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Myron D. Gross
Professor
University of Minnesota
USA
Biography
Dr. Gross is the director of the Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarker Research Laboratory (MEBRL) and a professor at the Laboratory of Medicine and Pathology Department at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities campus. The major focus of Dr. Gross’ research has been antioxidants, oxidative damage and their relationships with cardiovascular disease and related conditions in human populations. A primary objective has been the study of relations between blood antioxidant concentrations, antioxidant enzymes, oxidative damage and early indicators of cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery calcification and microalbuminuria. While these efforts have involved several grants, one major source of support has been the YALTA project, an ancillary study of the CARDIA cohort and an NHLBI-funded multi-site study of antioxidants and cardiovascular disease in over 5000 young adults. Since the original award, YALTA has been renewed twice and has been ongoing for over 12 years. It has been cited by reviewers as being a very productive project and a research project of high national priority. Dr. Gross has been an author on over 50 publications in the area of antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular disease or related conditions. His laboratory has been instrumental in the development of methods for the measurement of antioxidants and oxidative damage, with significant facility for usage in epidemiologic studies. The application of these methods has found inverse associations between blood concentrations of carotenoids, tocopherols and ascorbic acid, and microalbuminuria and coronary artery calcification.
Research Interest
• Biomarker development/translational research • Molecular/biochemical epidemiology • Antioxidants, oxidative damage and risk of cardiovascular disease • DNA repair and genetic susceptibility in the risk of breast cancer • Early detection of pancreatic prostate cancer • Dietary and genetic factors in Alzheimer’s and successful aging