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overview	Dr. Joshipura is a Professor of Epidemiology, and the NIH Endowed Chair & Director of the Center for Clinical Research and Health Promotion at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Joshipura has a Master's degree in Biostatistics, a Doctorate degree in Epidemiology and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. Her research has focused on assessing the impact of dental disease on systemic disease, and on evaluating dietary, inflammatory and other pathways for these associations. She was among the first to show prospectively that tooth loss and/or periodontal disease were risk factors for coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Joshipura has been the Principal Investigator of several NIH funded projects, including a mentoring grant. Her research focuses on evaluating inflammation and nutritional risk factors for cardiometabolic conditions. Her current projects that engage faculty from several UPR and external institutions include a cohort study relating periodontitis, inflammation and pre-diabetes, and a randomized control trial to evaluate diet and physical activity interventions during pregnancy and early life on cardiometabolic outcomes in mothers and infants. She serves on editorial boards and conducts manuscript and grant reviews for national and international journals and organizations. She has served as a consultant/advisor to CDC, American Academy of Periodontology, WHO and serves as an advisor to American Dental Association. Dr. Joshipura founded a global public initiative "VMove" to help individuals and organizations overcome barriers to increasing physical activity throughout the day in creative resource free ways.

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Dr. Joshipura is a Professor of Epidemiology, and the NIH Endowed Chair & Director of the Center for Clinical Research and Health Promotion at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Joshipura has a Master's degree in Biostatistics, a Doctorate degree in Epidemiology and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. Her research has focused on assessing the impact of dental disease on systemic disease, and on evaluating dietary, inflammatory and other pathways for these associations. She was among the first to show prospectively that tooth loss and/or periodontal disease were risk factors for coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke and peripheral artery disease. Dr. Joshipura has been the Principal Investigator of several NIH funded projects, including a mentoring grant. Her research focuses on evaluating inflammation and nutritional risk factors for cardiometabolic conditions. Her current projects that engage faculty from several UPR and external institutions include a cohort study relating periodontitis, inflammation and pre-diabetes, and a randomized control trial to evaluate diet and physical activity interventions during pregnancy and early life on cardiometabolic outcomes in mothers and infants. She serves on editorial boards and conducts manuscript and grant reviews for national and international journals and organizations. She has served as a consultant/advisor to CDC, American Academy of Periodontology, WHO and serves as an advisor to American Dental Association. Dr. Joshipura founded a global public initiative "VMove" to help individuals and organizations overcome barriers to increasing physical activity throughout the day in creative resource free ways.

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Grant	Pregnancy and EARly Lifestyle improvement Study (PEARLS)
Grant	Changes in Risk for Non-Communicable Disease, and Resilience, after Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Academic Article	Associations between measures of central adiposity and periodontitis among older adults.
Academic Article	Determinants of vitamin D status among overweight and obese Puerto Rican adults.
Academic Article	Periodontal disease, hypertension, and blood pressure among older adults in Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	High levels of periodontal disease among the older adult population in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	The quality of removable prostheses in dentate, community-dwelling elderly residing in Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	Validation and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative FFQ as a measure of dietary intake in adults from Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	Neck Circumference May Be a Better Alternative to Standard Anthropometric Measures.
Academic Article	Periodontitis and oral human papillomavirus infection among Hispanic adults.
Academic Article	Longitudinal association between adiposity and inter-arm blood pressure difference.
Academic Article	Over-the-counter mouthwash use, nitric oxide and hypertension risk.
Academic Article	Interaction between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the alcohol dehydrogenase 3 gene, alcohol consumption and oral cancer risk.
Concept	Puerto Rico
Academic Article	Associations between vitamin D levels and glucose metabolism markers among pregnant women and their infants in Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	Estimating COVID-19 cases in Puerto Rico using an automated surveillance system.
Academic Article	Hurricanes Irma and Maria and Diabetes incidence in Puerto Rico.
Academic Article	Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Asthma, Hypertension, and Depression in a Sample of the Puerto Rico Population.

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