R.D. Purdue University 1998
B.S. Purdue University 1992
M.S. Purdue University 1996
PhD Purdue University 2002

• Tate & Lyle, 2012-2019
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2009-2011
• Dairy Management, Inc./National Dairy Council, 2002-2009

Research

Dietary interventions, Dietary assessment

Spence LA, Henschel B, Li R, Tekwe CD, Thiagarajah K.  A Dietary Model of Partial Meat Replacement with Walnuts Demonstrates Changes in the Nutrient Profile and Quality of

the United States Population’s Diet.  Nutrients. 15:4518, 2023. 

Tate BN, Van Guilder GP, Aly M, Spence LA, Diaz-Rubio ME, Le HH, Johnson EL, McFadden JW, Perry CA. Changes in Choline Metabolites and Ceramides in Response to a DASH-Style Diet in Older Adults. Nutrients. 15:3687, 2023.

Spence LA, Henschel B, Li R, Tekwe CD, Thiagarajah K.  Adding Walnuts to the Usual Diet Can Improve Diet Quality in the United States: Diet Modeling Study Based on NHANES 2015-2018.  Nutrients. 15(2):258, 2023.

Spence L, Gletsu-Miller NA, Hannon TS. Chapter 24.  Endocrine Disorders.  In Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians.  Goday PS, Walia CLS, eds. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.  2022.

Canene-Adams K, Spence L, Kolberg L, Karnik K, Liska D, Mah E.  A Randomized, Double-blind, Crossover Study to Determine the Available Energy from Soluble Fiber.  J Am Coll of Nutr.  30;1-7, 2020.

Fulgoni VL, Agarwal S, Spence L, Samuel P. Sodium intake in US ethnic subgroups and potential impact of a new sodium reduction technology: NHANES Dietary Modeling. Nutrition Journal. 13:120, 2014. 

Weaver CM, Spence LA, Wijesinha Bettoni R, McMahon D.  Chapter 4. Milk and dairy products as part of the diet.  In Milk and dairy products in human nutrition. Muehlhoff E, Bennett A, and McMahon D., eds. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2013.

Spence LA, Weaver CM.  Calcium intake, vascular calcification, and vascular disease.  Nutrition Reviews. 71(1):15-22, 2013.

Spence LA.  Shortfall in the Consumption of Dairy Foods in Australian Children’s Diets: Addressing Health Implications and Practical Approaches.  Nutrition and Dietetics.  70(1):66-70, 2012.

Spence LA, Cifelli CJ, Miller GD.  The Role of Dairy Products in Healthy Weight and Body Composition in Children and Adolescents.  Current Nutrition & Food Science. 7(1):40-49, 2011.

Myers EF, Spence L, Leslie B, Brauer PM, Spahn J, Snetselaar L. Nutrition and Telephone Counseling:  Future Implications for Dietitians and Teledietetics.  Topics in Clinical Nutrition.  25(2):88-108, 2010.

Spence LA, Narasimmon RG.  Chapter 5.  The Role of Dairy Products and Dietary Calcium in Weight Management.  In Weight Control and Slimming Ingredients in Food Technology.  Cho SS, ed. Wiley-Blackwell.  2010.

Spence LA, Lipscomb ER, Cadogan J, Martin B, Wastney ME, Peacock M, Weaver CM.  The effect of soy protein and soy isoflavones on calcium metabolism in postmenopausal women: a randomized crossover study.   Am J Clin Nutr.  81(4):916-22, 2005.  

Weaver CM, Wastney M, Spence LA.  Quantitative clinical nutrition approaches to the study of calcium and bone metabolism.  Clin. Rev. Bone Min. Met.  1:219-232, 2002.