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Mary Kyla Shea, Ph.D.

Mary Kyla Shea, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Sticht Center on Aging
Center for Integrative Medicine

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-8016 | Department: 336-713-8016

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., Tufts University , 2007
  • B.S., Fairfield University , 1990
  • M.S., Springfield College , 1994
  • Fellowship, Geriatrics, Tufts University, 2008
  • Fellowship, Geriatrics, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2011

Memberships

  • Am Heart Association
  • Am Soc for Nutrition
Mary Kyla Shea, Ph.D.

Mary Kyla Shea, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Sticht Center on Aging
Center for Integrative Medicine

Research Interests

arthritis, molecular biology/molecular me, nutrition

Contact Information

Academic: 336-713-8016 | Department: 336-713-8016

Recent Publications

Houston DK, Neiberg RH, Tooze JA, Hausman DB, Johnson MA, Cauley JA, Bauer DC, Shea MK, Schwartz GG, Williamson JD, Harris TB, Kritchevsky SB. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D predicts the onset of mobility limitation and disability in community-dwelling older adults: the Health ABC Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2013;68(2):181-187.

Shea MK, Booth SL, Nettleton JA, Burke GL, Chen H, Kritchevsky SB. Circulating phylloquinone concentrations of adults in the United States differ according to race and ethnicity. J Nutr. 2012;142(6):1060-1066.


Rajabi AA, Booth SL, Peterson JW, Choi SW, Suttie JW, Shea MK, Miao B, Grusak MA, Fu X. Deuterium-labeled phylloquinone has tissue-specific conversion to menaquinone-4 among Fischer 344 male rats. J Nutr. 2012;142(5):841-845.

Wilson V, Neiberg R, Tooze JA, Sink KM, Shea K, Williamson J, Kitzman DW, Hausman DB, Cauley J, Bauer D, Harris T, Kritchevsky SB, Houston DK. 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiovascular disease in the Health ABC Study [abstract]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012;60(Suppl 4):S89.

Ma J, Ross AB, Shea MK, Bruce SJ, Jacques PF, Saltzman E, Lichtenstein AH, Booth SL, McKeown NM. Plasma alkylresorcinols, biomarkers of whole-grain intake, are related to lower BMI in older adults. J Nutr. 2012;142(10):1859-1864.

Houston DK, Tooze JA, Neiberg RH, Hausman DB, Johnson MA, Cauley JA, Bauer DC, Cawthon PM, Shea MK, Schwartz GG, Williamson JD, Tylavsky FA, Visser M, Simonsick EM, Harris TB, Kritchevsky SB. 25-hydroxyvitamin D status and change in physical performance and strength in older adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;176(11):1025-1034.

Kritchevsky SB, Tooze JA, Neiberg RH, Schwartz GG, Hausman DB, Johnson MA, Bauer DC, Cauley JA, Shea MK, Cawthon PM, Harris TB, Rubin SM, Tylavsky FA, Houston DK. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and mortality in black and white older adults: the Health ABC study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012;97(11):4156-4165.

Shea MK, Houston DK, Nicklas BJ, Davis CC, Hsu F-C, Tooze JA, Church TS, Kritchevsky SB. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] and inflammation in older community-dwelling adults [abstract]. FASEB J. 2011;25(Meeting Abstracts):595.2.

Shea MK, Nicklas BJ, Marsh AP, Houston DK, Miller GD, Isom S, Miller ME, Carr JJ, Lyles MF, Kritchevsky SB, et al. The effect of pioglitazone and resistance training on body composition in older men and women undergoing hypocaloric weight loss. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011;19(8):1636-1646.

Shea MK, Houston DK, Tooze JA, Davis CC, Johnson MA, Hausman DB, Cauley JA, Bauer DC, Tylavsky F, Kritchevsky SB, et al. Correlates and prevalence of insufficient 25-hydroxyvitamin D status in black and white older adults: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(7):1165-1174.

Shea MK, Nicklas BJ, Houston DK, Miller ME, Davis CC, Kitzman DW, Espeland MA, Appel LJ, Kritchevsky SB. The effect of intentional weight loss on all-cause mortality in older adults: results of a randomized controlled weight-loss trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011;94(3):839-846.

Shea MK, O'Donnell CJ, Vermeer C, Magdeleyns EJP, Crosier MD, Gundberg CM, Ordovas JM, Kritchevsky SB, Booth SL. Circulating uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein is associated with vitamin K nutritional status, but not coronary artery calcium, in older adults. J Nutr. 2011;141(8):1529-1534.

Shea MK, McAlindon TE. The role of vitamin D in osteoarthritis and rheumatic disease In: Feldman D, Pike JW, Adams JS, eds. Vitamin D. 3rd ed. London: Academic Press;2011: 1955-1972.

Shea M, Houston DK, Nicklas B, Miller ME, Messier SP, Espeland MA, Kritchevsky SB. The effect of intentional weight loss on total mortality in older adults: a pooled analysis of two randomized-controlled trials [abstract]. Gerontologist. 2011;51(Suppl 2):518.

Shea MK, Houston DK, Nicklas BJ, Messier SP, Davis CC, Miller ME, Harris TB, Kitzman DW, Kennedy K, Kritchevsky SB. The effect of randomization to weight loss on total mortality in older overweight and obese adults: the ADAPT Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010;65(5):519-525.

Houston DK, Tooze J, Neiberg R, Shea K, Hausman D, Johnson MA, Cauley J, Bauer D, Tylavsky F, Kritchevsky SB, et al. Vitamin D status and lower extremity function: the Health ABC Study [abstract]. FASEB J. 2010;24(Meeting Abstracts):Abstr 93.5.

Houston DK, Tooze JA, Davis C, Shea K, Chaves P, Hirsch C, Arnold A, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with incident mobility limitation: CHS All Stars [abstract]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010;58(Suppl 1):S13.


Shea MK, Kritchevsky S, Miller M. Response to letter: randomized trial of weight loss and total mortality. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010;65(8):905.

Economos CD, Hennessy E, Sacheck JM, Shea MK, Naumova EN. Development and testing of the BONES physical activity survey for young children. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010;11():195.

Shea MK, Davis CC, Nicklas BJ, Kitzman DW, Miller ME, Kennedy K, Kritchevsky SB. The effect of intentional weight-loss on total mortality in older adults [abstract]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(Suppl 1):S122.

Houston DK, Shea K, Tooze JA, Chaves PH, Robbins J, Newman AB, Kritchevsky S. 25-hydroxyvitamin D and physical function in adults of advanced age: the CHS All Stars [abstract]. Gerontologist. 2009;49(Suppl 2):419.

Shea K, Kritchevsky S, Neiberg RH, Hausman DB, Johnson M, Cauley JA, Bauer D, Houston DK. 25-hydroxyvitamin D and lower extremity function: the Health ABC Study [abstract]. Gerontologist. 2009;49(Suppl 2):419.

Shea K, Houston DK, Tooze J, Hausman DB, Johnson M, Bauer DC, Harris T, Kritchevsky S. 25-hydroxyvitamin-D, inflammation, and race in Health ABC [abstract]. Gerontologist. 2009;49(Suppl 2):215-216.

Kritchevsky S, Houston D, Tooze J, Johnson M, Hausman D, Cauley J, Bauer D, Schwartz G, Shea K, Harris T. Serum 25-hydrozyvitamin D and mortality in an older bi-ethnic community-dwelling population [abstract]. J Nutr Health Aging. 2009;13(Suppl 1):S636.

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