Barbara A. Bruemmer, PhD, MS

Senior Lecturer, Epidemiology

Contact Information
Box 353410
Nutritional Sciences
305 M Raitt Hall
Seattle, WA 98195
Tel: 206-616-7362
Fax: 206-685-1696
bbruemme@u.washington.edu

Affiliations
Nutritional Sciences Program (Nutritional Sciences Program (Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics, Center for Public Health Nutrition))

Research Interests
Obesity prevention, nutrition management of chronic disease and menu labeling.

Teaching Interests
General human nutrition, nutrition and chronic disease prevention and management, food policy, obesity prevention, biotechnology and food biosecurity.

Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington 1993
MS, Nutrition, University of Washington 1983

Selected Publications
Bruemmer BB, Harris JE, Gleason PM, Boushey C, Sheean PM,L, Archer SA, Van Horn: Publishing Nutrition Research: A Review of Epidemiologic Methods. J am Diet Assoc. (in press)

Bruemmer B, Patterson R, Cheney C, Aker SN, Witherspoon RP: The association between vitamin C and vitamin E supplement use prior to a hematopoietic stem cell transplant and outcomes to two years. J Am Diet Assoc. (In press)

Bensley L, Van Eenwyk J, Bruemmer B: Measuring fruit and vegetable consumption: providing serving size information doubles estimated percent eating 5 A Day. J Am Diet Assoc. (In Press)

Lenssen P, Bruemmer B, Aker SN, McDonald GB: Nutrient Support in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant. JPEN 25(4):219-8, 2001.

Stern JM, Sullivan K, Bruemmer B, Aker SN: Impact of randomized trial of liberal versus conservative discharge criteria on calorie, protein, and fluid intake in marrow transplant patients. J Am Diet Assoc. 100(9):1015-22,2000.

Morton AJ, Gooley T, Hansen JA, Appelbaum FR, Bruemmer B, Bjerke JW, Clift R, Martin PJ, Petersdorf EW, Sanders JE, Storb R, Sullivan KM, Woolfrey A,Anasetti C.: Association between pre-transplant interferon-alpha and outcome after unrelated donor marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase. Blood. 92(2):394-401, 1998.

Lenssen P, Bruemmer B, Bowden RA, Gooley T, Aker SN, Mattson D.:Intravenous lipid dose and incidence of bacteremia and fungemia in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Am J Clin Nutr 67(5):927-33, 1998.

Bruemmer B, White E, Vaughan TL, Cheney C.: Fluid intake and the incidence of bladder cancer among middle aged men and women in a three county area of Western Washington. Nutrition and Cancer, 29(2):163-168, 1997.

Charuhas PM, Fosberg KL, Bruemmer B, Aker SN, Leisenring W, Seidel K, Sullivan KM: A double-blind randomized trial comparing outpatient parenteral nutrition with intravenous hydration: effect on resumption of oral intake following marrow transplantation. JPEN: 21:157-161, 1997.

Bruemmer B, White E, Vaughan TL, Cheney C. Nutrient intake in relationship to bladder cancer among middle aged men and women. American Journal of Epidemiology, 144:485-95, 1996.

Johnson DB, Smith LT, Bruemmer B: Small-grants programs: lessons from community-based approaches to changing nutrition environments. J Am Diet Assoc 2007;107:301-5.

Boushey C, Harris J, Bruemmer B, Archer SL, Van Horn L: Publishing nutrition research: A review of study design, statistical analyses, and other key elements of manuscript preparation, Part 1. J Am Diet Assoc 2006;106:89-96.