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

2008

Journal Article

C. J. Crespo, Smit, E., N Valles, F., McGee, D., Lee, I. M., Freudenheim, J., and Garcia-Palmieri, M. R., “Physical activity and prostate cancer in Puerto Rican men.”, ournal of Physical Activity and Health, J Phys Act Health., vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 918-929, 2008.

B. Fuhrman, Smit, E., Crespo, C. J., and Garcia-Palmieri, M. R., “Coffee intake and risk of incident diabetes in the Puerto Rico Heart Health study cohort.”, Public Health Nutrition, vol. 8, pp. 1-7, 2008.

2007

Journal Article

A. D. Cornet, Smit, E., Beishuizen, A., and Groeneveld, A. B. Johan, “The role of heparin and allied compounds in the treatment of sepsis.”, Thrombosis and haemostasis, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 579-86, 2007.

E. Smit, Garcia-Palmieri, M. R., Figueroa, N. R., McGee, D. L., Messina, M., Freudenheim, J. L., and Crespo, C. J., “Protein and legume intake and prostate cancer mortality in Puerto Rican men.”, Nutrition and Cancer, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 146-152, 2007.

S. Rohrmann, Giovannucci, E., Smit, E., and Platz, E. A., “Association of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 with lower urinary tract symptoms in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.”, The Prostate, vol. 67, no. 15, pp. 1693-1698, 2007.

E. Smit, Garcia-Palmieri, M. R., Figueroa, N. R., McGee, D. L., Messina, M., Freudenheim, J. L., and Crespo, C. J., “Protein and legume intake and prostate cancer mortality in Puerto Rican men.”, Nutrition and cancer, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 146-52, 2007.

S. Rohrmann, Nelson, W. G., Rifai, N., Kanarek, N., Basaria, S., Tsilidis, K. K., Smit, E., Giovannucci, E., and Platz, E. A., “Serum sex steroid hormones and lower urinary tract symptoms in Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III).”, Urology, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 708-13, 2007.

S. Rohrmann, Giovannucci, E., Smit, E., and Platz, E. A., “Association of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 with lower urinary tract symptoms in the third national health and nutrition examination survey.”, The Prostate, vol. 67, no. 15, pp. 1693-8, 2007.

S. Rohrmann, Nelson, W. G., Rifai, R., Kanarek, N., Basaria, S., Smit, E., Giovannucci, E., and Platz, E. A., “Serum sex steroid hormones and lower urinary tract symptoms in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)”, Urology, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 708-713, 2007.

2006

Book Chapter

A. M. Tang, Smit, E., and Semba, R. D., “Nutrition and infectious disease”, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2006.

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