF, Troen AP, Jacques PF, D'Agostino R, Selhub J. A 19-base pair deletion polymorphism in dihydrofolate reductase is associated with increased unmetabolized folic acid in plasma and decreased red blood cell folate. The Journal of Nutrition. 2008;138:2323-7. Abstract
Kalmbach RD, Choumenkovitch SF, Troen AM, D'Agostino R, Jacques PF, Selhub J. Circulating folic acid in plasma: relation to folic acid fortification. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008;88:763-8. Abstract
Selhub J, Jacques PF, Dallal GE, Choumenkovitch SF, Rogers G. The use of blood concentrations of vitamins and their respective functional indicators to define folate and vitamin B12 status. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2008;29:S67-73. Abstract
Póo-Prieto R, Haytowitz DB, Holden JM, Rogers G, Choumenkovitch SF, Jacques PF, et al. Use of the affinity/HPLC method for quantitative estimation of folic acid in enriched cereal-grain products. The Journal of Nutrition. 2006;136:3079-83. Abstract