Education
BS,
Biology, magna cum laude, Bucknell University, 1996
PhD, Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
2002
Professional Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Research Training Award, Risk Factors Monitoring and Methods Branch, National Cancer Institute, 2002-2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, 2005-2007
Profile
Dr. Amy Millen joined the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine as Research Assistant Professor in January 2005. She was appointed to Assistant Professor in March 2007. She earned her B.S. in biology from Bucknell University,
followed by her Ph.D. in nutritional sciences, with an emphasis
in population health, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Her primary training is in the field of nutritional epidemiology.
After completing her Ph.D., Amy spent two and a half years at the National Cancer Institute as a Cancer Research Award Training (CRTA) Fellow in the Risk Factors Monitoring and Methods Branch. She has worked on a number of diverse research projects that have focused on the role of nutrition in diabetes, ophthalmology, and cancer. She has extensive experience with dietary assessment methods and analyzing diet and disease relationships in varied, large population datasets.
Research Interests
My main research objective is to investigate how dietary intake affects the etiology and pathology of age-related diseases (e.g., macular degeneration, and breast cancer), with emphasis on micronutrient exposure, particularly vitamin D (obtained from sunlight, foods and supplements).
I am also interested in 1) the examination of how nutritional intake, alone or interacting with other environmental and genetic factors, influences the development of disease among free-living populations, 2) better understanding how the timing and frequency of dietary measurement (relative to disease onset, diagnosis, and severity) affects assessments of dietary intake and risk estimates, and 3) determinants that influence variation of nutrient adequacy in populations.
Selected Publications
- Millen AE, Pettinger M, Freudenheim JL, Langer RD, Rosenberg CA, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Duffy CM, Lane DS, McTiernan A, Kuller LH, Lopez AM, Wactawski-Wende J. Incident invasive breast cancer, geographic location of residence, and reported average time spent outside. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev.2009;18(2):495-507.
- Millen AE, Bodnar LM. Vitamin D assessment in population-based studies: a review of the issues. Am J Clin Nutr.2008;87(4)1120S-5S.
- Millen AE, Subar AF, Graubard BI, Peters U, Hayes RB, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi L, Ziegler RG, for the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial Project Team. Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Prevalent Colorectal Adenoma. AJCN. 2007;86(6):1754-64.
- Parekh N, Chappell RJ, Millen AE, Albert DM, Mares JA. Association between Vitamin D and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 through 1994. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007; 125:1-10.
- Millen AE, Midthune D, Thompson FE, Kipnis V, Subar AF. The National Cancer Institute diet history questionnaire: validation of pyramid food servings. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb 1;163(3):279-88.
- Millen AE, Tucker MA, Hartge P, Halpern
A, Elder DE, Guerry IV D, Holly EA, Sagebiel RW, Potischman
N. Diet and Melanoma in a Case-Control Study. Cancer Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13(6):1042-1051
- Millen AE, Dodd K, Subar AF. National
Trends in Use of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: The 1987,
1992 and 2000 National Health Interview Surveys. J Am Diet
Assoc. 2004;104:942-950.
- Millen AE, Klein R, Folsom AR, Stevens
J, Palta M, Mares JA. Relationships of Dietary Vitamins
C and E to Diabetic Retinopathy in the Atherosclerosis
Risk in Communities study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004;79:865-873.
- Millen AE, Gruber M, Klein R, Klein BEK,
Palta M, Mares-Perlman JA. Relationships of Serum Ascorbic
Acid and á-Tocopherol to Diabetic Retinopathy in
the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Am J Epidemiol. 2003;158:225-233.
Professional Affiliations
American Society for Nutritional Sciences, Society for Epidemiologic Research, American Association of Cancer Research
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