Maura E. Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Health Sciences

PhD, Tufts University



Dr. Walker is a Research Assistant Professor at the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Nutrition Program. She received an MS and Ph.D. in Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition from Tufts University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Cardiovascular Epidemiology with the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM. Her research focuses on characterizing the role of diet quality in the life course progression of cardiometabolic diseases with the application of traditional and systems-level epidemiological approaches. She received funding from the American Heart Association to complete research applying integrative "omics" analyses to elucidate diet quality-blood pressure relations.

Research Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

Investigator
Framingham Heart Study




Integrative omics approach to elucidate diet quality-blood pressure relations
07/01/2020 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
American Heart Association




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  1. Mi MY, Gajjar P, Walker ME, Miller P, Xanthakis V, Murthy VL, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Shah RV, Lewis GD, Nayor M. Association of healthy dietary patterns and cardiorespiratory fitness in the community. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2023 Oct 10; 30(14):1450-1461.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37164358; PMCID: PMC10562138; DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad113;
     
  2. Westerman KE, Walker ME, Gaynor SM, Wessel J, DiCorpo D, Ma J, Alonso A, Aslibekyan S, Baldridge AS, Bertoni AG, Biggs ML, Brody JA, Chen YI, Dupuis J, Goodarzi MO, Guo X, Hasbani NR, Heath A, Hidalgo B, Irvin MR, Johnson WC, Kalyani RR, Lange L, Lemaitre RN, Liu CT, Liu S, Moon JY, Nassir R, Pankow JS, Pettinger M, Raffield LM, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Selvin E, Senn MK, Shadyab AH, Smith AV, Smith NL, Steffen L, Talegakwar S, Taylor KD, de Vries PS, Wilson JG, Wood AC, Yanek LR, Yao J, Zheng Y, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, Fornage M, Russell TP, Psaty BM, Levy D, Heard-Costa NL, Ramachandran VS, Mathias RA, Arnett DK, Kaplan R, North KE, Correa A, Carson A, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Manson JE, Reiner AP, Kooperberg C, Florez JC, Meigs JB, Merino J, Tobias DK, Chen H, Manning AK. Investigating Gene-Diet Interactions Impacting the Association Between Macronutrient Intake and Glycemic Traits. Diabetes. 2023 May 01; 72(5):653-665.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36791419; PMCID: PMC10130485; DOI: 10.2337/db22-0851;
     
  3. Du S, Chen J, Kim H, Walker ME, Lichtenstein AH, Chatterjee N, Ganz P, Yu B, Vasan RS, Coresh J, Rebholz CM. Plasma Protein Biomarkers of Healthy Dietary Patterns: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and the Framingham Heart Study. J Nutr. 2023 Jan; 153(1):34-46. PMID: 36913470; PMCID: PMC10196586; DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.11.008;
     
  4. Gonzalez Izundegui D, Miller PE, Shah RV, Clish CB, Walker ME, Mitchell GF, Gerszten RE, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Nayor M. Response of circulating metabolites to an oral glucose challenge and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the community. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2022 Oct 15; 21(1):213.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36243866; PMCID: PMC9568897; DOI: 10.1186/s12933-022-01647-w;
     
  5. Walker ME, Spartano NL. Identifying Ultraprocessed Foods in Nutrition Research: What a Process! Neurology. 2022 Sep 06; 99(10):411-412.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36219799
     
  6. Walker ME, Spartano NL. Identifying Ultra-processed Foods in Nutrition Research: What a Proccess! Neurology. 2022 Jul 27.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35896435
     
  7. Kaplan RC, Song RJ, Lin J, Xanthakis V, Hua S, Chernofsky A, Evenson KR, Walker ME, Cuthbertson C, Murabito JM, Cordero C, Daviglus M, Perreira KM, Gellman M, Sotres-Alvarez D, Vasan RS, Xue X, Spartano NL, Mossavar-Rahmani Y. Predictors of incident diabetes in two populations: framingham heart study and hispanic community health study / study of latinos. BMC Public Health. 2022 May 26; 22(1):1053.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35619100; PMCID: PMC9137165; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13463-8;
     
  8. Lee J, Walker ME, Bourdillon MT, Spartano NL, Rogers GT, Jacques PF, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Conjoint Associations of Adherence to Physical Activity and Dietary Guidelines With Cardiometabolic Health: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 04 06; 10(7):e019800.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33784828; PMCID: PMC8174320; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019800;
     
  9. Walker ME, O'Donnell AA, Himali JJ, Rajendran I, Melo van Lent D, Ataklte F, Jacques PF, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Associations of the Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet with cardiac remodelling in the community: the Framingham Heart Study. Br J Nutr. 2021 12 28; 126(12):1888-1896.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33618785; PMCID: PMC8380746; DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521000660;
     
  10. Ye S, Matthan NR, Lamon-Fava S, Solano-Aguilar G, Turner JR, Walker ME, Chai Z, Lakshman S, Chen C, Dawson H, Urban JF, Lichtenstein AH. Colon transcriptome is modified by a dietary pattern/atorvastatin interaction in the Ossabaw pig. J Nutr Biochem. 2021 04; 90:108570. PMID: 33429036; PMCID: PMC8994518; DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2020.108570;
     
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Highly processed foods are linked to early death, a new study finds

NBC News 11/7/2022

Reduce dementia risk with these food and activity choices

CNN 6/27/2022

2019 Boston University: First Place Clinical Oral Presentation, Evans Department of Medicine Research Days
2018-2020 NHLBI: T32 Multidisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
2017 Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University : Gerald Cassidy Student Innovation Award
2016 Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University : Drs. Joan and Peter Cohn and Family Student Award
2015-2017 NHLBI: T32 Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Disorders Pre-doctoral Research Training Grant
2011 University of Maine: Presidential Scholar Award
2010 University of Maine: Academic Achievement Award
2009 University of Maine: College of Natural Sciences, Forestry & Agriculture Undergraduate Award
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