Christopher Gardner

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Award, Stanford Prevention Research Center (2005)
• Distinguished Honorary Award, San Jose State University Department of Nutrition (2003)
• Regents Fellowship, Univ. Cal. Berkeley (1988)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

Jennifer Otten

Web Site Links

• SPRC Faculty - C Gardner

Current Research Interests

The role of nutrition and preventive medicine, with particular interests in: plant-based diets and phytochemicals; cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention; weight loss diets; clinical trials and epidemiology.

Clinical Trials

• Effect of Fish Oil on Plasma Triglycerides in Adults Recruiting

Publications

• Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: the A TO Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial. Gardner CD, Kiazand A, Alhassan S, Kim S, Stafford RS, Balise RR, Kraemer HC, King AC. JAMA. 2007; 297 (9): 969-77
• Effect of raw garlic vs commercial garlic supplements on plasma lipid concentrations in adults with moderate hypercholesterolemia: a randomized clinical trial. Gardner CD, Lawson LD, Block E, Chatterjee LM, Kiazand A, Balise RR, Kraemer HC. Arch Intern Med. 2007; 167 (4): 346-53
• The effect of a plant-based diet on plasma lipids in hypercholesterolemic adults: a randomized trial. Gardner CD, Coulston A, Chatterjee L, Rigby A, Spiller G, Farquhar JW. Ann Intern Med. 2005; 142 (9): 725-33
• Efficacy and safety of low-carbohydrate diets: a systematic review. Bravata DM, Sanders L, Huang J, Krumholz HM, Olkin I, Gardner CD, Bravata DM. JAMA. 2003; 289 (14): 1837-50
• The effect of soy protein with or without isoflavones relative to milk protein on plasma lipids in hypercholesterolemic postmenopausal women. Gardner CD, Newell KA, Cherin R, Haskell WL. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001; 73 (4): 728-35