Lisa Harnack

About

Lisa J. Harnack, MPH, DrPH, is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She serves as the Head of the Epidemiology & Community Health department and is the Director of the Nutrition Coordinating Center. Her professional work is closely aligned with cancer prevention and control. Dr. Harnack's research extensively addresses nutrition, dietary intake, and public health, with a focus on evaluating food policies and interventions aimed at improving diet quality and reducing food insecurity. She leads and collaborates on numerous research projects, including evaluations of food restrictions in SNAP programs, mobile food markets, and telemedicine-delivered dietary interventions for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Her work contributes to multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to poverty reduction, zero hunger, good health and well-being, and sustainable communities. Dr. Harnack's expertise encompasses nutrition assessment, dietary habits, and community-based nutrition assistance programs, reflecting her commitment to advancing public health nutrition through rigorous research and policy evaluation.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Biology
• Statistics
• Environmental health
• Law
• Economics
• Database

Selected publications

• Reproducibility and Validity of a Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire in Men Assessed by Multiple Methods

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 2020 · 123 citations

  Among 626 participants of the Men's Lifestyle Validation Study (2011-2013), we evaluated the validity and reproducibility of a self-administered 152-item semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) using two 7-day dietary records (7DDRs), 4 Automated Self-Administered 24-hour dietary recalls (ASA24s), four 24-hour urine samples, 1 doubly labeled water measurement (repeated in 104 participants), and 2 fasting blood samples, collected over 15 months. Compared with 7DDRs, SFFQs underestima…

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• Nutrient Composition of a Selection of Plant-Based Ground Beef Alternative Products Available in the United States

  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2021 · 104 citations

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• Emerging adults’ intersecting experiences of food insecurity, unsafe neighbourhoods and discrimination during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak

  Public Health Nutrition · 2020 · 43 citations

  OBJECTIVE: To examine how food insecurity is related to emerging adults' food behaviours and experiences of neighbourhood safety and discrimination and to identify resources needed to support their health during the COVID-19 outbreak. DESIGN: Rapid response online survey. Participants completed the six-item US Household Food Security Survey Module, a brief measure of food insufficiency, and measures of food behaviours, neighbourhood safety and discrimination. Open-ended questions were used to as…

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• How Online Grocery Stores Support Consumer Nutrition Information Needs

  Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior · 2020 · 33 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
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• Assessing the Nutrient Content of Plant-Based Milk Alternative Products Available in the United States

  Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024-06-11 · 21 citations

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01DK067599

  NIH · $654k · 2009

• Designing a Food Benefit Program to Optimize Diet Quality for Obesity Prevention

  NIH · $1.5M · 2013–2018

• Food and Nutrition System for Research

  NIH · $9.0M · 1998–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Yori Gidron

  University of Haifa

  460 shared

• Steven Gambert

  University of Maryland, Baltimore

  190 shared

• Deborah Lee Young-Hyman

  National Institutes of Health

  186 shared

• Jennifer Pellowski

  John Brown University

  182 shared

• Mustafa Al’Absi

  University of Minnesota

  182 shared

• Barbara Resnick

  University of Maryland, Baltimore

  180 shared

• J. Rick Turner

  IQVIA (United States)

  178 shared

• Kristin E. Anderson

  136 shared

Education

• Other, Public Health

  University of Minnesota

  2015

• Other, Public Health

  University of Minnesota

  2009

• B.S., Nutrition

  University of Minnesota

  2005

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