College of Health

Ellen Smit, Ph.D., RD

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Ellen Smit, Ph.D., RD

Ellen Smit, Ph.D., RD

Professor
ellen.smit@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-7218

Milam Hall

Milam Hall 141A

2520 SW Campus Way

2520 SW Campus Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

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Curriculum Vitae:

Ellen Smit, Ph.D., RD (October 2019)

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At OSU

Affiliation(s):

Public Health Practice

School of Biological and Population Health Sciences

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ResearchGate Profile

NIH Bibliography

Academic interests:

Dr. Smit is a nutritional epidemiologist. Her research is focused on diet, metabolism, and physical activity in relation to both chronic disease and HIV infection in diverse populations. Studies include cohort designs, multi-center studies, survey analysis of national databases, and linking of registry data sets.

Publications

2015

Journal Article

J. Faith, Thorburn, S., and Smit, E., “Body mass index and the use of the Internet for health information”, Health Education Journal, 2015.

C. J. Charlesworth, Smit, E., Lee, D. S. H., Alramadhan, F., and Odden, M. C., “Polypharmacy Among Adults Aged 65 Years and Older in the United States: 1988-2010.”, The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2015.

J. A. Jackson, Smit, E., Manore, M. M., John, D. H., and Gunter, K., “The Family-Home Nutrition Environment and Dietary Intake in Rural Children.”, Nutrients, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 9707-20, 2015.

J. A. Jackson, Branscum, A. J., John, D. H., Smit, E., and Gunter, K., “Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Learning Behaviors”, Health Behavior and Policy Review, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 24 - 34, 2015.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., Ketcham, P. L., and Smit, E., “The Illicit Use of Prescription Stimulants on College Campuses: A Theory-Guided Systematic Review.”, Health Educ Behav, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 719-29, 2015.

2014

Journal Article

P. D. Loprinzi, Smit, E., Cardinal, B. J., Crespo, C., Brodowicz, G., and Andersen, R., “Valid and Invalid Accelerometry Data Among Children and Adolescents: Comparison Across Demographic, Behavioral, and Biological Variables”, American Journal of Health Promotion, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 155 - 158, 2014.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., and Smit, E., “An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of Nonprescription Stimulant Use in a Sample of College Students”, Journal of Drug Issues, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 132 - 149, 2014.

N. Bavarian, Flay, B. R., Ketcham, P. L., Smit, E., Kodama, C., Martin, M., and Saltz, R. F., “Using structural equation modeling to understand prescription stimulant misuse: A test of the Theory of Triadic Influence”, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 138, pp. 193 - 201, 2014.

2013

Book Chapter

A. Tang and Smit, E., “Nutrition and Infectious Disease”, in Nelson KE, Williams CM (eds), Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice., Third., Jones & Bartlett Publishers., 2013.

A. Tang, Smit, E., and Semba, R. D., “Nutrition and Infectious Disease”, in Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease,, 11th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013.

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