Mara Z. Vitolins, DrPH
- Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
Mara Z. Vitolins, DrPH
- Education
- BA, 1983
- MPH, Loma Linda University, 1989
- DrPH, Loma Linda University, 1989
- Positions
- Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Departments and Affiliations
- Epidemiology and Prevention
- Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Women in Medicine and Science
- Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
- Center on Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism
Research
- Discovery and fine-mapping of height loci via high-density imputation of GWASs in individuals of African ancestry. Graff M, Justice AE, Young KL, Marouli E, Zhang X, Fine RS, Lim E, Buchanan V, Rand K, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK, Yanek LR, Shao Y, Rohde R, Adeyemo AA, Aldrich MC, Allison MA, Ambrosone CB, Ambs S, Amos C, Arnett DK, Atwood L, Bandera EV, Bartz T, Becker DM, Berndt SI, Bernstein L, Bielak LF, Blot WJ, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Bradfield JP, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burke G, Cade BE, Cai Q, Caporaso N, Carlson C, Carpten J, Casey G, Chanock SJ, Chen G, Chen M, Chen YI, Chen WM, Chesi A, Chiang CWK, Chu L, Coetzee GA, Conti DV, Cooper RS, Cushman M, Demerath E, Deming SL, Dimitrov L, Ding J, Diver WR, Duan Q, Evans MK, Falusi AG, Faul JD, Fornage M, Fox C, Freedman BI, Garcia M, Gillanders EM, Goodman P, Gottesman O, Grant SFA, Guo X, Hakonarson H, Haritunians T, Harris TB, Harris CC, Henderson BE, Hennis A, Hernandez DG, Hirschhorn JN, McNeill LH, Howard TD, Howard B, Hsing AW, Hsu YH, Hu JJ, Huff CD, Huo D, Ingles SA, Irvin MR, John EM, Johnson KC, Jordan JM, Kabagambe EK, Kang SJ, Kardia SL, Keating BJ, Kittles RA, Klein EA, Kolb S, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kuller L, Kutlar A, Lange L, Langefeld CD, Le Marchand L, Leonard H, Lettre G, Levin AM, Li Y, Li J, Liu Y, Liu Y, Liu S, Lohman K, Lotay V, Lu Y, Maixner W, Manson JE, McKnight B, Meng Y, Monda KL, Monroe K, Moore JH, Mosley TH, Mudgal P, Murphy AB, Nadukuru R, Nalls MA, Nathanson KL, Nayak U, N'Diaye A, Nemesure B, Neslund-Dudas C, Neuhouser ML, Nyante S, Ochs-Balcom H, Ogundiran TO, Ogunniyi A, Ojengbede O, Okut H, Olopade OI, Olshan A, Padhukasahasram B, Palmer J, Palmer CD, Palmer ND, Papanicolaou G, Patel SR, Pettaway CA, Peyser PA, Press MF, Rao DC, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Redline S, Reiner AP, Rhie SK, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Rotimi CN, Rotter JI, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Rybicki BA, Salako B, Sale MM, Sanderson M, Schadt E, Schreiner PJ, Schurmann C, Schwartz AG, Shriner DA, Signorello LB, Singleton AB, Siscovick DS, Smith JA, Smith S, Speliotes E, Spitz M, Stanford JL, Stevens VL, Stram A, Strom SS, Sucheston L, Sun YV, Tajuddin SM, Taylor H, Taylor K, Tayo BO, Thun MJ, Tucker MA, Vaidya D, Van Den Berg DJ, Vedantam S, Vitolins M, Wang Z, Ware EB, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Weir DR, Wiencke JK, Williams SM, Williams LK, Wilson JG, Witte JS, Wrensch M, Wu X, Yao J, Zakai N, Zanetti K, Zemel BS, Zhao W, Zhao JH, Zheng W, Zhi D, Zhou J, Zhu X, Ziegler RG, Zmuda J, Zonderman AB, Psaty BM, Borecki IB, Cupples LA, Liu CT, Haiman CA, Loos R, Ng MCY, North KE. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 04; 108(4):564-582.
- On the joint role of non-Hispanic Black race/ethnicity and weight status in predicting postmenopausal weight gain. Ford CN, Chang S, Wood AC, Manson JE, Garcia DO, Laroche H, Bird CE, Vitolins MZ. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0247821.
- Metabolic syndrome risk components and mortality after triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative. Yuan Y, Pan K, Mortimer J, Chlebowski RT, Luo J, Yan JE, Yost SE, Kroenke CH, Adams-Campbell L, Nassir R, Sun Y, Shadyab AH, Vitolins MZ, Saquib N, Wild RA, Manson JE, Nelson RA. Cancer. 2021 May; 127(10):1658-1667.
- Diet, psychosocial stress, and Alzheimer's disease-related neuroanatomy in female nonhuman primates. Frye BM, Craft S, Register TC, Andrews RN, Appt SE, Vitolins MZ, Uberseder B, Silverstein-Metzler MG, Chen H, Whitlow CT, Kim J, Barcus RA, Lockhart SN, Hoscheidt S, Say BM, Corbitt SE, Shively CA. Alzheimers Dement. 2021 May; 17(5):733-744.
- Mediterranean diet, stress resilience, and aging in nonhuman primates. Shively CA, Appt SE, Chen H, Day SM, Frye BM, Shaltout HA, Silverstein-Metzler MG, Snyder-Mackler N, Uberseder B, Vitolins MZ, Register TC. Neurobiol Stress. 2020 Nov; 13:100254.