Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
502 Parran Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-2020
E-mail: rwe2@pitt.edu

Research Interests

• Nutritional Biochemistry
• Antioxidants
• Lipoproteins

Research Interests

Principal Investigator


• Estrace Lp(a) Measurements (1993-1995) Bristol-Myers

Co-Investigator


• Epidemiology of Carotid Artery Disease in Older Adults (1993-1998) NHLBI
• Basic and Clinical Studies in Otitis Media (1992-1995) NIH/NIDCD
• Obesity/Nutrition Research Center (1992-1997) NIDDK
• Systemic Steroid for Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion (1994-1997) NIH
• Veterans Administration Merit Award (1993-1998) VA

Education & Training

• University of Wales, Aberystwyth - B.S. Biochemistry, 1970
• Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, England - Ph.D. Biochemistry, 1975

Refered Articles (Published, In Press and Submitted)

Sekikawa A, Curb J, Ueshima H, El-Saed A, Kadowaki T, Abbott RD, Evans, RW, et. al. Marine-Derived n-3 Fatty Acids and Atherosclerosis in Japanese, Japanese-American, and White Men. A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008; 52(6):417-424.

Miljkovic-Gacic, I, Gordon CL, Goodpaster BH, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Kuller LH, Wheeler VW, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Adipose tissue infiltration in skeletal muscle: age patterns and association with diabetes among men of African ancestry. Am J Clin Nutr 2008 June; 87(6):1590-5. PMID: 18541544

Miljkovic-Gacic I, Wang X, Kammerer CM, Gordon CL, Bunker CH, Kuller LH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Fat infiltration in muscle: new evidence for familial clustering and associations with diabetes. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Aug;16(8):1854-60. PMID: 18535552.

Conway B, Miller R, Costacou T, Fried L, Kelsey S, Evans R, Orchard T. Adiposity and Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes. International Journal of Obesity In Press 2009.

Conway B, Evans R, Kelsey S, Fried L, Edmundowicz D. Free Fatty Acids are Associated with Pulse Pressure in women, but not Men, with Type 1 Diabetes". Accepted for publication by Metabolism, March 2009.

Nakamura, Yasuyuki - Relationship between sub-clinical atherosclerosis and Serum CTP mass in Japanese article accepted for American Journal of Cardiology May 2009.

Kramer NS, Kahn SR, Rozen R, Evans R, Platt R, Chen M, Goulet L, Sequin L, Dassa C, Lydon J, McNamara H, Dahhou M and Genest J. Vasculopathic and Thrombophilic Risk Factors for Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Int J Epid 2009 Jun;38(3):715-23. PMID 19336437.

Choo J, Katsumi N, Otake T, Kadowaki S, Kuller LH, Ueshima HMotoyama KR, Curb JD, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Abbott RD, Okamura T, Evans RW, Nakamura Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Rodriquez BL, Kadota A, Edmundowicz D, Wilcox BJ, Sekikawa A. Association of serum n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with lipids in 3 populations of middle-aged men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009 May 27 [Epub ahead of print].

Azuma K, Kadowaki T, Cetinel C, Kadota A, El-Saed A, Kadowaki S, Edmundowicz D, Nishio Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Evans RW, Takamiya T, Ueshima H, Curb JD, Abbott RD, Kuller LH, Kelley DE, Sekikawa A; for the ERA JUMP study group. Higher liver fat content among Japanese in Japan compared with non-Hispanic whites in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009 May 27. [Epub ahead of print].

Shay CM, Evans RW, Orchard TJ. Do Plant Sterol Concentrations Correlate with Coronary Artery Disease in Type 1 Diabetes? A Report from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Journal of Diabetes. Accepted Article Online: Jan 27 2009.

Conway B, Miller RG, Costacou T, Fried L, Kelsey S, Evans RW, Edmundowicz D, Orchard TJ. Double-edged relationship between adiposity and coronary artery calcification in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research 2007; 4:332-9.

Bunker CH, McDonald AC, Evans RW, de la Rosa N, Boumosleh JM, and Patrick AL. A Randomized Trial of Lycopene Supplementation in Tobago Men with High Prostate Cancer Risk. Nutrition and Cancer 2007; 57(2):130-137.

Miljkovic-Gacic IM, Wang X, Kammerer CM, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Kuller LH, Evans RW, and Zmuda JM. Sex and genetic effects on upper and lower body fat and associations with diabetes in multigenerational families of African heritage. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 2007;(57):819-823.

Hudson AG, Gierach GL, Modugno F, Simpson J, Wilson JW, Evans RW, Vogel VG, and Weissfeld J. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use and Serum Total Estradiol in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17(3):680-687.

Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Sutton-Tyrrell KS, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Ueno Y, Evans RW, Nakamura Y, Edmundowicz D, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H, and Kuller LH. Intima-media thickness of the carotid artery and the distribution of lipoprotein subclasses in men aged 40 to 49 years between whites in the United States and the Japanese in Japan for the ERA JUMP study. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 2008; 57:177-182.

Kramer NS, Kahn SR, Platt RW, Genest J, Rozen R, Chen MF, Goulet L, Sequin L, Dassa, C, Lydon J, McNamara H, Dahhou M, Lamoureux J, Evans RW. Antioxidant vitamins, Long-chain Fatty Acids, and Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Submitted to Epidemiology, 2008.

Kramer NS, Kahn SR, Rozen R, Evans RW, Platt RW, Chen MF, Goulet L, Sequin L, Dassa C, Lydon J, McNamara H, Dahhou M and Genest J. Vasculopathic and Thrombophilic Risk Factors for Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Submitted to Journal of Epidemiology, 2008.

Evans RW. Aggregates of saturated phospholipids at the air-water interface. Chem Phys Lipids
1995;78:163-175.

Orchard TJ, Virella G, Forrest KYZ, EVANS RW, Becker DJ, Lopes-Virella MF. Antibodies to oxidized LDL predict coronary artery PCO disease in type I diabetes - a nested case-control study from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Diabetes 1999; 48(7):1454.

EVANS RW, Shpilberg O, Shaten BJ, Ali S, Kamboh MI, Kuller LH. Prospective Association of Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations and Apo(a) Size with Coronary Heart Disease Among Men in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. J Clin Epid, 2001;54(1):51-57.

Remsberg K, Talbott EO, Evans RW, McHugh-Pemu K, Zborowski JV. Evidence for compling effects of body mass, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, and androgens on leptin levels among lean, overweight, and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil. Steril, 2002;78:479-86.

Soedamah-Muthu SS, Chang YF, Otvos J, Evans RW, Orchard TJ. Lipoprotein subclass measurements by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy improve the prediction of coronary artery disease in Type 1 Diabetes. A prospective report from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study. Diabetologia, 2003; 46:674-682

Evans RW, Powers RW, Ness RB, Cropcho LJ, Daftary AR, Harger GF, Vergona R, and Finegold DN. Maternal and fetal amino acid concentrations and fetal outcomes during pre-eclampsia. Reproduction 2003;125:785-790.

Riddler SA, Smit E, Cole SR, Li R, Chmiel JS, Dobs A, Palella F, Visscher B, Evans RW, Kingsley LA. Impact of HIV Infection and HAART on Serum Lipids in Men. JAMA.2003;289(22):2978-2982.

Hegazi RA, Sutton-tyrell K, Evans RW, Kuller LH, Belle S, Yamamoto M, Edmundowicz D, and Kelley D. Relationship of adiposity to subclinical atherosclerosis in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Obesity Rsearch 2003;11(12):1597- 605(December).

Evans RW, Fernstrom JD, Thompson J, Morris SM and Kuller LH. Biochemical responses of healthy subjects during dietary supplementation with L-arginine. J Nut Biochem 2004;15:534-539.

Mackey RH, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Evans RW, Holubkov R, Matthews KA: Hormone therapy, lipoprotein subclasses and coronary artery calcification: the Healthy Women Study. Arch Intern Med 2005;165:510-515.