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Education: Postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology. Fields: Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Nutritional Epidemiology. Research in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professional Follow-up Study (HPFS). Mentors: Professors Meir Stampfer, Frank Hu, Eric Rimm Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition and Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences. Ph.D. program. Thesis: "Development and validation of tools for the assessment of dietary intake and its components in an Israeli population; Development of a Computerized Food Data Base, Performance of a Dietary Survey, Design and validation a Food Frequency Questionnaire." Supervisor: Professor Drora Fraser. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences. M.Med.Sc. Thesis: “Long term projection of weight measurement, quality of life and nutrition after vertical banded gastroplasty”. Supervisors: Professor Shimon Weitzman and Professor Yitzhak Levy. Hebrew University,. Rehovot, Faculty of Agriculture. B.Sc.Nut |
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Research Interests: Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Nutritional Epidemiology, Clinical trials |
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Most Recent Publications: Shai I, Rimm EB, Hankinson SE, Curhan G, Manson JE, Rifai N, Stampfer MJ, Ma J. A multivariate assessment of lipid parameters as predictors of coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women – potential implications for clinical guidelines. Circulation. [in press] Schulze MB, Shai I, Manson JE., Li T, Rifai Nr, Jiang,R . Hu FB Joint effects of non-HDL cholesterol and glycated hemoglobin in predicting future coronary heart disease events among women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes care. [in press] Shai I, Rimm EB, Schulze MB, Rifai N, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB. Moderate alcohol intake and markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction among diabetic men. Diabetologia. [in press] Shai I, Stampfer MJ, Ma J, Manson JE, Hankinson SE, Cannuscio C, Selhub J, Curhan G, Rimm EB. Homocysteine as a risk factor for coronary heart diseases among US women and its relation with inflammatory biomarkers, lipids, and dietary factors. Atherosclerosis . [in press] Schulze MB, Rimm EB, Shai I, Rifai N, Hu FB: The relationship between adiponectin and glycemic control, blood lipids, and inflammatory markers in men with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. [in press] Shai I, Shahar DR, Vardi H, Fraser D. Selection of food items for inclusion in a developed Food Frequency Questionnaire. Public Health Nut. [in press] Bilenko N, Fraser D Vardi H, Shai I, Shahar DR. Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Diseases in an Israeli Population. Preventive Medicine. [in press] Shahar D, Fraser D, Shai I, Vardi H. Development of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for an Elderly Population Based on a Population Survey. J Nutr. 2003;133(11):3625-9. Henkin Y, Shai I. Dietary treatment of hypercholestrolemia: can we predict long-term success? J Am Coll Nutr. 2003;22(6):555-61 Shahar DR, Shai I, Vardi H, Brener-Azrad A, Fraser D. Development of a Semi Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary intake of multiethnic populations. Eur J Epidemiol. 2003;18(9):855-61. Shai I, Henkin Y, Weitzman S , Levy Y. Determinants of long-term satisfaction after vertical banded gastroplasty. Obes Surg. 2003;13(2):269-74. Henkin Y, Abu-Ful A, Shai I, Crystal P. Lack of association between breast artery calcification seen on mammography and coronary artery disease on angiography. J Med Screen. 2003;10(3):139-42. Shai I, Vardi H, Shahar RD, Azrad BA, Fraser D. Adaptation of international nutrition databases and data entry system tools to a specific population. Public Health Nut;2003 6(4):401-6. Rager-Zisman B, Bazarsky E, Skibin A, Chamney S, Belmaker I, Shai I, Kordysh E, Griffin DE. The effect of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization on the immune responses of previously immunized primary school children. Vaccine 2003 Jun 2;21(19-20):2580-8. Shai I, Henkin Y, Weitzman S , Levy Y. Long-term dietary changes after vertical banded gastroplasty. Is the tradeoff favorable? Obes Surg. 2002;12(6):805-11. Shahar DR, Shai I, Vardi H, Fraser D. Dietary intake and eating patterns of elderly people in Israel: Who is at nutritional risk? Euro J Clin Nutr; 2003 Jan;57(1):18-25. Bilenko N, Shahar DR, Shai I, Weizman S, Fraser D. Prevalence and characteristics of myocardial infarction, diabetes and hypertension in the adult Jewish population: results from the Negev Nutrition Study. Harefuah. 2003 Jan;142(1):17-21 Shai I, Shahar DR, Fraser D. Attitudes of physicians and medical students toward nutrition’s place in patient care and education at Ben-Gurion University. Education for Health. 2001(14) 405-15 .Fraser D, Shahar D, Shai I, Vardi H. Negev Nutritional studies: Nutritional deficiencies in young and elderly risk populations. Public Health Reviews 2000;28:31-46 Henkin Y, Shai I, Zhuk R, Brikner D, Yogev Y, Zuilli I, Shani S, Gold B. Dietary Treatment of Hypercholestremia: Do Dieticians do it better? A randomized control study. Am J Med 2000;109:549-55 Shai I, Weitzman S , Levy Y. Long term projection of weight measurement, quality of life and nutrition after stomach reduction operation. Harefuah 1999; 134:164-8 |
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