Diane M. O'Brien

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Diane O'Brien

Research Interests:

I am interested in how naturally-occurring variations in stable isotope ratios can be used as markers for nutritional and physiological processes. Currently a large portion of my research is devoted to the development of these markers for use in nutritional epidemiology. I work closely with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research at UAF [CANHR] to develop tools for linking dietary patterns to chronic disease in Alaska Natives and other populations. If you are interested in working in my lab, please send me an email with your interests.

Diane M O'Brien

Professor

dmobrien@alaska.edu

CV:

Diane O'Brien CV.pdf

Office:

230 Arctic Health Research Building

907-474-5762

Postal Address:

Institute of Arctic Biology

PO Box 757000

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000

Positions

2015-now Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2009-2015 Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2004-2009 Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2003-2004 Assistant Professor, Wellesley College
2001-2002 Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College
2000-2003 Visiting Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory
1998-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University

Education

1998 PhD, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
1991 BA, Department of Biology, Amherst College

2018

Smith, J.A. et al., 2018. Morphological characteristics of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) whiskers and their use in dietary reconstruction using stable isotope ratios. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Available at: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2017-0309http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2017-0309.

Yun, H.Young et al., 2018. Serum Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotope Ratios Meet Biomarker Criteria for Fish and Animal Protein Intake in a Controlled Feeding Study of a Women's Health Initiative Cohort. J Nutr, 148(12), pp.1931-1937.

2017

NASH, S.H. & O'Brien, D.M., 2017. Stable isotope ratios as emerging dietary biomarkers. In D. A. Schoeller & Westerterp-Plantenga, M. Advances in the Assessment of Dietary Intake. Advances in the Assessment of Dietary Intake. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.

Au, N.T. et al., 2017. Dietary and genetic influences on hemostasis in a Yup’ik Alaska Native population. PloS one, 12(4), p.e0173616. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380313/pdf/pone.0173616.pdf.

Lee, T.N. et al., 2017. Stable isotope analysis of CO 2 in breath indicates metabolic fuel shifts in torpid arctic ground squirrels. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 209, pp.10-15.

Oxtoby, L.E. et al., 2017. Resource partitioning between Pacific walruses and bearded seals in the Alaska Arctic and sub-Arctic. Oecologia, pp.1-14.

O’Brien, D.M. et al., 2017. Declines in traditional marine food intake and vitamin D levels from the 1960s to present in young Alaska Native women. Public health nutrition, 20(10), pp.1738-1745.

Philip, J. et al., 2017. Bi-cultural dynamics for risk and protective factors for cardiometabolic health in an Alaska Native (Yup’ik) population. PloS one, 12(11), p.e0183451. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665420/pdf/pone.0183451.pdf.