Editorial Board
Nitin Shivappa
University of South Carolina · United States
Editorial leadership for International Journal of Nutrition ISSN 2379-7835
Research interests
- Nutrition Epidemiology
- Cancer Epidemiology
Biography
- Dr. Nitin Shivappa has collaborated with Dr. James Hébert and other members of the research group at the CPCP to modify and improve the DII™.
- He has translated his intimate working knowledge of the DII™ into established cooperative agreements with over 120 research institutions from all around the world.
- Their interests in utilizing the DII in research studies with a variety of outcomes range from inflammatory markers to disease end points such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and arthritis.
- These include Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Minnesota, Karolinska Institute, University of Central London, Ghent University, University of Sao Paolo, and University of Queensland, to mention a few.
- He has worked extensively along with Mr. Thomas Hurley and other members of the CPCP research group in creating the codes that are required to calculate DII™.
- Dr. Shivappa has a sound knowledge and experience in using statistical software such as SPSS® and SAS®, which was used to develop the scoring algorithm for DII™.
- He is also knowledgeable in currently available diet and health-related apps, some of which fall short in realizing behavioral changes relative to dietary interventions.
Selected publications
- Maternal diet and gestational diabetes mellitus modestly influence children's growth during their first 24 months 2025
- Associations between Diet Inflammatory Index Scores and nutritional status in chronic kidney disease patients 2024
- Dietary inflammatory index and inflammatory markers in Brazilian adolescents 2024
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and Fractures in Midlife Women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation 2023
- Association of Proinflammatory Diet With Frailty Onset Among Adults With and Without Depressive Symptoms: Results From the Framingham Offspring Study 2023
- Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of mortality in normal-weight adults with central obesity 2023
Publication list compiled from ORCID, Crossref & Europe PMC.
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