Amy E. Millen
PhD
Director of Graduate Studies, MS and PhD Programs
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Nutritional epidemiology and age-related chronic disease; age-related eye disease; periodontal disease; vitamin D; diet patterns
Selected Publications
- Millen AE, Dahhan R, Freudenheim JL, Hovey KM, Li L, McSkimming DI, Andrews CA, Buck MJ, LaMonte MJ, Kirkwood KL, Sun Y, Murugaiyan V, Tsompana M, Wactawski-Wende J. Dietary carbohydrate intake is associated with the subgingival plaque oral microbiome abundance and diversity in a cohort of postmenopausal women. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 16;12(1):2643. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06421-2.
- Elmore A, Harris WS, Mu L, Brady WE, Hovey KM, Mares JA, Espeland MA, Haan MN, Millen AE. Red blood cell fatty acids and age-related macular degeneration in postmenopausal women. Eur J Nutr. 2022 Apr;61(3):1585-1594.
- Velazquez-Kronen R, Millen AE, Ochs-Balcom HM, Mnatsakanova A, Gu JK, Andrew M, Violanti Sleep Quality and Dietary Patterns in an Occupational Cohort of Police Officers. J. Behav Sleep Med. 2022 Sep-Oct;20(5):543-555. doi: 10.1080/15402002.2021.1954925. Epub 2021 Jul 25. PMID: 34304645 Free PMC article.
- Myneni AA, Giovino GA, Millen AE, LaMonte MJ, Wactawski-Wende J, Neuhouser ML, Zhao J, Shikany JM, Mu L. Indices of Diet Quality and Risk of Lung Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Nutr. 2021 Jun 1;151(6):1618-1627. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab033.
- Dighe S, Zhao J, Steffen L, Mares JA, Meuer SM, Klein BEK, Klein R, Millen AE. Diet patterns and the incidence of age-related macular degeneration in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2020 Aug;104(8):1070-1076. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-314813. Epub 2019 Dec 6. PMID: 31810976
- Millen AE, Nie J, Sahli MW, Mares JA, Lutsey PL, LaMonte MJ, Meuers S, Andrews CA, , Klein BEK, Klein R. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Incidence or Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Apr 1;60(5):1362-1371. doi: 10.1167/iovs.18-25945.
- Sahli MW, Mares JA, Meyers KJ, Klein R, Brady WE, Klein BE, Ochs-Balcom HM, Donahue RP, Millen AE. Dietary Intake of Lutein and Diabetic Retinopathy in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2016;23(2):99-108. doi: 10.3109/09286586.2015.1129426. Epub 2016 Mar 7. PMID: 26949989
- Millen AE, Meyers KJ, Liu Z, Engelman CD, Wallace RB, LeBlanc ES, Tinker LF, Iyengar SK, Robinson JG, Sarto GE, Mares JA. Association Between Vitamin D Status and Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Genetic Risk. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Oct 1;133(10):1171-9. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2715. PMID: 26312598.
- Millen AE, Andrews CA, LaMonte MJ, Hovey KM, Swanson M, Genco RJ, Wactawski-Wende J. Vitamin D status and 5-year changes in periodontal disease measures among postmenopausal women: the Buffalo OsteoPerio Study. J Periodontol. 2014 Oct;85(10):1321-32. Epub 2014 May 2. PMID: 24794688.
- Meng J, Hovey KM, Wactawski-Wende J, Andrews CA, LaMonte MJ, Horst RL, Geneco RJ, Millen AE. Intraindividual variation in plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D measures 5 years apart among postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Jun;21(6):916-24. Epub 2012 Apr 20. PMID: 22523182.
- Millen AE, Wactawski-Wende J, Pettinger M, Melamed ML, Tylavsky FA, Liu S, Robbins J, LaCroix AZ, LeBoff MS, Jackson RD. Predictors of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations among postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Calcium plus Vitamin D clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010May;91(5):1324-35. Epub 2010 Mar 10. PMID: 20219959.
- Millen AE, Bodnar LM. Vitamin D assessment in population-based studies: a review of the issues. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;87(4):1102S-5S. Review. PMID: 18400742.
- Millen AE, Subar AF, Graubard BI, Peters U, Hayes RB, Weissfeld JL, Yokochi LA, Ziegler RG; PLCO Cancer Screening Trial Project Team. Fruit and vegetable intake and prevalence of colorectal adenoma in a cancer screening trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Dec;86(6):1754-64. PMID: 18065596.
- Millen AE, Midthune D, Thompson FE, Kipnis V, Subar AF. The National Cancer Institute diet history questionnaire: validation of pyramid food servings. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb 1;163(3):279-88. Epub 2005 Dec 7. PMID: 16339051.
- Millen AE, Gruber M, Klein R, Klein BE, Palta M, Mares JA. Relations of serum ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol to diabetic retinopathy in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Aug 1;158(3):225-33. PMID: 12882944.