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Alyson Littman, PhD, MPH


Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology


Contact Information
Department of Veterans Affairs - Seattle ERIC Metropolitan Park West
1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400
Box 358280 (152)
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-277-4182
Fax: 206-764-2563
alyson@u.washington.edu

Affiliations
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Affiliate Assistant Member)

Research Interests
Dr. Littman's primary research interests are in physical activity and obesity epidemiology. She is based at the VA, within the Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, and is also an affiliate assistant member at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. She is co-investigator and project director of a pilot randomized trial to investigate the effects of yoga on fatigue, quality of life, and weight in breast cancer patients. Other research interests include mindful eating, physical activity interventions in people with mobility impairments, and predictors of weight change.

Education
PhD, University of Washington, SPHCM 2003
MPH, University of Washington, SPHCM 2000

Selected Publications
Littman AJ, White E, Kristal AR, Patterson RE, Satia-Abouta J, Potter JD. Assessment of a one-page questionnaire on long-term physical activity. Epidemiology 2004; 15:105-113.

Littman AJ, Kristal AR, White E. Effects of physical activity intensity, frequency, and activity type on 10-y weight change in middle-aged men and women. Int J Obes 2005; 29:524-33.

Littman AJ, Vaughan TL, Jackson LA. Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and risk of lung cancer: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:773-8.

Kristal AR, Littman AJ, Benitez D White E. Yoga practice is associated with attenuated weight gain in healthy, middle-aged men and women. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 2005; 11: 28-33.

Littman AJ, Vitiello MV, Foster-Schubert K, Ulrich CM, Tworoger SS, Potter JD, Weigle DS, McTiernan A. Sleep, ghrelin, leptin, and changes in body weight during a 1-year moderate-intensity physical activity intervention. Int J Obesity 2006 Aug 15; [Epub ahead of print].

Littman AJ, White E, Kristal AR. Anthropometrics and prostate cancer risk. American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 Jun; 165: 1271-9. [Epub 2007 Mar 28].

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