Catherine Carpenter, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Edit your Faculty Profile

A Short Biography:

Dr. Carpenter received her doctoral training in Epidemiology at UCLA. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Preventive Medicine at USC where she studied lifetime exercise, obesity, and breast cancer risk and prognosis. After completing her postdoc, she started at UC Irvine as an Assistant Professor in Cancer Epidemiology where she continued her studies in breast and lung cancer and further developed a focus on obesity and nutrition. She started at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition in 2003, and has since broadened her research to include studies of food addiction, genetics, and the role of nutrition in the prevention and recovery from infectious diseases. Dr. Carpenter has conducted the design and analysis of several randomized nutritional intervention trials using clinic and population sampling. Dr. Carpenter also has appointments in Medicine and Nursing as well as in Epidemiology. Dr. Carpenter will be teaching Nutritional Epidemiology.

Work Titles
UCLA Associate Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
M.P.H., University of California at Berkeley
B.A., UC Berkeley

Contact Information:

Work Email Address:

ccarpenter@mednet.ucla.edu


Fax Number:

310-206-5264

Work Phone Number:

310-825-3574

Mailing Address:

UCLA Sch of Nurs
BOX 951742, 14-193 Warren Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Carpenter Catherine L, Wong Angela M, Li Zhaoping, Noble Ernest P, Heber David   Association of dopamine D2 receptor and leptin receptor genes with clinically severe obesity Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2013; 21(9): E467-73.
Nyamathi Adeline, Sinha Sanjeev, Ganguly Kalyan K, Ramakrishna Padma, Suresh P, Carpenter Catherine L   Impact of protein supplementation and care and support on body composition and CD4 count among HIV-infected women living in rural India: results from a randomized pilot clinical trial AIDS and behavior, 2013; 17(6): 2011-21.
Carpenter Catherine L, Yan Eric, Chen Steve, Hong Kurt, Arechiga Adam, Kim Woo S, Deng Max, Li Zhaoping, Heber David   Body fat and body-mass index among a multiethnic sample of college-age men and women Journal of obesity, 2013; 2013(3): 790654.
Carpenter Catherine L, Duvall Karen, Jardack Patricia, Li Luyi, Henning Susanne M, Li Zhaoping, Heber David   Weight loss reduces breast ductal fluid estrogens in obese postmenopausal women: a single arm intervention pilot study Nutrition journal, 2012; 11(3): 102.
Robbins Wendie A, Xun Lin, FitzGerald Leah Z, Esguerra Samantha, Henning Susanne M, Carpenter Catherine L   Walnuts improve semen quality in men consuming a Western-style diet: randomized control dietary intervention trial Biology of reproduction, 2012; 87(4): 101.
Ma Huiyan, Carpenter Catherine L, Sullivan-Halley Jane, Bernstein Leslie   The roles of herbal remedies in survival and quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors--results of a prospective study BMC cancer, 2011; 11(2): 222.
Carpenter Catherine L, Yu Mimi C, London Stephanie J   Dietary isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1), and lung cancer risk in African Americans and Caucasians from Los Angeles County, California Nutrition and cancer, 2009; 61(4): 492-9.
Tsou Jeffrey A, Kazarian Meleeneh, Patel Ankur, Galler Janice S, Laird-Offringa Ite A, Carpenter Catherine L, London Stephanie J   Low level anti-Hu reactivity: A risk marker for small cell lung cancer? Cancer detection and prevention, 2009; 32(4): 292-9.

Does this profile need updating? Contact Us