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Last Updated: 7/12/2008
| Jessie A Satia, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology |  |
Research Interests
Dr. Jessie A. Satia is Associate Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology , School of Public Health (SPH), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Special Assistant to the Dean of the SPH for Diversity. Dr. Satia has a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology and a Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology from the University of Washington in Seattle.
As a nutritional and cancer epidemiologist, the overarching theme of Dr. Satia's research is cancer health disparities and falls into four broad categories: cancer etiology, nutritional epidemiology (dietary assessment), minority participation in research studies, and cancer survivorship. She conducts research to study relationships between various dietary factors (including dietary supplements) and colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer risk, with an emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities. She is also interested in the development of simple and practical dietary assessment tools that are adaptable to diverse ethnic and racial populations and in the use of nutrient biomarkers in diet and cancer research. In addition, Dr. Satia's research includes the study of various methods and strategies to recruit African Americans into research studies for cancer prevention and control. Finally, an emerging area of research interest is in assessing and monitoring trends in health-related behaviors among colon and prostate cancer survivors, and examining whether health behaviors impact cancer prognosis and survival.
Dr. Satia is also the Special Assistant to the Dean of the School of Public Health for Diversity. Her role is to develop strategies to increase faculty recruitment and retention, and to assist with minority student enrollment throughout the UNC School of Public Health. She is working with individuals, departments, groups, and alumni to identify issues and approaches targeted at recruitment, retention, mentoring, financial aid and ensuring a positive climate of support for ethnic and racial minorities, as well as other under-represented populations.
Recent Accomplishments and Honors
Dr. Satia is the author of over 58 peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters, and has presented her research at numerous professional meetings and as an invited speaker all over the world, including Africa and Asia. She has received grant funding from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, and the Department of Defense.
Dr. Satia is the recipient of several professional honors and has served as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Defense, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. She is on the Editorial Boards of the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association" and "Public Health Reports".
Training
1999 University of Washington PhD, Nutritional Epidemiology
1998 University of Washington MPH, Epidemiology
1994 University of Washington MS, Laboratory Medicine
1991 University of Washington BS, Microbiology
Publications
Key Publications:
1. Satia JA, Tseng M, Galanko JA, Martin C, Sandler RS. Dietary patterns and colon cancer risk in whites and African Americans in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. Nutrition and Cancer, in press.
2. Watters JL, Satia JA, Kupper L, Schroeder J, Swenberg J, Switzer B. Associations of Antioxidant Nutrients and Oxidative DNA Damage in Healthy African American and White Adults. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 2007 July; 16(7):1428-1436.
3. Satia JA, Galanko J. Comparison of three methods of dietary fat consumption in African Americans. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007;107:782-791.
4. Satia JA, Galanko J. Demographic, behavioral, psychosocial, and dietary correlates of cancer screening in African-Americans. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2007;18(4A):146-164.
5. Miller EA, Keku TO, Satia JA, Martin CF, Galanko JA, Sandler RS. Calcium, dietary, and lifestyle factors in the prevention of colorectal adenomas. Cancer 2007 Feb 1;109(3):510-7.
6. Watters JL, Satia JA, Galanko JA. Associations of psychosocial factors with fruit and vegetable intake among African Americans. Public Health Nutrition, in press.
7. Austin GL, Adair LS, Galanko JA, Martin CF, Satia JA, Sandler RS. A Diet High in Fruits and Low in Meats Reduces the Risk of Colorectal Adenomas. Journal of Nutrition, in press.
8. Satia JA, McRitchie S, Kupper L, Hughes Halbert C. Genetic testing for colon cancer among African Americans in North Carolina. Preventive Medicine 2006 Jan;42(1):51-9.
9. Satia JA, King IB, Morris SJ, Stratton E, White E. Toenail and plasma levels as biomarkers of selenium exposure. Annals of Epidemiology 2006 Jan;16(1):53-58.
10. El-Serag HB, Graham DY, Satia JA, Rabeneck L. Obesity Is An Independent Risk Factor for GERD Symptoms and Erosive Esophagitis. American Journal of Gastroenterology 2005 Jun:100(6):1243-50.
11. Satia JA, Galanko JA, Rimer BK. Methods and Strategies to Recruit African Americans into cancer prevention surveillance studies. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 2005 Mar;14(3):718-721.
12. Satia JA, Galanko J, Neuhouser ML. Food nutrition label use is associated with diet-related psychosocial factors and dietary intake among African Americans in North Carolina. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2005 Mar;105(3):392-402.
13. Satia JA, Keku T, Galanko JA, Martin C, Doctolero RT, Tajima A, Sandler RS, Carethers JM. Diet, Lifestyle, and Genomic Instability in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 2005 Feb;14(2):429-36.
14. Satia JA, Campbell MK, Galanko J, James A, Carr C, Sandler RS. Longitudinal changes in lifestyle behaviors and health status in colon cancer survivors. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention 2004; 13(6):1022-31.
15. Satia-Abouta J, Galanko J, Martin CF, Ammerman A, Sandler RS. Food groups and colon cancer risk in African Americans and Whites. International Journal of Cancer 2004; 109(5):728-36.
16. Satia-Abouta J, Galanko J, Potter JD, Ammerman A, Martin C, Sandler RS. Total energy, macronutrients, and colon cancer risk in African Americans and Whites: Results from the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2003; 158:951-62.
17. Satia-Abouta J, Patterson RE, Neuhouser ML, Elder J. Dietary Acculturation: Applications to Nutrition Research and Dietetics. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2002; 102:1105-1118.
18. Satia JA, Patterson RE, Herrero R, Jin F, Qai D, King IB, Chen C, Kristal AR, Prentice R, Rossing MA. A study of diet, biomarkers, and cancer risk in the United States, China, and Costa Rica. International Journal of Cancer 1999; 82(1):28-32.
E-mail: jsatia@unc.edu
Telephone: (919) 843-3641
FAX: (919) 966-7216
Address: 2209 MacGavran Greenberg Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599
