Ellen W. Demerath, PhD

Selected Publications:

Demerath EW (2010) Causes and consequences of human variation in visceral adiposity.  The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91 (1):1-2.  PMID: 19955399

Stovitz SD, Hannan PJ, Lytle LA, Demerath EW, Pereira MA, Himes JH (2010) Child height and the risk of young-adult obesity.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 38(1):74-77.  PMCID:  PMC2818981

Heard-Costa NL, Zillikens MC, Monda KL, Johansson A, Harris TB, Fu M, Haritunians T, Feitosa MF, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Garcia M, Launer LJ, Smith AV, Mitchell BD, McArdle PF, Shuldiner AR, Bielinski SJ, Boerwinkle E, Brancati F, Demerath EW, Pankow JS, Sorlie P, Arnold AM, Chen Y-D I, Glazer N, McKnight B, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Amin N, Campbell H, Gyllensten U, Pattaro C  Pramstaller PP, Rudan I, Struchalin M, Vitart V, Gao X, Kraja A, Province MA, Zhang Q, Atwood LD, Dupuis J, Hirschhorn JN, Jaquish CE, O’Donnell CJ,  Vasan RS, White CC, Aulchenko YS, Estrada K, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Witteman JCM, Oostra BA, Kaplan RC, Gudnason V, O’Connell JR, Borecki IB, van Duijn CM, Cupples LA, Fox CS, North KE (2009) NRXN3 is a novel locus for waist circumference: a genome-wide association study from the CHARGE Consortium.  PLoS Genetics 5(6): e1000539. doi:10.1371/ journal.pgen.1000539.   PMCID:  PMC2695005

Perry JRB*, Stolk L*, Franceshini N*, Lunetta K*, Zhai G*, McArdle P, Smith AV, Aspelund T, Bandinelli S, Boerwinkle E, Cherkas L, Eirikdottir G, Estrada K, Ferrucci L, Folsom AR, Garcia M, Gundnason B, Hofman A, Karasik D, Kiel DP, Launer LJ, van Meurs J, Nalls MN, Rivadeneira F, Shuldiner A, ingleton A, Soranzo N, Tanaka T, Visser JA, Weedon MN, Wilson S, Zhuang  , Streeten E*, Harris TB*, Murray A*, Spector TD*, Demerath EW*, Uitterlinden AG*, Murabito JM* (2009) Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche. Nature Genetics, 41(6):648-650.   PMID:  19448620

Demerath EW, Jones LL, Hawley N, Norris SA, Pettifor JM, Duren D, Chumlea WC, Towne B, Siervogel RM, Cameron N (2009) Rapid infant weight gain and accelerated skeletal maturation in childhood.  J. Pediatrics 155(3):355-361.  PMCID:  PMC2801419

Demerath EW, Reed D, Choh AC, Soloway LE, Lee M, Czerwinski SA, Chumlea WC, Siervogel RM, Towne B (2009) Rapid postnatal weight gain and visceral adiposity in adulthood: The Fels Longitudinal Study.  Obesity 17(11):2060-2066. PMCID:  PMC2801420

Lee M, Choh AC, Demerath EW, Sun SS, Duren DL, Sherwood RJ, Chumlea WC, Towne B, Siervogel RM, Czerwinski SA. (2009) Sleep disturbance in relation to health-related quality of life in adults: The Fels Longitudinal Study.  J Nutr Health Aging 13(6):576-83.  PMCID:  PMC Journal in Process

Soloway LE, Demerath EW, Ochs N, James GD, Little MA, Bindon JR, Garruto RM.  (2009) Blood pressure and Lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles.  Am. J. Hum. Biol., 21(3):319-25.  PMCID:  PMC2910626

Towne B, Williams KD, Blangero J, Czerwinski SA, Demerath EW, Dyer TD, Cole SA, Lee M, Choh AC, Duren DL, Sherwood RJ, Chumlea WC, Siervogel RM (2008)  Presentation, heritability, and genome-wide linkage analysis of the mid-childhood growth spurt in healthy children from the Fels Longitudinal Study.  Hum Biol 80(6):623-636.  PMCID:  PMC2801436

Nettleton JA, Volcik KA, Demerath EW, Boerwinkle E, Folsom AR (2008) Longitudinal changes in triglycerides according to ANGPTL4[E40K] genotype and longitudinal body weight change in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.  Ann Epidemiol 18:842-846.  PMCID:  PMC2582040

Folsom AR, Peacock JM, Demerath EW, Boerwinkle E (2008) Variation in ANGPTL4 and risk of coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Metabolism 57(11):1591-6.  PMCID:  PMC2707767

Demerath EW, Reed D, Rogers N, Sun SS, Lee M, Choh AC, Couch W, Czerwinski SA, Chumlea WC, Siervogel RM, and Towne B (2008) Visceral adipose and its anatomical distribution as predictors of the metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk factor levels. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 88(5):1263-71.  PMCID:  PMC2801427

Choh AC, Demerath EW, Lee, M,  Williams, KD, Towne B, Siervogel RM, Cole SA, Czerwinski SA, (2008) Genetic analysis of self-reported physical activity and adiposity: the Southwest Ohio Family Study.  Public Health Nutrition 12(8):1052-1060.  PMCID:  PMC2883310

Sherwood RJ, Duren DL, Demerath EW, Czerwinski SA, Siervogel RM, Towne B. (2008) Quantitative genetics of modern human craniofacial variation.  Journal of Human Evolution 54(6):909-14.  PMCID:  PMC2391308

Duren, DL, Sherwood RJ, Czerwinski SA, Chumlea WC, Demerath EW, Sun SS, Siervogel RM, Towne B (2008) Genetic architecture of knee radiographic joint space in healthy young adults.  Human Biology, 80(1):1-9.  PMID:  18505041

Demerath EW, Sun SS, Rogers N, Lee M, Reed D, Choh AC, Couch W, Czerwinski SA, Chumlea WC, Siervogel RM, and Towne B (2007) The anatomical patterning of visceral adipose tissue: Race, sex, and age variation.  Obesity 15: 2984-93.  PMCID:  PMC2883307

 

Professional Experience:

2007-present: Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2007-present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Wright State University School of Medicine

2005-2007: Associate Director, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

2004-2007: Associate Professor, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

2004-2006: Contract Appointment, Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (GCG) Program, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Bethesda, MD

2000-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

Honors:

2007: Fellow of the American Heart Association