Faculty

Kristie J. Lancaster

Associate Professor of Nutrition

Phone: 998 5580
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Kristie Lancaster is an Associate Professor of Nutrition and registered dietitian. Nutrition in chronic disease in vulnerable communities, with special emphasis on African Americans. Her work focuses on cultural, psychosocial, and environmental influences on dietary influences on dietary behaviors that affect hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity.


Degrees Held

  • A.B. Princeton University 1985
    Chemistry
  • M.S. The Pennsylvania State University 1995
    Nutrition
  • R.D. Mercy Medical Center 1997
    Dietetic Internship
  • Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University 2000
    Nutrition

Awards

  • 2004 : • Finalist, Sandra Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension Epidemiology, 2004 Research presented at the 44th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
  • 2008 : • Emerging Professional Graduate Degree Award, The Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development, 2008

Publications

  • Lancaster KJ, Walker WH, Vance T, Kaskel PJ, Arniella G, Horowitz CR. Food for Life/Comida para la Vida: Creating a food festival to raise diabetes awareness. Progress in Community Health Partnerships (In press).
  • Casagrande SS, Whitt-Glover MC, Lancaster KJ, Odoms-Young AM, Gary TL. The built environment and the association with physical activity, dietary behaviors, and obesity among african americans: A systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2009;36(2):174-181.
  • Horowitz CR, Goldfinger JZ, Muller SE, Pulichino RS, Vance TL, Arniella G, Lancaster KJ. The success of recruiting minorities, women, and elderly into a randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Mt Sinai J Med. 2008;75:37-43.
  • Karanja N, Lancaster KJ, Vollmer WM, Lin P-H, Most MM, Ard JD, Swain JF, Sacks FM, Obarzanek E. Acceptability of sodium-reduced research diets including the DASH diet among adults with pre-hypertension and stage 1 hypertension. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007;107(9):1530-1538.
  • Lancaster KJ, Watts SO, Dixon LB. Dietary patterns and risk of coronary heart disease differ among ethnic subgroups of Black Americans. Journal of Nutrition 2006;136:446-451.
  • Kumanyika SK, Gary TL, Lancaster KJ, Samuel-Hodge CD, Banks-Wallace J, Beech BM, Hughes-Halbert C, Karanja N, Odoms-Young AM, Prewitt TE, Whitt-Glover MC. Achieving healthy weight in African American communities: Research recommendations of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN). Obesity Research 2005;13:2036-2047.
  • Horowitz CR, Colson KA, Hebert PL, Lancaster KJ. Barriers to buying healthy foods for people with diabetes: Evidence of environmental disparities. American Journal of Public Health 2004;94(9):1549-1554.
  • Lancaster KJ. Characteristics influencing daily consumption of fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy products in older adults with hypertension. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 2004;23(4):21-33.
  • Lancaster KJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Weitzel LB, Mitchell DC, Gilchrist JM, Jensen GL. Hypertension-related dietary patterns of rural older adults. Preventive Medicine. 2004;38(6):812-818.
  • Lancaster KJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Ahern F, Jensen GL, Heller DA. Dehydration in black and white older adults using diuretics. Annals of Epidemiology. 2003;13(7):525-529.
  • Lancaster KJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Mitchell DC, Kumanyika S, Mauger D, Palmer J. Food record response rates for African American women: Characteristics and nutrient intakes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2000;100(12):1532-1535.
  • Lancaster KJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Ahern F, Achterberg C, Taylor-Davis S. Evaluation of a Nutrition Newsletter By Older Adults. Journal of Nutrition Education 1997; 29(3):145-151.

Courses

  • E33.0120, Theories & Techniques of Nutrition Education & Counseling
  • E33.2061, Research Applications
  • E33.1064, Nutritional Biochemistry
  • E33.2117, Current Research in Nutrition
  • E03.0001, New Student Seminar

Research Interests

  • Nutrition and obesity in African Americans
  • Community-based nutrition intervention
  • Neighborhood food availablity
  • nutrition in hypertension and chronic disease
  • nutrition in gerontology