B.S. in Experimental Foods & Nutrition at University of Washington in 1975
M.P.H. in Public Health Nutrition at University of Hawaii in 1979
Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences at University of Washington in 1995
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES
R.D.: Registered Dietitian
Dissertation Title: A Prospective Analysis of Serum Ferritin and Risk of Colon Cancer in Men
AWARDS AND HONORS
1977
U.S. Public Health Service Traineeship
U.S. Public Health Service
1986
Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year
The Hawaii Dietetic Association
1988
Outstanding Service Award
The American Dietetic Association
1991
Dietetic Educators of Practitioners Scholarship
The American Dietetic Association Foundation
1992
The Rachel Royston Permanent Scholarship Foundation Award
Alpha Sigma, Washington, The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
1992
Carey D. Miller Scholarship
The Hawaii Dietetic Association
1993
Kraft General Foods Fellowship
American Dietetic Association Foundation
2001
2007. Seeds for Success Awards for Research Grantsmanship
Purdue University
DISCOVERY
Dr. Boushey’s research interests include dietary assessment methods, adolescent dietary behaviors, school-based interventions, food insecurity, and applications of quantitative methods. She led two multi-site randomized school trials that resulted in the No Bones About It! and Eat Move Learn programs for middle schools. Dr. Boushey’s epidemiological research in the study of populations and what and how people eat has aided in identifying psychosocial factors influencing consumption of calcium rich foods in adolescents and their parents, as well as influences on bone mass in early adolescent girls. Dr. Boushey is collaborating with engineers to develop methods of dietary assessment that use advanced digital technology and concepts completely new to the field of dietary assessment. She is a member of the National Community Engagement Steering Committee of the CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Awards) and the Community Coordinating Committee of the Community Health Engagement Program of Indiana’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. Her work in nutritional epidemiology that complements the philosophy of Community Based Participatory Research involves a collaborative effort between investigators from the University of Maryland and members of three Pacific Northwest Tribal Nations. Discovery Publications (selected)
Mariappan A, Ruiz MB Zhu, F, Boushey CJ, Kerr DA, Ebert DS, Delp EJ. Personal Dietary Assessment Using Mobile Devices, Proceedings of the IS&T/SPIE Conference on Computational Imaging VII, Vol #7246, San Jose, January 2009.
Boushey CJ, Kerr DA, Wright J, Lutes KD, Ebert DS, Delp EJ. Use of Technology in Children’s Dietary Assessment. Euro J Clin Nutr 2009; 63:S50-S57.
Boushey CJ, Harris J, Bruemmer B, Archer SL. Publishing nutrition research: a review of sampling, sample size, statistical analysis, and other key elements of manuscript preparation. Part 2. J Am Diet Assoc 2008; 108:679-88.
Wong SS, Boushey CJ, Novotny R, Gustafson DR. Evaluation of a computerized food frequency questionnaire to estimate calcium intake of Asian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white youth. J Am Diet Assoc 2008; 108(3):539-43.
Matlik L, Savaiano D, McCabe G, VanLoan M, Blue CL, Boushey CJ. Perceived milk intolerance is related to bone mineral content in 10-13 year-old adolescent females. Pediatrics 2007; 120(3):e669-e677 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1240)
Novotny R, Going S, Teegarden D, Van Loan M, McCabe G, McCabe L, Daida YG, Boushey CJ, ACT Research Team. Hispanic and Asian pubertal girls have higher android/gynoid fat ratio than whites. Obesity 2007; 15(6):1565-70.
Boushey C, Harris J, Bruemmer B, Archer SL, Van Horn L. Publishing nutrition research: A review of study design, statistical analyses, and other key elements of manuscript preparation, Part 1. J Am Diet Assoc 2006; 106:89-96.
Savaiano D, Boushey CJ, McCabe GP. Lactose intolerance symptoms assessed by meta-analysis: A grain of truth that leads to exaggeration. J Nutr 2006:136:1-7.
Jensen K, Gustafson D, Boushey CJ, Auld G, Bock MA, Bruhn CM, Gabel K, Misner S, Novotny R, Peck L, Read M. Development of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Estimate Calcium Intake in Asian, Hispanic, and White Youth. J Am Diet Assoc 2004; 104:762-769.
Boushey CJ, Beresford SAA, Omenn GS and Motulsky AG. A quantitative assessment of plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease: probable benefits of increasing folic acid intakes. JAMA 1995, 274:1049-1057
Books, Chapters, and Monographs Publications
Boushey CJ. Estimating sample size. In: Monsen ER, Van Horn L, editors. Research: Successful Approaches. 2nd edition. The American Dietetic Association:Chicago, IL. 2008 (Previous editions 2003, 1991)
Boushey CJ, Harris J, Bruemmer B, Archer SL. Fundamentals of statistical applications. In: Monsen ER, Van Horn L, editors. Research: Successful Approaches. 3rd edition. The American Dietetic Association:Chicago, IL. 2008.
Boushey CJ. Co-Editor (Head editor, Ann Coulston), Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease, 2nd edition, Elsevier, Academic Press, 2008.
Boushey CJ. Application of research paradigms for nutrition practice. In; Coulston A., Boushey CJ, eds. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease, Elsevier, Academic Press, 2008.
Boushey CJ, Harris J, Bruemmer B, Archer SL. Building the research foundation: The research question and study design. In: Monsen ER, Van Horn L, editors. Research: Successful Approaches. 3rd edition. The American Dietetic Association:Chicago, IL. 2008.
Boushey, C. J. Nutritional epidemiology: dietary assessment methods. In Weaver C. M., Heaney R. P., eds. Calcium in Human Health. New Jersey: Humana Press; 2006:39-64.
ENGAGEMENT
Responsible for development of Spring break study abroad course, The Culture and Food of France. The pedagogical goal is to enhance the FN undergraduate offerings to include a unique experience in the French culture while at the same time to enrich the alimentary knowledge in that culture. The target culture of France is especially important for the students of FN since gastronomy is so entwined in the essence of Frenchness and prominent topics in FN studies are rooted in France, i.e., the Mediterranean diet, the French Paradox.
LEARNING
Courses
Fall semester Coordinated Program courses: Experience in Community Nutrition (F&N 426) - Application of instructional strategies and communication skills in nutrition to community settings, health facilities, and nutrition programs. AND Foodservice Systems Management Experience (F&N 443) - Experience in Purdue Residence Halls foodservice facilities, designed to accompany F&N 442 and RHI 311Y. Clinical experience ultimately to include staff responsibility in foodservice supervision.
Spring semester Coordinated Program course: Clinical Dietetics Experience (F&N 461) - Medical nutrition therapy experience in medical facilities and outpatient services. Clinical experience ultimately to include staff relief in medical nutrition therapy in acute care.
Summer semester Coordinated Program course: Capstone Experience (F&N465) - Application of community, food service, and medical nutrition therapy skills in long term care. Clinical experience to include staff relief in long term care, as well as 2 weeks in self-selected experience.
Sumer semester graduate course (offered every other summer): Nutritional Epidemiology (F&N590E)- The study of the nutritional determinants of health and disease in human populations. The field is complex as it encompasses the interactions between genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors in populations. The results from epidemiologic studies provide the bridge between basic science and public policy. This course will introduce the basic principles and methods used in nutritional epidemiology. The course will review the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of studies investigating the relationship between diet, nutritional status, and measures of health, well-being, and disease. The measurement methods most commonly used will be emphasized with use of current literature in the field.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Responsible for establishing academic exchange opportunities for students in the Department of Foods and Nutrition with Curtin University in Perth, Australia; Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland; and other locations.
2. Member of Purdue research team to investigate feasibility of establishing a randomized clinical trail to investigate the effectivenes of supplemental animal source foods on overall health and progression of disease in HIV-infected Kenyan women and their children. Partners included Indiana School of Medicine and Moi University, Kenya.
3. Oral presentations at the International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods (5th and 6th meetings).
4. Oral presentations by invitation: University of Cambridge, MRC; CSIRO/AIS, Canberra, Australia; Curtin Institute of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
5. External Examiner, Dublin Institute of Technology
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