Katie Meyer, ScD

Assistant Professor of Nutrition

ktmeyer@email.unc.edu
704-250-5066

Dr. Katie Meyer is a nutritional and cardiovascular disease epidemiologist. Her research focuses on diet-related health behaviors and nutritional risk factors for cardiometabolic disease. She is a recent recipient of a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study the gut microbiome, nutrient metabolites, and cardiovascular disease in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA).

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Aging, Diabetes, Genomics, Heart Disease and Stroke, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Obesity, Public Health Studies (Design, Conduct and Analysis)

EDUCATION

ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 2002
MPH, Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1997
BA, Art History, Macalester College, 1993

Publications

2020

The association between diet quality and cancer incidence of the head and neck.

Dietary Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.

A prospective analysis of dietary fiber intake and mental health quality of life in the Iowa Women’s Health Study.

 

2019

Association of dietary patterns with the gut microbiota in older, community-dwelling men.

Gut Microbiota Composition and Blood Pressure.

 

2018

Meta-analysis of human genome-microbiome association studies: the MiBioGen consortium initiative.

 

2017

Milk Intake at Midlife and Cognitive Decline over 20 Years. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

Dietary Choline and Betaine and Risk of CVD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.

Does unmeasured confounding influence associations between the retail food environment and body mass index over time? The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.

Municipal investment in off-road trails and changes in bicycle commuting in Minneapolis, Minnesota over 10 years: a longitudinal repeated cross-sectional study.

 

2016

Changes in walking, body mass index, and cardiometabolic risk factors following residential relocation: Longitudinal results from the CARDIA study.

Microbiota-Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Coronary Artery Calcium in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA).

Instrumental-Variables Simultaneous Equations Model of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.

Diet and Gut Microbial Function in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.