Amy Subar
Amy F. Subar, PhD, MPH, RD, is a Research Nutritionist with the Risk Factor
Monitoring and Methods Branch in the Applied Research Program, having started as
a Cancer Control Fellow in 1990. She received a BS in Dietetics at the State
University College at Buffalo; an MPH at the University of Minnesota; and a PhD
at Syracuse University. Her research interests include developing, designing,
and conducting nutrition research related to dietary methods, dietary
instruments, measurement error, dietary surveillance, and nutritional
epidemiology.
Dr. Subar directed the development and evaluation of the Diet History
Questionnaire, NCI's publicly available food frequency questionnaire. This work
encompassed all areas of questionnaire development: cognitive issues, methods
to determine food and portion size lists, methods for creating nutrient
databases for frequency questionnaires, testing of response rates, and
comparative validation. This food frequency questionnaire has recently been
modified to be web-based and is freely available to investigators conducting
nutrition research. Dr. Subar's more recent research has focused on
understanding measurement error in the biomarker-based Observing Protein and Energy
Nutrition (OPEN) Study. Currently, Dr. Subar is leading a project to develop
and validate a Web-based, automated,
self-administered 24-hour dietary recall using multimedia computer
technology. She is also a lead investigator in the AARP Diet and Health Study,
the largest prospective dietary cohort in the US.
Dr. Subar serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the
American Dietetic Association and is a member of the American Dietetic
Association and the American Society of Nutrition. She has received three NIH
Merit Awards.
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