Jennifer Rood, Ph.D.

Assoc Exec Director for Cores and Resources

Department/Laboratory:
Clinical Chemistry Core
Associate Executive Director for Core Services and Res
Proteomics and Metabolomics Core
Stable Isotopes and Energy Expenditure
Phone:
(225) 763-2524
 
Fax:
(225) 763-3057
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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 1993, Pathology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Rood’s areas of interest are related to oxidative stress, particularly in assay development for measures of individual antioxidants and in total antioxidant capacity.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Heilbronn LK, Rood J, Janderova L, Albu JB, Kelley DE, Ravussin E, Smith SR. Relationship between serum resistin concentrations and insulin resistance in nonobese, obese, and obese diabetic subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Apr;89(4):1844-8

Lovejoy JC, Bray GA, Lefevre M, Smith SR, Most MM, Denkins YM, Volaufova J, Rood JC, Eldridge AL, Peters JC; Ole' Study. Consumption of a controlled low-fat diet containing olestra for 9 months improves health risk factors in conjunction with weight loss in obese men: the Ole' Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003 Oct;27(10):1242-9

Waters WF, Magill RA, Bray GA, Volaufova J, Smith SR, Lieberman HR, Rood J, Hurry M, Anderson T, Ryan DH. A comparison of tyrosine against placebo, phentermine, caffeine, and D-amphetamine during sleep deprivation. Nutr Neurosci. 2003 Aug;6(4):221-35

Smith SR, Lovejoy JC, Rood J, Most M, Wickersham PJ, Volaufova J, Ryan D, Tulley R, Bray GA. The effects of triiodothyronine on bone metabolism in healthy ambulatory men. Thyroid. 2003 Apr;13(4):357-64 ^ top