Hamed Samavat, Ph.D., RDN
My primary research interest falls into how potentially modifiable factors, such as diet, nutrition, inflammation, and hormonal exposures, influence women’s health across the lifespan. I have conducted chemoprevention and nutritional and cancer epidemiology research utilizing clinical trials and large prospective cohort studies funded by NIH/NCI.
My goal is to improve our understanding of biomarkers of exposure, particularly, the relationship between diet-related exposures and cancer and cardiovascular disease risk.
Keywords: dietary supplements, polyphenols, dietary patterns, sex hormones, body composition, biomarkers, telomere length, postmenopausal women, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease
Professor, Rutgers
rigassdl@rutgers.edu
Mindy Kurzer
Professor, University of Minnesota
mkurzer@umn.edu
Sue Shapses
Professor, Rutgers
shapses@rutgers.edu
Title: Effects of green tea extract supplementations on inflammatory biomarkers in women who are obese and at high risk of breast cancer
Sponsor Agency: New Jersey Health Foundation
Brief Overview of Aims: To determine the effects of consumption of green tea extract containing 800 mg epigallocatechin gallate per day for one year on selected inflammatory markers in a subgroup of 100 women who are obese
Total Dollar Amount: $19,231
Funding Period: February 2023- February 2024
Selected Publications
- Samavat H, Kurzer MS. Estrogen metabolism and breast cancer. Cancer Lett. 2015 Jan 28;356(2 Pt A):231-43. PMID: 24784887. PMCID: PMC4505810.
- Samavat H, Dostal AM, Wang R, Bedell S, Emory TH, Ursin G, Torkelson CJ, Gross MD, Le CT, Yu MC, Yang CS, Yee D, Wu AH, Yuan JM, Kurzer MS. The Minnesota Green Tea Trial (MGTT), a randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of green tea extract on biomarkers of breast cancer risk: Study rationale, design, methods, and participant characteristics. Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Oct; 26(10):1405-19. PMID: 26206423. PMCID: PMC4567901.
- Samavat H, Newman AR, Wang R, Yuan JM, Wu AH, Kurzer MS. Effects of green tea catechin extract on serum lipids in postmenopausal women: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Dec;104(6):1671-1682. PMID: PMCID: PMC5118731.
- Samavat H, Ursin G, Emory TH, Lee E, Wang R, Yu MC, Yee D, Wu AH, Yuan JM, Kurzer MS. A randomized controlled trial of green tea extract supplementation and mammographic density in postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017 Dec;10(12):710-718. PMID: PMCID: PMC7337967.
- Samavat H, Xun X, Jin A, Wang R, Koh WP, and Yuan JM. Association between prediagnostic leukocyte telomere length and breast cancer risk: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Apr 17;21(1):50. PMID: PMCID: PMC6471852.
Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography.
Please reach out to:
Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences
School of Health Professions
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stanley S. Bergen, Jr. Building, Suite 157
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Fax: 973-972-7403
Email: hamed.samavat@rutgers.edu
2022
- Student abstract (Jennifer Bathgate) selected as a finalist for the Graduate Student Research Award Competition to American Society for Nutrition meeting – Nutrition 2022 Live Online
2017-2019
- National Cancer Institute Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship Award in Cancer Etiology and Prevention, University of Pittsburgh
2014- Present
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist license, Registration # 86025893
2014
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2011-2014
- Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Defense, Breast Cancer Research Program
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