Alice Shapiro

Senior research scientist
Food Science and Nutrition
HealthPartners Research Foundation
United States of America

Scientist Oncology
Biography

Alice Shapiro is a Senior research scientist and aAdjunct associate professor and graduate faculty, University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition. She has completed her PhD from Tufts University, Medford, MA; MA, Tufts University

Research Intrest

Symptom management in cancer treatment, multisite clinical trials, and oncology nutrition.

List of Publications
The adaptive response of phosphate-activated glutaminase in the rat.
Effect of age and dietary fat (fish, corn and coconut oils) on tocopherol status of C57BL/6Nia mice.
Influence of dietary fat, vitamin E, ethoxyquin and indomethacin on the synthesis of prostaglandin E2 in brain regions of mice.
Lung eicosanoid synthesis is affected by age, dietary fat and vitamin E.
Eicosanoids derived from arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids inhibit T cell proliferative response.
Summit-to-sea mapping and change detection using satellite imagery: tools for conservation and management of coral reefs.
Modelling the species distribution of flat-headed cats (Prionailurus planiceps), an endangered South-East Asian small felid.
Using fragmentation to assess degradation of forest edges in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Implementation of Routine Postpartum Depression Screening and Care Initiation Across a Multispecialty Health Care Organization: An 18-Month Retrospective Analysis.
Impact of opioid use on survival in patients with newly diagnosed stage IV non-hematologic malignancies.
Estimating energy requirements for children with renal disease: a comparison of methods.
Volume status and body composition of chronic dialysis patients: utility of bioelectric impedance plethysmography.
Monitoring dietary change in a low-fat diet intervention study: advantages of using 24-hour dietary recalls vs food records.
Effects of exercise vs bisphosphonates on bone mineral density in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Interventions to prevent loss of bone mineral density in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Nutritional challenges during treatment for lung cancer.
Identification of tools to measure changes in musculoskeletal symptoms and physical functioning in women with breast cancer receiving aromatase inhibitors.
Changes in weight and body composition in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Erratum: Randomized, blinded trial of vitamin D3 for treating aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS).
Randomized, blinded trial of vitamin D3 for treating aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS).