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Maret G. Traber, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator and Director, Oxidative/Nitrative Stress Core Laboratory, Linus Pauling Institute

Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Office: 561A Weniger Hall

Telephone: (541) 737-7977

Fax: (541) 737-5077

Email Address: maret.traber@oregonstate.edu

Mailing/Express Delivery Address:
Maret G. Traber, Ph.D.
Linus Pauling Institute
Oregon State University
571 Weniger Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-6512


Education

1972 B.S., Nutrition and Food Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976 Ph.D., Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Professional Experience

1972-1976 Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976-1977 Instructor of Nutrition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1977-1993 Assistant Research Scientist to Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
1994-1998 Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1997-2002 Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
1998-present Principal Investigator, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1998-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1999-present Graduate Faculty, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2002-present Professor, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2003-present Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Clinical Nutrition, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Honors and Awards

1993 Henkel Vitamin E Research Information Service (VERIS) Award
2003 Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the 94th Annual AOCS Meeting and Expo, Kansas City, MO
2004 Honorary Lifetime Member, Oxygen Club of California

Professional Activities

Editor/Editorial Board

  • Associate Editor, Lipids (1994-present)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Nutrition (2001-present)
  • Editorial Board, Free Radical Biology & Medicine (2002-present)

Advisor

  • Expert Advisor, FAO/WHO Joint Expert Consultation on Human Vitamin and Mineral Requirements (1998)
  • Expert Advisor, Committee on Military Nutrition Research: Antioxidants and the Effects of Oxidative Stress in Military Personnel (Jul 1998)
  • Advisor, Committee on Military Nutrition Research-Institute of Medicine (Aug 2004)

Reviewer

  • Ad hoc Reviewer, Nutrition Study Section, National Institutes of Health (Jun 1999, Oct 2001, Jun 2003)
  • Ad hoc Reviewer, Special Study Section, National Institutes of Health (Jul 2002)

Professional Societies

  • Fellow, American Heart Association, Arteriosclerosis Council
  • Member, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Member, Maerican Society for Nutrition
  • Member, ociety for Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Advisory Board, The Oxygen Club of California

Other

  • Certified Nutrition Specialist (1994)
  • Chair, Vitamin E Task Force (Food and Nutrition Science Associations, FANSA) (1996-2000)
  • Visiting Scholar, DIFE-German Institute for Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rebrücke, Germany (1997)
  • Member, Panel on Antioxidants and Related Nutrients, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science (1997-2000)
  • Goodman-Fielder Oration, Monash University Melbourne, Australia (1998)
  • Jean Anderson Centennial Visiting Professor in Nutrition, University of Texas,  Austin TX (1999)
  • Burroughs Wellcome Trust Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (2001-2002)
  • Member, Nutrition Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health (2003-present)

Recent Publications


Traber MG. (2008) Reply from Tyler Barker and Maret G. Traber. J. Physio.-London 586:309-310.

Devaraj S, Leonard S, Traber MG, and Jialal I. (2008) Gamma-tocopherol supplementation alone and in combination with alpha-tocopherol alters biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in subjects with metabolic syndrome. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 44:1203-1208.

Gumpricht E, Devereaux MW, Dahl R, Soden JS, Sparagna GC, Leonard SW, Traber MG, and Sokol RJ. (2008) Resistance of young rat hepatic mitochondria to bile acid-induced permeability transition: potential role of alpha tocopherol. Pediatr. Res. 64:498-504.

Hamahata A, Enkhbaatar P, Kraft ER, Lange M, Leonard SW, Traber MG, Cox RA, Schmalstieg FC, Hawkins HK, Whorton EB, Horvath EM, Szabo C, TRABER LD, Herndon DN, and Traber DL. (2008) gamma-Tocopherol nebulization by a lipid aerosolization device improves pulmonary function in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 45:425-433.

Lim Y, Vasu VT, Valacchi G, Leonard S, Aung HH, Schock BC, Kenyon NJ, Li CS, Traber MG, and Cross CE. (2008) Severe vitamin E deficiency modulates airway allergic inflammatory responses in the murine asthma model. Free Radic. Res. 42:387-396.

Shimoda K, Nakazawa H, Traber MG, Traber DL, and Nozaki M. (2008) Plasma and tissue vitamin E depletion in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury. Burns 34:1137-1141.

Taylor AW, Bruno RS, and Traber MG. (2008) Women and smokers have elevated urinary F(2)-isoprostane metabolites: A novel extraction and LC-MS methodology. Lipids 43:925-936.

Traber MG. (2008) Vitamin E and K interactions--a 50-year-old problem. Nutr. Rev. 66:624-629.

Traber MG, Frei B, and Beckman JS. (2008) Vitamin E revisited: do new data validate benefits for chronic disease prevention? Curr. Opin. Lipidol. 19:30-38.

Barker T, Leonard SW, Trawick RH, Kjeldsberg CR, Martins TB, Hill HR, and Traber MG. (2009) Modulation of inflammation by vitamin E and C supplementation prior to anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 46:599-606.

Mustacich DJ, Gohil K, Bruno RS, Yan M, Leonard SW, Ho E, Cross CE, and Traber MG. (2009) Alpha-tocopherol modulates genes involved in hepatic xenobiotic pathways in mice. J. Nutr. Biochem. 20:469-476.

Roberts LJ 2nd, Traber MG, and Frei B. (2009) Vitamins E and C in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer in men. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 46:1558.

Song Y, Chung CS, Bruno RS, Traber MG, Brown KH, King JC, and Ho E. (2009) Dietary zinc restriction and repletion affects DNA integrity in healthy men. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 90:321-328.

Song Y, Leonard SW, Traber MG, and Ho E. (2009) Zinc deficiency affects DNA damage, oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses, and DNA repair in rats. J. Nutr. 139:1626-1631.

Traber DL, Traber MG, Enkhbaatar P, and Herndon DN. (2009) Tocopherol as treatment for lung injury associated with burn and smoke inhalation. J. Burn Care Res. 30:164-165.

Vasu VT, Oommen S, Lim Y, Valacchi G, Hobson B, Eiserich JP, Leonard SW, Traber MG, Cross CE, and Gohil K. (2009) Modulation of ozone-sensitive genes in alpha-tocopherol transfer protein null mice. Inhal. Toxicol. [Epub ahead of print].