Education

• B.S. in Agriculture  Cornell University  1972
• M.S. in Pathology  Medical College of Virginia  1975
• Ph.D. in Pathology  Medical College of Virginia  1977

Background

Scholarly Interests:

• Nutrition
• Prevention of chronic diseases
• Animal models
• Experimental design

Recent Honors:

• Institute for Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences, Board of Trustees, 2021
• Journal of Nutrition, Associate Editor, 2021
• David Kritchevsky Career Achievement Award, American Society for Nutrition, 2020
• Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award, American Oil Chemists Society, 2019
• Fellow, American Society for Nutrition, 2018

Selected Publications

Articles

Nicklas, T.A., Jahns, L., Bogle, M.L. Chester, N.D., Giovanni M., Klurfeld, D.M., Laugero, K., Liu, Y., Lopez, S., Tucker, K.L. 2013. Barriers and facilitators for consumer adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The HEALTH Study. J. Acad. Nutr. Diet. 113:1317-1331.

Cho, S.S., Qi, L., Fahey, G.C. Jr., Klurfeld, D.M. 2013. Consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 98:594-619.

Alexander, N., Rowe, S., Brackett, R.E., Burton-Freeman, B., Hentges, E.J., Kretser, A., Klurfeld. D.M., Meyers, L.D., Mukherja, R., Ohlhorst, S. 2015. Achieving a transparent, actionable framework for public-private partnerships for food and nutrition research. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 101: 1359-1363.

Bouvard. V., Loomis, D., Guyton, K.Z., Grosse, Y., Ghissassi, F.E.., Benbrahim-Tallaa, L., Guha, N., Mattock, H., Straif, K., and International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group. 2015. Carcinogenicity of consumption of red and processed meat. Lancet Oncol. 16:1599-600.

Korczak, R., Marquart, L., Slavin, J.L., Ringling, K., Chu, Y., O'Shea, M., Harriman, C., Toups, K., de Vries, J., Jacques, P., Klurfeld, D.M., Camire, M.E., Unnevehr, L. 2016. Thinking critically about whole-grain definitions: summary report of an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion at the 2015 Whole Grains Summit. Am J Clin Nutr. 104: 1508-1514.

Magni, P., Bier, D.M., Pecorelli, S., Agostoni, C., Astrup, A., Brighenti, F., Cook, R., Folco, E., Fontana, L., Gibson, R.a., Guerra, R., Guyatt, G.H., Ioannidis, J.P., Jackson, A.S., Klurfeld, D.M., Makrides, M., Mathioudakis, B., Monaco, A., Patel, C.J., Racagni, G., Schunemann, H.J., Shamir, R., Zmora, N, and Peracino, A. 2017. Perspective: Improving nutritional guidelines for sustainable health policies: current status and perspectives. Adv. Nutr. 8:532-545.

Klurfeld, D.M., Davis, C.D., Karp, R.W., Allen-Vercoe, E., Chang, E.B., Chassaing, B., Fahey, G.C., Hamaker, B.R., Holscher, H.D., Lampe, J.W., Marette, A., Martens, E., O'Keefe, S.J., Rose, D.J., Saarela, M., Schneeman, B.O., Slavin, J.L., Sonnenburg, J.L., Swanson, K.S., Wu, G.D., Lynch, C.J. 2018. Considerations for best practices in studies of fiber or other dietary components and the intestinal microbiome. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 315:E1087-E1097. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00058.2018.

Klurfeld, D.M., Hekler, E., Nebeker, C., Patrick, K., Khoo, C.S.H. 2018. Technology innovations in dietary intake and physical activity assessment: challenges and recommendations for future directions. Am J Prev Med. pii: S0749-3797(18)32023-3. doi: 0.1016/j.amepre.2018.06.013.

MacFarlane, A.J., Cogswell, M.E., de Jesus, J.M., Greene-Finestone, L.S., Klurfeld, D.M., Lynch, C.J., Regan, K., Yamini, S., Joint Canada-US Dietary Reference Intakes Working Group. 2019. A report of activities related to the Dietary Reference Intakes from the Joint Canada-US Dietary Reference Intakes Working Group. Am J Clin Nutr. 109:251-259. doi:: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy293

Maruvada P, Stover PJ, Mason JB, Bailey RL, Davis CD, Field MS, Finnell RH, Garza C, Green R, Gueant JL, Jacques PF, Klurfeld DM, Lamers Y, MacFarlane AJ, Miller JW, Molloy AM, O'Connor DL, Pfeiffer CM, Potischman NA, Rodricks JV, Rosenberg IH, Ross SA, Shane B, Selhub J, Stabler SP, Trasler J, Yamini S, Zappalà G. Knowledge gaps in understanding the metabolic and clinical effects of excess folates/folic acid: a summary, and perspectives, from an NIH workshop. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020;112:1390-1403. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa259.

Maruvada, P., Lampe, J.W., Wishart, D.S., Barupal, D., Chester, D.N., Dodd, D., Djoumbou-Feunang, Y., Dorrestein, P.C., Dragsted, L.O., Draper, J., Duffy, L.C., Dwyer, J.T., Emenaker, N.J., Fiehn, O., Gerszten, R.E., Hu, F., Karp, R.W., Klurfeld, D.M., Laughlin, M.R., Little, A.R., Lynch, C.J., Moore, S.C., Nicastro, H.L., O'Brien, D.M., Ordovás, J.M., Osganian, S.K., Playdon, M., Prentice, R., Raftery, D., Reisdorph, N., Roche, H.M., Ross, S.A., Sang, S., Scalbert, A., Srinivas, P.R., Zeisel, S.H. 2020. Perspective: Dietary markers of intake and exposure-exploration with omics approaches. Adv Nutr. 11:200-215. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmz075.

Trumbo PR, Appleton KM, de Graaf K, Hayes JE, Baer DJ, Beauchamp GK, Dwyer JT, Fernstrom JD, Klurfeld DM, Mattes RD, Wise PM. Perspective: Measuring Sweetness in Foods, Beverages, and Diets: Toward Understanding the Role of Sweetness in Health. Adv Nutr. 2020 Dec 3:nmaa151. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmaa151

Klurfeld, D.M., Gregory, J.F.III, and Fiorotto, M.L. Should the AIN-96 rodent diet formulas be revised? J. Nutr. March 2021. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab041.