Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD

Lawrence H. Kushi, ScD, is the Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention Research, a position he has held since early 2002. Prior to joining the DOR, he was at Columbia University, where he held the Ella McCollum Vahlteich Chair in Human Nutrition in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, and was a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Kushi is internationally recognized for his expertise in nutritional epidemiology, and his research interests have focused on the role of diet and nutrition in the etiology of coronary artery disease and breast and other cancers. He has served on various review committees, including the Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section of the National Institutes of Health, and the Integration Panel of the Breast Cancer Research Program of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Dr. Kushi continues to serve on a grant review committee for the American Cancer Society and has also served on various American Cancer Society committees to develop guidelines for the dietary prevention and management of cancer. He was formerly the Chair of the Food and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association and was on the Executive Committee of the American Society of Preventive Oncology. Dr. Kushi graduated from Amherst College and the Harvard School of Public Health, and has also worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Current Positions:

	Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention Research, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
	Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Primary Research Interests:

	Nutritional epidemiology
	Diet and nutrition in the etiology of coronary artery disease
	Diet and nutrition in the etiology and prognosis of breast and other cancers

Selected Publications:

	Kushi LH, Mink PJ, Folsom AR, Anderson KE, Zheng W, Lazovich D, Sellers TA. Prospective study of diet and ovarian cancer. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 149:21-31.
	Bostick RM, Kushi LH, Wu Y, Meyer KA, Sellers TA, Folsom AR. Relation of calcium, vitamin D, and dairy food intake to ischemic heart disease mortality among postmenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 149:151-61.
	Grabrick DM, Anderson VE, King RA, Kushi LH, Sellers TA. Inclusion of risk factor covariates in a segregation analysis of a population-based sample of 426 breast cancer families. Genet Epidemiol 1999; 16:150-64.
	Going S, Levin S, Harrell J, Stewart D, Kushi L, Cornell C, Hunsberger S, Corbin C, Sallis J. Physical activity assessment in school-age American Indian children in the Pathways study. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 69(suppl): 788S-95S.
	Jacobs DR Jr, Meyer KA, Kushi LH, Folsom AR. Is whole grain intake associated with reduced total and cause-specific death rates in older women? The Iowa Women’s Health Study. Am J Public Health 1999; 89:322-9.
	Yochum L, Kushi LH, Meyer K, Folsom AR. Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 149:943-9.
	Kushi LH. Vitamin E and heart disease: A case study. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 69(suppl):1322S-9S.
	Kushi LH, Meyer KA, Jacobs DR Jr. Cereals, legumes and chronic disease risk: evidence from epidemiologic studies. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 70(suppl):451S-8S.
	Sellers TA, King RA, Cerhan JR, Chen P-L, Grabrick DM, Kushi LH, Oetting WS, Vierkant RA, Vachon CM, Couch FJ, Therneau TM, Olson JE, Pankratz S, Hartmann LC, Anderson VE. Fifty-year follow-up of cancer incidence in a historical cohort of Minnesota breast cancer families. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1999; 8:1051-7.
	Siscovick DS, Raghunathan T, King I, Weinmann S, Bovbjerg VE, Kushi L, Cobb LA, Copass MK, Psaty BM, Lemaitre R, Retzlaff B, Knopp RH. Dietary intake of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risk of primary cardiac arrest. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 71(1 Suppl):208S-12S.
	Cerhan JR, Kushi LH, Olson JE, Rich SS, Zheng W, Folsom AR, Sellers TA. Twinship and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2000; 92:261-5.
	Folsom AR, Kushi LH, Hong CP. Physical activity and incident diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women. Am J Public Health 2000; 90:134-8.
	Vachon CM, Kushi LH, Cerhan JR, Kuni CC, Sellers TA. Association of diet and mammographic breast density in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2000; 9:151-60.
	Meyer KA, Kushi LH, Jacobs DR Jr, Slavin J, Sellers TA, Folsom AR. Carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and incident type 2 diabetes in older women. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 71:921-30.
	Moore DB, Folsom AR, Mink PJ, Hong CP, Anderson KE, Kushi LH. Physical activity and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer. Epidemiology 2000; 11(3):292-6.
	Jacobs DR, Pereira MA, Meyer KA, Kushi LH. Fiber from whole grains, but not refined grains, is inversely associated with all-cause mortality in older women: the Iowa women's health study. J Am Coll Nutr 2000; 19(3 Suppl):326S-330S.
	Gao YT, Shu XO, Dai Q, Potter JD, Brinton LA, Wen W, Sellers TA, Kushi LH, Ruan Z, Bostick RM, Jin F, Zheng W. Association of menstrual and reproductive factors with breast cancer risk: Results from the Shanghai breast cancer study. Int J Cancer 2000; 87(2):295-300.
	Folsom AR, Kushi LH, Anderson KE, Mink PJ, Olson JE, Hong CP, Sellers TA, Lazovich D, Prineas RJ. Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160(14):2117-28.
	Yochum LA, Folsom AR, Kushi LH. Intake of antioxidant vitamins and risk of death from stroke in postmenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 72(2):476-83.
	Hansen SA, Folsom AR, Kushi LH, Sellers TA. Association of fractures with caffeine and alcohol in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Public Health Nutr 2000; 3(3):253-261.
	Van Den Brandt PA, Spiegelman D, Yaun SS, Adami HO, Beeson L, Folsom AR, Fraser G, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi L, Marshall JR, Miller AB, Rohan T, Smith-Warner SA, Speizer FE, Willett WC, Wolk A, Hunter DJ. Pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies on height, weight, and breast cancer risk. Am J Epidemiol 2000; 152(6):514-27.
	Shu XO, Jin F, Dai Q, Wen W, Potter JD, Kushi LH, Ruan Z, Gao YT, Zheng W. Soyfood Intake during Adolescence and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer among Chinese Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2001; 10(5):483-8.
	Anderson KE, Anderson E, Mink PJ, Hong CP, Kushi LH, Sellers TA, Lazovich D, Folsom AR. Diabetes and endometrial cancer in the Iowa Women's Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2001; 10(6):611-6.
	Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Adami H-O, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Folsom AR, Freudenheim JL, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi LH, Miller AB, Rohan TE, Speizer FE, Toniolo P, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hunter DJ. Types of dietary fat and breast cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Int J Cancer 2001; 92(5):767-74.
	Sellers TA, Kushi LH, Cerhan JR, Vierkant RA, Gapstur SM, Vachon CM, Olson JE, Therneau TM, Folsom AR. Dietary folate intake, alcohol, and risk of breast cancer in a prospective study of postmenopausal women. Epidemiology 2001; 12(4):420-8.
	Dai Q, Shu XO, Jin F, Potter JD, Kushi LH, Teas J, Gao YT, Zheng W. Population-based case-control study of soyfood intake and breast cancer risk in Shanghai. Br J Cancer 2001; 85(3):372-8.
	Meyer KA, Kushi LH, Jacobs DR Jr, Folsom AR. Dietary fat and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in older women. Diabetes Care 2001; 24(9):1528-35).
	Kushi LH, Cunningham JE, Hebert JR, Lerman RH, Bandera EV, Teas J. The macrobiotic diet in cancer. J Nutr 2001; 131(11 Suppl):3056S-64S.
	Bunin GR, Gyllstrom ME, Brown JE, Kahn EB, Kushi LH. Recall of diet during a past pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Dec 15;154(12):1136-42.
	Missmer SA, Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Yaun SS, Adami HO, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi LH, Miller AB, Potter JD, Rohan TE, Speizer FE, Toniolo P, Willett WC, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hunter DJ. Meat and dairy food consumption and breast cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Feb;31(1):78-85.
	Ellsworth JL, Kushi LH, Folsom AR. Frequent nut intake and risk of death from coronary heart disease and all causes in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2001 Dec;11(6):372-7.
	Britton JA, Kushi LH, Morabia A, Bernstein J, Shore R, Geringer W, Rohan T. The development of a questionnaire to assess past year physical activity in a multi-ethnic/racial urban population. Soz Praventivmed. 2002;47(3):178-94.
	Smith-Warner SA, Ritz J, Hunter DJ, Albanes D, Beeson WL, Van Den Brandt PA, Colditz G, Folsom AR, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Giovannucci E, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi LH, Miller AB, Rohan TE, Speizer FE, Virtamo J, Willett WC. Dietary fat and risk of lung cancer in a pooled analysis of prospective studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Oct;11(10 Pt 1):987-92.
	Sellers TA, Vierkant RA, Cerhan JR, Gapstur SM, Vachon CM, Olson JE, Pankratz VS, Kushi LH, Folsom AR. Interaction of dietary folate intake, alcohol, and risk of hormone receptor-defined breast cancer in a prospective study of postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Oct;11(10 Pt 1):1104-7.
	Kushi L, Giovannucci E. Dietary fat and cancer. Am J Med. 2002 Dec 30;113 Suppl 9B:63S-70S. Review.
	Sellers TA, Alberts SR, Vierkant RA, Grabrick DM, Cerhan JR, Vachon CM, Olson JE, Kushi LH, Potter JD. High-folate diets and breast cancer survival in a prospective cohort study. Nutr Cancer. 2002;44(2):139-44.
	Bandera EV, Kushi LH, Olson SH, Chen WY, Muti P. Alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer: some unresolved issues. Nutr Cancer. 2003;45(1):24-9. Review.
	Brown JK, Byers T, Doyle C, Coumeya KS, Demark-Wahnefried W, Kushi LH, McTieman A, Rock CL, Aziz N, Bloch AS, Eldridge B, Hamilton K, Katzin C, Koonce A, Main J, Mobley C, Morra ME, Pierce MS, Sawyer KA; American Cancer Society. Nutrition and physical activity during and after cancer treatment: an American Cancer Society guide for informed choices. CA Cancer J Clin. 2003 Sep-Oct;53(5):268-91.
	Smith-Warner SA, Spiegelman D, Yaun SS, Albanes D, Beeson WL, van den Brandt PA, Feskanich D, Folsom AR, Fraser GE, Freudenheim JL, Giovannucci E, Goldbohm RA, Graham S, Kushi LH, Miller AB, Pietinen P, Rohan TE, Speizer FE, Willett WC, Hunter DJ. Fruits, vegetables and lung cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Int J Cancer. 2003 Dec 20;107(6):1001-11.
	Shu XO, Yang G, Jin F, Liu D, Kushi L, Wen W, Gao YT, Zheng W. Validity and reproducibility of the food frequency questionnaire used in the Shanghai Women's Health Study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jan;58(1):17-23.
	Cerhan JR, Grabrick DM, Vierkant RA, Janney CA, Vachon CM, Olson JE, Kushi LH, Sellers TA. Interaction of adolescent anthropometric characteristics and family history on breast cancer risk in a Historical Cohort Study of 426 families (USA). Cancer Causes Control. 2004 Feb;15(1):1-9.
	Cerhan JR, Potter JD, Gilmore JM, Janney CA, Kushi LH, Lazovich D, Anderson KE, Sellers TA, Folsom AR. Adherence to the AICR cancer prevention recommendations and subsequent morbidity and mortality in the Iowa Women's Health Study cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Jul;13(7):1114-20.
	R Bunin G, Kushi LH, Gallagher PR, Rorke-Adams LB, McBride ML, Cnaan A. Maternal Diet During Pregnancy and its Association with Medulloblastoma in Children: A Children's Oncology Group Study (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2005 Sep;16(7):877-891.
	Kushi LH. Epidemiologic research on the obesity epidemic: a socioenvironmental perspective. Epidemiology. 2006 Mar;17(2):131-3.