Iowa State University
College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture College of Human Sciences College of Agriculture


Grace Marquis

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Associate Professor

     

    Education: Ph.D., International Nutrition, Cornell University, 1996

    Interests: Infant and child nutrition in domestic and international settings with an emphasis on interactions among breastfeeding, dietary intakes, morbidity, and growth.

    Office: 1104A Human Nutritional Sciences Building
    Phone: (515) 294-9231
    Fax: (515) 294-6193
    Email: gmarquis@iastate.edu

Publications:

  • Ferris, A.M., Marquis G,S., Bioethics in scientific research: conflicts between subject's equitable access to participate in research and current regulations. Journal of Nutrition 2005;135: 916-917.
  • Stephensen C.B., Marquis G.S., Douglas S.D., Wilson C.M., Plasma Cytokines and Oxidative Damage in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adolescents and Young AdultsA protective role for IL-10? Free Radical Research 2005;39:859–864.
  • Zeisel S.H., Freake H.C., Bauman D.E., Bier, D.M., Burrin D.G., German, J.B., Klein S., Marquis G.S., Milner J.A., Pelto G.H., and Rasmussen K.M., The nutritional phenotype in the age of metabolomics. Journal of Nutrition 2005;135:1613-1616.
  • Bitler M., Gundersen C., and Marquis G.S., Are WIC Non-Recipients at Less Nutritional Risk than Recipients? An Application of the Food Security Measure. Review of Agricultural Economics 2005;27:433-438.
  • Stephensen C.B., Marquis G.S., Kruzich L.A., Jacob R.A., Douglas S.D., Wilson C.M., Immune System Activation, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Protection in HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adolescents. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2005;38(2):180-190.
  • Marquis, G.S., Breastfeeding and its impact on child psychosocial and emotional development: Comments on Woodward and Liberty, Greiner, Pérez-Escamilla, and Lawrence. In Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development website
  • Marquis GS, Penny ME, Zimmer JP, Diaz JM, Marin RM. An overlap of breastfeeding during late pregnancy is associated with subsequent changes in colostrum composition and morbidity rates among Peruvian infants and their mothers. Journal of Nutrition 2003;133:2585-91.
  • Mazur RE, Marquis GS, Jensen HH. Diet, nutrition, and food insufficiency among Hispanic youth: Acculturation and socioeconomic determinants in NHANES III. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2003;78: 1120 1127.
  • Drammeh B, Marquis GS, Funkhauser E, Bates C, Eto I, Stephensen CB. The effect of dried mangoes in a randomized 4-mo trial to improve vitamin A status among young Gambian children. Journal of Nutrition 2002; 132:3693-99.
  • Marquis GS, Penny ME, Diaz JM, Marin RM. Postpartum consequences of an overlap of breastfeeding and pregnancy: Reduced breast milk intake and growth during early infancy. Pediatrics 2002:109(e56):1-8.
  • Meyerink RO, Marquis GS. Breastfeeding initiation and duration among low-income women in Alabama: The importance of personal and familial experiences in making infant feeding choices. Journal of Human Lactation 2002;18:38-45.
  • Marquis GS, Habicht J-P. Breastfeeding and stunting among toddlers in Peru. In: Short and long term effects of breast feeding on child health . B Koletzko, O Hernell, KF Michaelsen (Eds.). London: Kluwer Academic Plenum Press. 2000.
  • Oliveros C, Marquis GS, Ormsby G, Rudatsikira E. Maternal Lactation: A Qualitative Analysis of the Breastfeeding Habits and Beliefs of Pregnant Women Living in Lima, Peru. International Quarterly of Community Health Education 1998-99:18(4):415-34. (published in 1999)
Food Science and Human Nutrition