Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health

harnack@epi.umn.edu
612-626-9398 — office

Research Interests

Assessment and evaluation of dietary behaviours and dietary intake, particularly as they relate to prevention of chronic diseases.

Selected Publications

Johnson KJ, Anderson KE, Harnack L, Hong CP, Folsom AR. No association between dietary glycemic index or load and pancreatic cancer incidence in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Jun; 14(6):1574-5.

Van Coevering P, Harnack L, Schmitz K, Fulton JE, Galuska DA, Gao S. Feasibility of using accelerometers to measure physical activity in young adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005 May; 37(5):867-71.

Harnack L, Himes JH, Anliker J, Clay T, Gittelsohn J, Jobe JB, Ring K, Snyder P, Thompson J, Weber JL. Intervention-related bias in reporting of food intake by fifth-grade children participating in an obesity prevention study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Dec 1; 160(11):1117-21.

Kelemen LE, Sellers TA, Vierkant RA, Harnack L, Cerhan JR. Association of folate and alcohol with risk of ovarian cancer in a prospective study of postmenopausal women. Cancer Causes Control. 2004 Dec; 15(10):1085-93.

Lee DH, Folsom AR, Harnack L, Halliwell B, Jacobs DR Jr. Does supplemental vitamin C increase cardiovascular disease risk in women with diabetes? Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Nov;80(5):1194-200.