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Stavroula K. Osganian, MD, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Clinical Research Program, Children's Hospital Boston
Children's Hospital Boston
Division of Endocrinology, Karp Bldg.
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone: 617-355-2462
Fax: 617-355-2312
Email: stavroula.osganian@childrens.harvard.edu
Research Interests

Dr. Osganian's research interests and activities have focused on studies of youth heath promotion and cardiovascular disease prevention. She has had a leadership role in one of the largest, nationally recognized NIH -funded school-based studies of cardiovascular health promotion in the United States, the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) as well as several other large epidemiological studies and community prevention trials.

Selected Publications

Osganian SK, Stampfer M, Rimm E, Spiegelman D, Hu F, Manson J, Willett W. Vitamin C and risk of coronary heart disease in women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003; 42(2):246-52.

Ebbeling CB, Fledman HA, Osganian SK, Chomitz VR, Ellenbogen SJ, Ludwig DS. Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Pediatrics 2006;117(3): 673-680.

Lutsey PL, Steffen LM, Feldman HA, Hoelscher DH, Webber LS, Luepker RV, Lytle LA, Zive M, Osganian SK. Serum homocysteine is related to food intake in adolescents: The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH). Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:1380-6.
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