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Connie Weaver

USERN Advisory Board
Professional Experience:



2011- Director, Women's Global Health Institute, Purdue University


2017 Sabbatical Leave at Pennsylvania State University

2017- Associate Director of Indiana Core Center for Clinical Research in Musculoskeletal Disorders (ICCCR)

2010- Co-Director of International Breast Cancer and Nutrition Project

2008- Deputy Director of NIH funded Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute

2000- Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition Science (formerly Foods and Nutrition), Purdue University

2000-11 Director, NIH Botanicals Center for Age-Related Diseases

1991-16 Professor and Head, Department of Nutrition Science (formerly Foods and Nutrition), Purdue University

1996 Courtesy Appointment, Department of Food Science, Purdue University

1988 Kraft, Inc. Research Fellow

1988 Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

1984 Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

1978 Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

1978 Research Assistant, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1978 Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, taught undergraduate radio-chemical

techniques course

1977 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Florida State University

1975-77 Teaching Assistant, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Florida State University

1975 Research Associate, Department of Food and Resource Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

1974 Instructor, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

1973 Teaching Assistant, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.





Special Appointments:




2017 President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition’s Science Board


2016-17 Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Inaugural Co-Leader of Molecular and Translational Cancer

Prevention Program

2015- External Advisory Committee, Center for Research on Ingredient Safety, Michigan State University

2015- Pfizer Science Advisory Board

2015- Board Member, FDA Science Advisory Board

2014- NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health

2013- Board Member, Yogurt In Nutrition, Danone Institute International

2013 NIH Special Panel Reviewer for R01s

2013 NIH Panel Reviewer for Fellowships

2012 Member, USDA, ARS, Panel Chair for Human Nutrition (NP 107) Retrospective Review

2012 Member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Review Panel

2011-17 Member, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

2010- Elected Member, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

2010-12 Board of Trustees, GEN YOUth Foundation (Fuel up to Play 60), NFL

2010- Board of Trustees, International Life Sciences Institute, Chair, Publications Committee

2009,2012 Sara Lee/Hillshire Farms Science Advisory Board

2008- Executive Board, Bindley Bioscience Center

2007-09 North American Menopause Society task force to set vitamin D clinical guidelines for Physicians

2007-09 Corn Products International, Inc. GTC Scientific Advisory Board

2007-08 McCormick Health and Wellness Board

2006- Board of Trustees of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, Corporate Advisory Roundtable, Chair; Finance

Committee, Science and Research Committee

2006- Pharmavite Science Advisory Board

2006-09 Global Nutrition Advisory Panel, Cadbury Schweppes Board

2005 Committee on Mineral Requirements for the Military, Institute of Medicine

2005 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

2004-08 Glaxo Smith Kline Calcium Board

2003 CSREES Review Team Member, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota

2003-07 ORAFTI Board

2002-05 Member Data Safety and Monitoring Board for three different NIH Trials

2002-08 Wyeth Global Nutrition Advisory Board Member

2001-09 Executive Committee, International Life Sciences Institute of North America

2001 GCRC Site Visitor at Yale Medical School

2000-04 Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Advisory Council Member

2000- Division of Nutritional Sciences Advisory Committee of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and

Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois

1999 Coalition on Food, Nutrition, and Health: Building an Agenda for the Nation

1999 National Bone Health Campaign Scientific Task Force

1999 National Osteoporosis Foundation Working Group on Development of Peak Bone Mass

1999-2003 Nutrition Study Section - National Institutes of Health, Member, Chair 2001-2003

1998 Special Study Section, National Institutes of Child Health and Disease

1998 Kraft Scientific Advisory Panel

1998- Mead Johnson Women's Advisory Board

1998 Grain Nutrition Board, Kellogg Company

1998-2001 National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Board of Scientific Counselors

1998 Fellowship/AREA Special Emphasis Panel, National Institute of Aging

1998-10 Board of Trustees, International Life Sciences Institute, North America

1996-97 National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board Dietary Reference Intakes Panel Member for

Calcium and Related Nutrients.

1996 NIH Clinical Small Business in Research Grant Review panel

1996 NIH General Clinical Research Center Site Reviewer

1996 USDA-Small Business in Research Grant Review Panel

1995 Expert reviewer for FDA on olestra food additives petition

1995-97 Nutrition Research Newsletter Advisory Board

1993-97 Scientific Advisor for the Food, Nutrition and Safety Committee of the North American Branch of the

International Life Sciences Institute.

1993-96 Food Chemicals Codex, National Academy of Science Committee

1993 NIH Nutrition Study Section - Small Business in Research Grants

1992 Grant Reviewer for NIH "Women's Health initiative"

1992 U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Panel

1991 Grant Reviewer for NIH "Clinical and Epidemiology Research on Osteoporosis"

1990 Appointed to the Mineral Working Group, NASA

1989-93 Research Advisory Committee National Livestock & Meat Board





Education:




Ph.D. Florida State University. Thesis: Accumulation of nuclear fission products by vegetable crops and their


removal during processing. 1978.

M.S. Oregon State University. Thesis: Factors influencing enzymatic browning of ripening bananas. 1974.

B.S. Oregon State University. Honors thesis: Enzyme inactivation and quality of steam vs. microwave-blanched

frozen broccoli. 1972.





Society Memberships:




Institute of Food Technologists


American Society for Nutrition Sciences

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

American College of Nutrition

International Bone and Mineral Society

Sigma Xi

Phi Tau Sigma

Kappa Omicron Nu

Gamma Sigma Delta





Editorial Boards:




Nutrients, Editorial Board (2017)


Elsevier, Editorial Board of Bone Reports (2014)

Frontiers in Endocrinology, Editorial Board of Bone Research (2014)

Osteoporosis International (2012-2017)

Advances in Nutrition, Editor of Special Editions (2012)

Current Translational Geriatric & Experimental Gerontology (2011-)

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2004-)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2001-2007)

Nutritiongate.com Board (2000-)

Nutrition Research Reviews (1998-)

Academic Press, Food Science & Technology Book Series and Advances in Food & Nutrition Research (1997-)

CRC Series in Contemporary Food Science (1991-1995)

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry (1990-2001) 





Awards and Honors:



David Kritchevsky Career Achievement Award, American Society for Nutrition/ASN Foundation (2017)


Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition (2016)

Trailblazer Award, Institute of Food Technology and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2016)

Nutrition and Bone Health Award, Yoplait Institute (2015)

NOF’s Corporate Advisory Roundtable (CAR), Nutrition and Bone Health Award given by the Yoplait

International Institute for Nutrition and Bone Health (2015)

Agricultural Communications, Association for Communications Excellence Gold Award (2014)

Purdue Spirit of the Land Grant (2013)

Herbert Newby McCoy Award (Purdue's top research award) (2012)

Linus Pauling Research Prize (2011)

Gilbert A. Leveille Lectureship and Award (ASN) (2011)

Institute of Medicine, elected member (2010)

Natural Products Association’s 2010 Burton Kallman Scientific Award (2010)

American Society for Nutrition Robert H Herman Award (2009)

Harris Award Ohio State University (2008)

Woman of Indiana (2007)

North American Menopause Society/Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Healthcare Calcium Research Award

(2006)

Department of Foods and Nutrition Hall of Fame (2006)

Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award (2006)

McGovern Award Recipient, Ball State University (2006)

Centennial Laureate Award, Florida State University (2005)

American College of Nutrition Career Award (2005)

W.O. Atwater Lecturership, Agricultural Research Service, USDA and American Society for Nutritional

Sciences (2003)

Michigan State University, G. Malcolm Trout Lecturer (2002)

Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition (2000)

Lydia Roberts Memorial Lecturer (2000)

Julius Bauermann Lectureship Award, Philadelphia Section Institute of Food Technologists (1999)

Inducted into Purdue Teaching Academy (1997)

Institute of Food Technologists Babcock Hart Award (1997)

Distinguished Alumna, Florida State University (1997)

Outstanding Paper Award from the Vitamins and Mineral Research Interest Section, American

Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997)

Elected Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (1996)

Special Recognition Award, Cooperative Extension Services (1995)

Elected Fellow of American College of Nutrition (1995)

Purdue University Health Promotion Award for Women (1993)

Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award of Merit at Purdue University (1992)

Ruth L. Pike Lecturer at Pennsylvania State University (1990)

Heritage Foundation Lecture at University of Alberta (1990)

Institute of Food Technologists Scientific Lecturer (1988-1991)

Institute of Food Technologists Indiana Section Outstanding Research Award (1991)

AMOCO Foundation, Inc. Purdue University Undergraduate Teaching Award (1986)

Mary L. Matthews Undergraduate Teaching Award (1985)

Award for Outstanding Service and Recognition by Indiana Section Institute of Food Technology (1984)

Who's Who of American Women, 13th ed.

Marquis Who's Who, Inc.

Eric Englund Memorial Scholarship (1976)

Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (1976)

Florida State University Fellow (1975)





Selected Publications



Whisner CM, Martin BR, Nakatsu, CH, Story JA, MacDonald-Clarke CJ, McCabe LD, McCabe GP, Weaver CM. Soluble corn fiber increases calcium absorption associated with shifts in the gut microbiome. A randomized dose-response trial in free-living pubertal girls. J Nutr, In press, 2016.





Bailey RL, Parker EA, Rhodes DG, Goldman JD, Clemens JC, Moshfegh AJ, Thuppal SV, Weaver CM. Estimating sodium and potassium intakes and their ratio in the American diet: Data from the 2011-2012 NHANES. J Nutr 2016 doi: 10.3945/jn.115.221184





Ferira AJ, Laing EM, Hausman DB, Hall DB, McCabe GP, Martin BR, Hill KM, Warden SJ, Weaver CM, Peacock M, Lewis RD. Vitamin D supplementation effects on insulin sensitivity and resistance in early pubertal white and black children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, In Press, 2016.





Bailey RL, Parker EA, Rhodes DG, Goldman JD, Clemens JC, Moshfegh AJ, Thuppal SV, Weaver CM. Estimating sodium and potassium intakes and their ratio in the American Diet: Data from the 2011-2012 NHANES. J Nutr, 2016 doi:10.3945/jn.115.221184.





Bailey RL, Looker AC, Lu Z, Fan R, Eicher-Miller HA*, Fakhouri TH, Gahche JJ, Weaver CM, Mills JM. B-vitamins and bone mineral density and risk of lumbar osteoporosis in older females in the U.S. Am J Clin Nutr 102:687-954, 2015.





Jackson GS, Einstein JA, Kubley T, Martin BR, Weaver CM, Caffee MW. Biomedical graphite and CaF2 preparation and measurement at PRIME Lab. Nucl Instr and Meth in Phys Res B. 361:358-362, 2015.





Phillips-Eakley AK, McKenney-Drake ML, Bahls M, Newcomer SC, Radcliffe JS, Wastney ME, Van Alstine WG, Jackson G, Alloosh M, Martin B, Sturek M, Weaver CM. Effect of high-calcium diet on coronary artery disease in Ossabaw miniature swine with metabolic syndrome. J Am Heart Assoc e001620, 2015.





Schafer AL, Weaver CM, Black DM Wheeler AL, Chang H, Szefc GV, Steward L, Rogers SJ, Carter JT, Posselt AM, Shoback DM, Sellmeyer DE. Intestinal calcium absorption decreases dramatically after gastric bypass surgery despite optimization of vitamin D status. J Bone Miner Res 30:1377-1385, 2015.





Pawlowski J, Martin B, McCabe G, McCabe L, Jackson G, Peacock M, Barnes S, Weaver CM. Impact of equol producing capacity and soy isoflavone profiles of supplements on bone calcium retention in postmenopausal women: a partially randomized crossover trial. Am J Clin Nutr 102:695-703, 2015





Whisner CM, Martin BR, Nakatsu CH, McCabe GP, McCabe LD, Peacock M, Weaver CM. (2014). Soluble corn fiber affects short-term calcium absorption in adolescent boys and girls: A randomized controlled trial using dual stable isotopic tracers, Br J Nutr, 12(3):446-456.





Park CY, Lee WH, Fleet JC, Allen MR, McCabe GP, Walsh DM, Weaver CM. (2014). Calcium and vitamin D intake maintained from pre-ovariectomy independently affect calcium metabolism and bone properties in Sprague Dawley rats.Osteoporos Int, 25(7):1905-15.





Pawlowski J, Martin B, McCabe G, Ferruzzi M, Weaver, C. (2014). Polyphenolic-rich extracts of plum, blueberry, grape seed, soy, and grape improve bone calcium retention in ovariectomized Sprague Dawley rats.J Ag Food Chem, 62(26):6108-17.





Palacios C, Martin BR, McCabe GP, McCabe L, Peacock M, Weaver CM. (2014 ). Dietary calcium requirements do not differ between Mexican American boys and girls.J Nutr, 144(8):1167-73.





Weaver CM. (2014). Calcium Supplementation: Is protecting against osteoporosis counter to protecting against cardiovascular disease.Current Osteoporosis Reports, 12(2):211-21.





Weaver CM. (2014). Bioactive foods and ingredients for health.Adv Nutr, 5:3065-3115.





Moseley, K., Weaver, C., Appel, L., Sebastian, A., & Sellmeyer, D. E. (2013). Potassium citrate supplementation results in sustained improvement in calcium balance in older men and women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 28, 497-504.





Simon, R. R., Borzellaeca, J. F., DeLuca, H. F., & Weaver, C. M. (2013). Safety assessment of the post-harvest treatment of button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) using ultraviolet light. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 56, 278-289.





Warden, S. J., Hill, K. M., Ferira, A. J., Laing, E. M., Martin, B. R., Hausman, D. B., Weaver, C. M., Peacock, M., & Lewis. R. D. (2013). Racial differences in cortical bone and biochemical variables in black and white children in the early stages of puberty. Osteoporosis International, 24, 1869-79.





Whisner CM, Martin BR, Schoterman MHC, Nakatsu CH, McCabe LD, McCabe GP, Wastney ME, van den Heuvel EGHM, Weaver CM. (2013). Galacto-oligosaccharides increase calcium absorption and gut bifidobacteria in young girls: A double blind crossover trial. Br J Nutr 14:1-12. PMID:23507173





Hill KM, Martin BR, Wastney ME, McCabe GP, Moe SM, Weaver CM, Peacock M. (2013). Oral calcium carbonate affects calcium but not phosphorus balance in stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease. Kidney Intl 83:959-66. PMID: 23254903





Osborne, D. L., Weaver, C. M., McCabe, L. D., McCabe, G. P., Novotny, R., Van Loan, M. D., Going, S., Matkovic, V., Boushey, C. J., & Savaiano, D. A. (2012). Body size and pubertal development explain ethnic differences in structural geometry at the femur in Asian, Hispanic, and white early adolescent girls living in the U.S. Bone, 51:888-95.





Wastney, M., Lee, W., Jackson, G. S., Alloosh, M., Sturek, M., Lachcik, P., Peacock, M., Martin, B., & Weaver, C. M. (2012). Soft tissue calcification in the Ossabaw miniature pig: Experimental and kinetic modeling studies. Osteoporosis International, 24(7), 2123-6.





Hill, K. M., Jonnalagadda, S. S., Albertson, A. M., Josh, N. A., & Weaver, C. M. (2012). Top food sources contributing to vitamin D intake and the association of ready-to-eat cereal and breakfast consumption habits to vitamin D intake in Canadians and United States Americans. Journal of Food Science, 77, H170-5.





Hill, K. M., Laing, E. M., Hausman, D. B., Acton, A., Martin, B. R., McCabe, G. P., Weaver, C. M., Lewis, R. D., & Peacock, M. (2012). Bone turnover is not influenced by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in pubertal healthy black and white children. Bone, 51, 795-799.





Legette, L. L., Lee, W. H., Martin, B. R., Story, J. A., Campbell, J. K., & Weaver, C. M. (2012). Enhanced magnesium absorption and inulin-based fibers exert chronic effects on calcium utilization in a postmenopausal rodent model. Journal of Food Science, 77:89-94.





Legette LL, Lee WH, Martin BR, Story JA, Arabshahi A, Barnes S, Weaver CM. (2011). Genistein, a phytoestrogen, improves total cholesterol, and Synergy, a prebiotic, improves calcium utilization, but there were no synergistic effects. Menopause 18(8):923-31.





Lee W-H, Wastney M E, Jackson GS, Martin BR, Weaver CM.(2011). Interpretation of 41Ca data using compartmental modeling in post-menopausal women. Anal Bioanal Chem 399:1613-1622 PMID: 21152905S





Lee WH, McCabe G, Martin B, Weaver CM. (2011). Simple isotopic method using oral stable or radioactive tracers for estimating fractional calcium absorption in adult women. Osteoporos Int 22:1829-1834. PMID: 20936404





Cheong J, Gunaratna N, McCabe G, Jackson G, Kempa-Steczko A, Weaver C. (2011). Bone seeking labels as markers for bone turnover: Validation of urinary excretion in rats. Osteoporosis Intl. 22:153-157.





O'Connell DN, Weinheimer EM, Martin BR, Weaver CM, Campbell WW. (2011). Water turnover assessment in overweight adolescents. Obesity 19:292-297.





Lee W, McCabe GP, Martin BR, Weaver. (2010). Validation of a simple isotope method for estimating true calcium fraction absorption in adolescents. Osteoporos Int 22:159-166.





Klein MA, Nahin RL, Messina MJ, Rader JI, Thompson LU, Badger TM, Dwyer JT, Kim YS, Pontzer CH, Starke-Reed PE, and Weaver C. (2010). Guidance from an NIH Workshop on Designing, Implementing, and Reporting Clinical Studies of Soy Interventions. J Nutr 140:1192S-1204S. PMID: 20392880





Reinwald S, Mayer LP, Hoyer PB, Turner CH, Barnes S, Weaver CM. (2010). A longitudinal study of the effect of genistein on bone in two different murine models of diminished estrogen-producing capacity. J Osteoporosis. PMID:20948578 doi:10.4061/2010/145170.





Shahnazari M, Burr DB, Lee W-H, Martin BR, Weaver CM. (2010). Cross-calibration of 45calcium kinetics against dynamic histomorphometry in a rat model to determine bone turnover. Bone 46:1238-43. PMID: 20149909





Wu L, Martin BR, Braun MM, Wastney ME, McCabe GP, McCabe LD, DiMeglio LA, Peacock M, Weaver CM. (2010). Calcium requirements and metabolism in Chinese American boys and girls. J Bone Miner Res. 25:1842-1849. PMID: 20205166





Hill KM, McCabe GP, McCabe LD, Gordon CM, Abrams SA, Weaver CM. (2010). An inflection point of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D for maximal suppression of parathyroid hormone is not evident from multi-site pooled data in children and adolescents. J Nutr 140:1938-1988.





Weaver CM, Martin BR, Story JA, Hutchinson I, Sanders L. (2010). Novel fibers increase bone calcium content and strength beyond efficiency of large intestine fermentation. J Ag Food Chem. 58:8952-8957.





Palacios C, Wigertz K, Martin BR, Braun M, Pratt JH, Peacock M, Weaver CM. (2010). Racial differences in potassium homeostasis in response to differences in dietary sodium in girls. Am J Clin Nutr 91(4):597-603.





Weaver CM, Martin BR, Jackson GS, McCabe GP, Nolan JR, McCabe LD, Barnes S, Reinwald S, Boris ME, Peacock M. (2009). Antiresorptive effects of phytoestrogen supplements compared to estradiol or Risedronate in postmenopausal women using 41Ca methodology. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 94(10): 3798-3805. PMID: 19584189





Weaver CM, Janle E, Martin B, Browne S, Guiden H, Lachcik P, Lee W-H. (2009). Dairy versus calcium carbonate in promoting peak bone mass and bone maintenance during subsequent calcium deficiency. J Bone Miner Res. 24:1411-1419. PMID: 19309298





Weaver CM, Barnes S, Wyss JM, Kim H, Morre DM, Morre DJ, Simon JE, Lila MA, Janle EM, Ferruzzi MG. (2007). Botanicals for age-related diseases: from field to practice. Am J Clin Nutr 87:493S-497S





Cheong, J.M.K., Martin, B.R., Jackson, G.S., Elmore, D., McCabe, G.P., Nolan, J.R., Barnes, S., Peacock, M., Weaver, C.M. (2007). Soy isoflavones do not affect bone resorption in postmenopausal women: A dose response study using a novel approach with 41Ca. J. Clin. Endocrin. Metab. 92:577-585. PMID: 17148567





Cai DJ, Zhao Y, Glasier J, Cullen D, Barnes S, Turner CH, Wastney M, Weaver C. (2005). Comparative effect of soy protein, soy isoflavones and 17b-estradiol on bone metabolism in adult ovariectomized rats. J Bone Miner Res. 20:828-39. PMID: 15824856.





Spence LA, Lipscomb ER, Cadogan J, Martin B, Wastney ME, Peacock M, Weaver CM. (2005). The effect of soy protein and soy isoflavones on calcium metabolism and renal handling in postmenopausal women: A randomized cross over study. Am J Clin Nutr. 81:916-922. PMID: 15817872.

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