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Teresa T. Fung, Sc.D., R.D.

teresa fungAssociate Professor of Nutrition
B.S. and M.S. Cornell University
S.D. Harvard Univ. School of Public Health
teresa.fung@simmons.edu
website: web.simmons.edu/~fung

Dr. Fung's research interests are in the fields of nutritional epidemiology, especially the link between dietary patterns and quality, and chronic disease development. Dr. Fung completed her dietetic internship at the Yale-New Haven Hospital where she also worked as a clinical nutrition specialist in many specialties, including geriatrics. At Simmons, she teaches nutrient metabolism, medical nutrition therapy, and preventive nutrition. She is also a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Nutrition. Her current research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, and she collaborates with investigators at the Harvard School of Public Health to use data in the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study for her work.

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications:

  • Fung TT , Rexrode KM, Mantzoros CS, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Mediterranean diet and incidence and mortality of coronary heart disease and stroke in women. Circulation. 119: 1093-1100, 2009.
  • Fung TT , Chivue S, McCullough M, Rexrode K, Logroscino G, Hu FB. Adherence to a DASH-style diet and risk of cardiovascular disease in women. Archives of Internal Medicine. 168: 713-720, 2008.
  • Fung TT , McCullough M, Manson JE, Hu FB. Alternate Healthy Eating Index and risk of type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes Care, 30: 1753-1757, 2007.
  • Fung TT , McCullough M, Newby PK, Holmes MD, Willett WC, Hu FB. Diet quality is associated with the risk of estrogen receptor-negative post-menopausal breast cancer. Journal of Nutrition, 136:466-472, 2006.
  • Austin SB, Fung TT , Cohen-Bearak A, Wardle K, Cheung LCY. A qualitative study of CDC's School Health Index. Preventing Chronic Disease, 3: A35, http://www.cdc.gov/PCD/issues/2006/apr/05_0116.htm, 2006.
  • Fung TT , McCullough ML, Newby PK, Feskanich D, Meigs JB, Rifai N, Hu FB. Diet quality scores and plasma concentrations of inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction markers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 82: 163-173, 2005.
  • Fung TT , Schulze M, Manson JE, Willet WC, Hu FB. Dietary patterns, meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes in women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 164: 2235-2240, 2004.
  • Fung TT , Hu FB, Fuchs C, Giovannucci E, Hunter DJ, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Major Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163:309-314, 2003.
  • Fung TT , Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Colditz GA, Rimm EB, Willett WC. Intake of alcohol and alcoholic beverages and the risk of basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarker and Prevention, 11: 1119-1122, 2002.
  • Fung TT , Willett WC, Stamper MJ, Manson JE, Hu FB. Dietary patterns and the risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 161: 1857-1862, 2001.
  • Fung TT , Hu FB, Yu J, Chu NF, Spiegelman D, Tofler GH, Willett WC, Rimm EB. Leisure Time Physical Activity, Television Watching and Plasma Biomarkers of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Am J Epidemiology 152 (12): 1171-1178, 2000.


Book Chapters:

  • Kirwin JL, Fung TT, Chapter 13: Knowing the individual disciplines and introduction to team development, function, and maintenance, in Health Management for Older Adults, Satin D, ed, Oxford University Press. 2008.
  • Fung TT, Guide to Enteral Feedings and Parental Feedings, in Rapid Reference for Nurses: Nutrition, Edelstein S and Herbold N, eds. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA. 2007.