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Carol J. Lammi-Keefe
Alma Beth Clark Professor and Division Head
Human Nutrition & Food
School of Human Ecology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-1518
Fax: 225-578-4443
Email: clammikeefe@agcenter.lsu.edu

Research Interests:
Omega-3 fatty acids in pregnancy and development, diabetes, postpartum depression, obesity. Functional foods.

Recent and Notable Publications:
Judge, M.P., Harel, O., and C.J. LAMMI-KEEFE. 2007. A docosahexaenoic acid-functional food during pregnancy benefits infant visual acuity at four but not six months of age. Lipids, 42:117-122.

Judge, M.P., Harel, O., and C.J. LAMMI-KEEFE. 2007. Maternal consumption of a DHA-functional food during pregnancy: benefit for infant performance on problem-solving but not recognition memory tasks at 9 months of age. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 85:1572-1577.

Wood, J.T., Pandarinathan, L., Courville, A., Keplinger, M.R., Janero, D.R., Vouros, P., Makriyannis, A, and C.J. LAMMI-KEEFE. Compehensive profiling of the human circulating endocannabinoid metabolome: formulation and validation of a clinical sampling protocol. Clin. Chem. Lab. Med, in press.

LAMMI-KEEFE, C.J., S. Couch and E. Phillipson (eds). 2008. Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy. Humana Press, NJ.

Recent Presentations:
DHA in Pregnancy: Better Sleep, Vision, and Problem Solving for Infants. January 30, 2007. 2007 Seafood in Perspective Technical Conference. Orlando, FLA.

DHA and Pregnancy: Benefit to Infant behavioral Development. November 25, 2006. Milanopediatria. Milan, Italy.

Functional Foods & Infant Functional Outcomes—Viewing Pregnancy as a Link. Food and Nutrition Conference & Exhibition. September, 2006. Honolulu, HI

Smarter, Better Sleeping Babies—Can What the Mother Consumes Make a Difference? Food and Nutrition Conference & Exhibition. September, 2006. Honolulu, HI.

DHA-Functional Food in Pregnancy: Benefit to Infant Problem Solving but Not Recognition Memory at 9 Months of Age. Int’l Soc Study Fatty Acids Lipids. July, 2006. Cairns, AUS.

Teaching Expertise:
Nutritional Biochemistry; Food, Culture & Society; Graduate Dissertation

Professional and Notable Activities:

2008-	Secretary, American Oil Chemists’ Society, Health and Nutrition Division
2007-2008	Member, American Dietetic Association, Education Work Group
2006-2008	Treasurer, American Oil Chemists’ Society, Health and Nutrition Division
2003-2005	ASNS, Graduate Nutrition Education Council, Chair
2003-2005	ASN (formerly ASNS), Graduate Nutrition Education Council, Chair

Honors and Awards:

2004-2006	USDA Northeast Regional Research Technical Committee, member at large
2002	American Dietetic Association Foundation Award for Excellence in Research
2001	2001 Ross Award in Women’s Health, The American Dietetic Association Foundation
2001	Task Force on Building a Science Roadmap, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy

Grants and Contracts:
USDA-IFAFS, PI (Co-PI, Evelyn Thoman). Can DHA-Functional Foods in Pregnancy Enhance Infant Neurobehavioral Development? 9/15/01-08/31/06. $1,200,000.

USDA FAS, PI (Co-PI, SLB Kajuna). Nutritional Status of Pregnant Tanzanian Women: An Assessment of Fatty Acids Critical to Infant Growth and Development and Impact of HIV/AIDS. 7/01/04-12/31/08. $44,996.

Donaghue Medical Research Foundation. Co-PI (PI, Cheryl Beck). DHA-Functional Food During Pregnancy: Postpartum Depression. 1/1/05-12/31/08. $240,000.

National Fisheries Institute. Preganancy as a Risk Factor for Decreased Macular Pigment and Macular Degeneration. 2008. $22,000.