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preventive and behavioral medicine : faculty

Section: Publications

Yunsheng Ma, Ph.D.,M.D., MPH

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Medicine
   Preventive and Behavioral Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Clinical and Population Health Research

Selected Publications (from among over 60)

  1. Ockene IS, Ma Y. Low Serum Cholesterol: Good or Bad? Med Exerc Nutr Health 1994;3:63-65.
  2. Hebert JR, Ma Y, Clemow L, Ockene IS, Saperia GM, Stanek EJ, Merriam PA and Ockene JK. Gender Difference in Social Desirability and Social Approval Bias in Dietary Self-report. American Journal of Epidemiology 1997, 146(12):1046-1055.
  3. Hebert JR, Hurley TG, Olendzki BC, Teas J, Ma Y and Hampl JS. Nutritional and Socioeconomic Factor in Relation to Prostate Cancer Mortality: a Cross-National Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998;90:1637-1647.
  4. Hebert JR, Hurley TG and Ma Y. The Effect of Dietary Exposures on Recurrence and Mortality in Early Stage Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 1998; 51:17-28.
  5. Hebert JR, Ebbeling CB, Ockene IS, Ma Y, Rider L, Merrian PA, Ockene JK, and Saperia GM. A dietitian-delivered group nutrition program leads to reductions in dietary fat, serum cholesterol, and body weight: the Worcester Area Trial for Counseling in Hyperlipidemia (WATCH). Journal of The American Dietetic Association 1999;99(5):544-552.
  6. Ockene JK, Ma Y, Zapka JG, Pbert L, Goins KV, and Stoddard AM. Spontaneous Cessation of Smoking and Alcohol Use Among Low-Income Pregnant Women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine    2002:23(3):150-159.
  7. Hebert JR, Ebbeling CB, Matthews CE, Ma Y, Clemow L, Hurley TG and Druker S. Systematic Errors in Middle-Aged Women’s Estimates of Energy Intake: Comparing Three Self-Report Measures to Total Energy Expenditure from Doubly Labeled Water. Annals of Epidemiology 2002;12:577-586
  8. Ma Y, Bertone ER, Stanek EJ, Reed GW, Hebert JR, Cohen NL, Merriam PA, and Ockene IS. Association between Eating Patterns and Obesity in a Free Living US Adult Population. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003;158(1):85-92.
  9. Ockene IS, Chiriboga DE, Stanek EJ III, Harmatz MG, Nicolosi R, Saperia G,Well AD, Freedson P, Merriam PA, Reed GW, Ma Y, Matthews CE, and Hebert JR. Seasonal Variation in Serum Cholesterol: Treatment Implications and Possible Mechanisms. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004:164:863-870.
  10. Pbert L, Ockene JK, Zapka JG, Ma Y, Goins KV, Oncken C, and Stoddard AM. A Community    Health    Center Smoking Intervention for Pregnant and Postpartum Women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004;26(5):377-385.
  11. Ma Y, Olendzki B, Chiriboga D, Hebert JR, Li Y, Li W, Campbell M, Gendreau K, Ockene IS. Association between Dietary Carbohydrates and Body Weight. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161: 359-367.
  12. Ma Y, Bertone-Johnson ER, Stanek EI, Reed G, Hebert J, Cohen N, Olendzki B, Rosal M, Merriam P, Ockene I. Eating Patterns in a Free-living Healthy U.S.     Adult Population. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 2005;44(1): 37-56.
  13. Ma Y, Chiriboga D, Olendzki   BC  , Nicolosi R, Merriam PA, and Ockene IS. Effect of soy protein containing isoflavones on blood lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic adults: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2005; 24(4):275-285.
  14. Ma Y,Goins KV, Pbert L, Ockene JK. Predictors of Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy and Maintenance Postpartum in Low-Income Women. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2005; 9(4):393-402.
  15. Ma Y,Olendzki BC, Li W, Hafner AR, Chiriboga D, Hebert JR, Campbell M, Sarnie M, and Ockene IS. Seasonal Variation in Food Intake, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in a Predominately Overweight Population. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 60(4) :519-528.
  16. Ma Y,Griffith JA, Chasan-Taber L, Olendzki BC, Jackson  E, Stanek III  EJ, Li W, Pagoto SL, Hafner AR, and Ockene IS. Association between Dietary Fiber and Serum C-reactive Protein. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 83: 760-766.
  17. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Chiriboga D,Rosal MC, Sinagra E, Crawford SL, Hafner AR, Pagoto SL, Magner RP, and Ockene IS.PDA-Assisted Low Glycemic Index Dietary Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 60(10):1235-43.
  18. Ma Y, Pagoto SL,Olendzki BC, Hafner AR, Perugini RA, Mason R, Kelly JJ. Predictors of Weight Status Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery. 2006; 16 (9):1227-1231.
  19. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Hafner AR, Chiriboga DE, Culver A, Andersen V, Merriam PA, and Pagoto SL. Low Carbohydrate and High Fat Intake among Adult Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrition. 2006;22(11-12):1129-1136.
  20. Olendzki BC, Ma Y,Culver AL, Ockene IS, Griffith JA, Hafner AR, and Hebert JR. Methodology for Adding Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values to a 24-hour Dietary Recall Database. Nutrition. 2006;22(11-12):1087-1095.
  21. Ma Y, Li Y, Chiriboga D, Olendzki  BC, Hebert JR, Li W, Leung K, Hafner AR, and Ockene IS. Association between Carbohydrate Intake and Serum Lipids. Journal of the American  College of Nutrition. 2006; 25(2): 155-163.
  22. Ma Y, Pagoto SL,Griffith JA, Ockene IS, Merriam PA, Hafner AR,and Olendzki BC. A Dietary Quality Comparison of Popular Weight Loss Plans. Journal of The American Dietetic Association, 2007; 107: 1786-1791.
  23. Pagoto SL, Bodenlos JS, Kantor L, Gitkind M, Curtin C and Ma Y.    Association of major depression and binge eating disorder with weight loss in a clinical setting. Obesity; 2007,  15(11):2557-25579.
  24. Pagoto SL, Kantor L, Bodenlos J, Gitkind M and Ma Y .   Adoption of the Diabetes Prevention Program in a hospital-based weight loss clinic. Health Psychology; 2008, in press.
  25. Chiriboga D, Ma Y, Hebert JR, Li W, Pagoto SL, Olendzki B, Merriam PA, Ockene IS. Gender differences in predictors of body weight and body weight change in Healthy Adults, Obesity, 2008, in press.
  26. Ma Y, Li W, Olendzki B, Pagoto SL, Merriam P, Chiriboga D, Griffith JA, Bodenlos J, Wang Y, Ockene IS. Dietary Quality One-Year after Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of The American Dietetic Association, 2008, in press. 
  27. Ma Y, Olendzki B, Merriam PA, Chiriboga D, Culver A, Li W, Hebert JR, Ockene IS, Griffith JA, Pagoto SL. A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Low-Glycemic Index versus ADA   Dietary Education among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrition, 2008, 24(1):45-56.
  28. Griffith JA, Ma Y, Chasan-Taber L, Olendzki B, Chiriboga D, Stanek III  EJ, Merriam PA, Ockene IS. Association between dietary glycemic index, glycemic load and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Nutrition; 2008, in press. 
  29. Olendzki B, Ma Y, Hebert JR, Pagoto SL, Merriam PA, Rosal MC, and Ockene IS. Underreporting of energy intake and associated factors in a Latino population at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2008, in press.
  30. Schwartz CE, Meisenhelder JB, Ma Y, and Reed GW. Altruistic Social Interest Behaviors Are Associated with Better Mental Health. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003:65:778-785.
  31. Ockene IS, Chiriboga DE, Stanek EJ III, Harmatz MG, Nicolosi R, Saperia G,Well AD, Freedson P, Merriam PA, Reed GW, Ma Y, Matthews CE, and Hebert JR. Seasonal Variation in Serum Cholesterol: Treatment Implications and Possible Mechanisms. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004:164:863-870.
  32. Schwartz CE, Meisenhelder JB, Ma Y, and Reed GW. Altruistic Social Interest Behaviors Are Associated with Better Mental Health. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003:65:778-785.
  33. Ockene IS, Chiriboga DE, Stanek EJ III, Harmatz MG, Nicolosi R, Saperia G,Well AD, Freedson P, Merriam PA, Reed GW, Ma Y, Matthews CE, and Hebert JR. Seasonal Variation in Serum Cholesterol: Treatment Implications and Possible Mechanisms. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004:164:863-870.
  34. Pbert L, Ockene JK, Zapka JG, Ma Y, Goins KV, Oncken C, and Stoddard AM. A Community Health Center Smoking Intervention for Pregnant and Postpartum Women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004;26(5):377-385.
  35. Rosal, MC, King J, Ma Y, Reed GW. Stress, social support and cortisol: inverse associations? Behav Med 2004; 30(1):11-21.
  36. Ma Y, Olendzki B, Chiriboga D, Hebert JR, Li Y, Li W, Campbell M, Gendreau K, Ockene IS. Association between Dietary Carbohydrates and Body Weight. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161: 359-367.
  37. Ma Y, Bertone-Johnson ER, Stanek EI, Reed G, Hebert J, Cohen N, Olendzki B, Rosal M, Merriam P, Ockene I. Eating Patterns in a Free-living Healthy U.S. Adult Population. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 2005;44(1): 37-56.
  38. Ma Y, Goins KV, Pbert L, Ockene JK. Predictors of Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy and Maintenance Postpartum in Low-Income Women. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2005; 9 (4):393-402.
  39. Ma Y, Olendzki B. A Personal Dietary Assistant for Patients with Diabetes. Mass High Tech 2005: March 7.
  40. Ma Y, Chiriboga D, Olendzki BC, Nicolosi R, Merriam PA, and Ockene IS. Effect of soy protein containing isoflavones on blood lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic adults: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2005; 24(4):275-285.
  41. Schwartz CE, Clive D, Mazor K, Ma Y, Reed G, and Clay M. Detecting attitudinal changes about death and dying as a result of end-of-life care curricula for medical undergraduates. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2005;8(5):975-986.
  42. King J, Rosal MC, Ma Y, Reed GW. Association of Stress, Hostility and Plasma Testosterone. Neuroendocrinology Letters 2005 Aug 30;26(4).
  43. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Li W, Hafner AR, Chiriboga D, Hebert JR, Campbell M, Sarnie M, and Ockene IS. Seasonal Variation in Food Intake, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in a Predominately Overweight Population. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 60(4):519-528.
  44. Ma Y, Griffith JA, Chasan-Taber L, Olendzki BC, Jackson E, Stanek III EJ, Li W, Pagoto SL, Hafner AR, and Ockene IS. Association between Dietary Fiber and Serum C-reactive Protein. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 83: 760-766.
  45. Ma Y, Li Y, Chiriboga D, Olendzki BC, Hebert JR, Li W, Leung K, Hafner AR, and Ockene IS. Association between Carbohydrate Intake and Serum Lipids. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2006; 25(2):155-163.
  46. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Chiriboga D, Rosal MC, Sinagra E, Crawford S, Hafner AR, Pagoto SL, Magner RP, and Ockene IS. PDA-Assisted Low Glycemic Index Dietary Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006; 60(10):1235-43.
  47. Ma Y, Pagoto SL, Olendzki BC, Hafner AR, Perugini RA, Mason R, Kelly JJ. Predictors of Weight Status Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Obesity Surgery. 2006; 16 (9): 1227-1231.
  48. Baschetti R, Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Chiriboga D, Hafner AR, Li W, Hebert JR, Li Y, Leung K, and Ockene IS. Carbohydrate intake, serum lipids, and evolution. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2006; 25(5):437-8.
  49. Olendzki BC, Ma Y, Culver AL, Ockene IS, Griffith JA, Hafner AR, and Hebert JR. Methodology for Adding Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values to a 24-hour Dietary Recall Database. Nutrition. 2006; 22(11-12):1087-1095.
  50. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Hafner AR, Chiriboga DE, Culver A, Andersen V, Merriam PA, and Pagoto S. Low Carbohydrate and High Fat Intake among Adult Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrition 2006, 22(11-12):1129-1136.
  51. Sekar V, Mathew AC, Chacko TV, and Ma Y. Association of Availability of Modern Conveniences and Obesity among Adult Women in India. South Asian Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2006, 10(3):163-178.
  52. Howland LC, Storm DS, Crawford SL, Ma Y, Gortmarker SL, Oleske JM. Risk to Impaired Quality of Life in Children with HIV Infection. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care; 2007; 18(1):3-11.
  53. Ma Y, Pagoto SL, Griffith JA, Ockene IS, Merriam PA, Hafner AR, and Olendzki BC. A Dietary Quality Comparison of Popular Weight-Loss Plans. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2007, 107: 1786-1791.
  54. Pagoto SL, Bodenlos JS, Kantor L, Gitkind M, Curtin C and Ma Y. Association of major depression and binge eating disorder with weight loss in a clinical setting. Obesity; 2007, 15(11):2557-25579.
  55. Thomas G, Mathew AC, Shankar SLR, and Ma Y. Body Mass Index Cut-off values for Identifying Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Adult Women in India. South Asian Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2007, 11(3):100-114.
  56. Ma Y, Olendzki B, Merriam PA, Chiriboga D, Culver A, Li W, Hebert JR, Ockene IS, Griffith JA, Pagoto SL. A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Low-Glycemic Index versus ADA Dietary Education among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrition, 2008, 24(1):45-56.
  57. Pagoto SL, Kantor L, Bodenlos J, Gitkind M and Ma Y. Adoption of the Diabetes Prevention Program in a hospital-based weight loss clinic. Health Psychology; 2008, 27 (1 suppl): S91-8.
  58. Chiriboga D, Ma Y, Hebert JR, Li W, Pagoto SL, Olendzki B, Merriam PA, Ockene IS. Gender differences in predictors of body weight and body weight change in Healthy Adults, Obesity, 2008, 16(1):137-45.
  59. Ma Y, Li W, Olendzki B, Pagoto SL, Merriam P, Chiriboga D, Griffith JA, Bodenlos J, Wang Y, Ockene IS. Dietary Quality 1 Year after Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2008, 18(2): 240-246.
  60. Ma Y, Chiriboga D, Olendzki B. Dietary Education and Counseling Should Be Emphasized for Coronary Heart Disease Patients. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2008, 108(2): 246-247.
  61. Griffith JA, Ma Y, Chasan-Taber L, Olendzki B, Chiriboga D, Stanek III EJ, Merriam PA, Ockene IS. Association between dietary glycemic index, glycemic load and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Nutrition, 2008, 24(5), 401-406.
  62. Olendzki BC, Ma Y, Hebert JR, Pagoto SL, Merriam PA, Rosal MC, and Ockene IS. Underreporting of energy intake and associated factors in a Latino population at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2008,108(6): 10003-8.
  63. Pagoto SL, Bodenlos J, Schneider K, Olendzki BC, Spates RC, and Ma Y. Initial Investigation of Behavioral Activation Therapy for Co-Morbid Major Depressive Disorder and Obesity. Psvchotherapv: Theorv, Research, Practice. 2008;45(3):410-415.
  64. Ma Y, Hébert J, Li W, Bertone-Johnson E, Olendzki B, Pagoto S, Tinker L, Rosal M, Ockene I, Ockene J, Griffith J, and Liu S. Association between dietary fiber and markers of systemic inflammation in the Women’s Heath Initiative Observational Study. Nutrition,2008, 24(10):941-9.
  65. Schneider KL, Bodenlos JS, Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Oleski J, Merriam PA, Crawford S, Ockene IS and Pagoto SL. Design and Methods for a Randomized Clinical Trial Treating Co-Morbid Obesity and Major Depressive Disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 2008, 77:1-11.
  66. Pagoto SL, Curtin C, Lemon SC, Bandini L, Schneider K, Bodenlos JS, and Ma Y. Association between adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obesity in the US population. Obesity. 2009;17(3):539-44.
  67. Chiriboga DE, Ma Y, Li W, Stanek III E, Hébert JR, Merriam PA, Rawson ES, and Ockene IS. Seasonal and Gender Variation of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Healthy Adults: A Longitudinal Study. Clinical Chemistry, 2009, 55: 313-321.
  68. Pagoto SL, Ma Y, Bodenlos JS, Olendzki BC, Rosal, MC, Merriam PA, and Ockene IS. Association of Depressive Symptoms and Lifestyle Behaviors among Latinos at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of American Dietetic Association, 2009;109(7):1246-50.
  69. Merriam P, Tellez T, Rosal M, Olendzki B, Ma Y, Pagoto S. Ockene I. Methodology of a diabetes prevention translational research project utilizing a community-academic partnership for implementation in an underserved Latino community. BMC Med Res Meth, 2009, Mar 13; 9:20.
  70. Olendzki B, Ma Y, Schneider K, Merriam P, Culver A, Ockene I, Pagoto S. A simple dietary message to improve dietary quality: results from a pilot investigation. Nutrition. 2009: 55(7): 736-744.
  71. Pagoto SL Schneider KL, Oleski J, Bodenlos JS, Merriam PA, and Ma Y. Design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the Sunless Study: A skin cancer prevention intervention promoting sunless tanning among beach visitors. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:50.
  72. Mathew A, Jose A, Shankar A, and Ma Y. Familial Aggregation of Hypertension, Obesity, and Diabetes among Adult Women in South India. South Asian Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2008: 12(1):37-47.
  73. Ma Y, Olendzki BC, Pagoto SL, Hurley TG, Magner RP, Ockene IS, Schneider K, Merriam PA, and Hébert JR. Number of 24-Hour Diet Recalls Needed to Estimate Energy Intake. Annals of Epidemiology. 2009; 19(8):553-9.
  74. Mathew A, Jose A, Soubhya TB, Shankar R, Ramalingam S, Chacko TB, Rajendran G, Vaidyanathan C, Bhuvaneswaran JS and Ma Y. Association of physical inactivity with the risk of coronary heart disease. South Asian Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2009:April.

Book Chapters

  1. Ma Y, Hebert JR, Ebbeling CB, and Ockene IS. International aspects of coronary heart disease epidemiology. In: Becker RC, Alpert JS, eds. Cardiovascular Medicine-Practice and Management. Arnold, London  , 2001.
  2. Hebert JR, Ma Y, Ebbeling CB, Matthews CE and Ockene IS. Self-Report Data: Identifying Sources of Bias to Improve Estimates of Dietary Intake and Intervention Compliance. In: Burke LE, Ockene IS, editors. Compliance in Healthcare and Research. Armonk, NY : Futura Publishing Company, Inc.; 2001:163-179.

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