Our Faculty
David Harsha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Department/Laboratory:
Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Health Delivery
Health Behaviors and Chronic Disease
Phone:
(225) 763-0929
 		 Fax:
(225) 763-2525
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Education:
Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1979, Physical Anthropology
Research Interests:

Dr. Harsha's areas of interests are obesity and the behavioral treatment of overweight, the behavioral interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk, and the epidemiology of chronic disease.
Selected Publications:

McGuire HL, Svetkey LP, Harsha DW, Elmer PJ, Appel LJ, Ard JD. Comprehensive lifestyle modification and blood pressure control: a review of the PREMIER trial. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2004 Jul;6(7):383-90

DeLany JP, Bray GA, Harsha DW, Volaufova J. Energy expenditure in African American and white boys and girls in a 2-y follow-up of the Baton Rouge Children's Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Feb;79(2):268-73

Harsha DW, Sacks FM, Obarzanek E, Svetkey LP, Lin PH, Bray GA, Aickin M, Conlin PR, Miller ER 3rd, Appel LJ. Effect of dietary sodium intake on blood lipids: results from the DASH-sodium trial. Hypertension. 2004 Feb;43(2):393-8. Epub 2004 Jan 05

Svetkey LP, Harsha DW, Vollmer WM, Stevens VJ, Obarzanek E, Elmer PJ, Lin PH, Champagne C, Simons-Morton DG, Aickin M, Proschan MA, Appel LJ. Premier: a clinical trial of comprehensive lifestyle modification for blood pressure control: rationale, design and baseline characteristics. Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Jul;13(6):462-71

Bray GA, Ryan DH, Harsha DW. Diet, Weight Loss, and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2003 Aug;5(4):259-269

Appel LJ, Champagne CM, Harsha DW, Cooper LS, Obarzanek E, Elmer PJ, Stevens VJ, Vollmer WM, Lin PH, Svetkey LP, Stedman SW, Young DR; Writing Group of the PREMIER Collaborative Research Group. Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on blood pressure control: main results of the PREMIER clinical trial. JAMA. 2003 Apr 23-30;289(16):2083-93
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