Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty Profiles
Dr. Helen Smiciklas-Wright, PhD
Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1969
Penn State University
124 Chandlee Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone: 814-863-2913
Office Fax: 814-865-5870
E-mail Address: hsw@psu.edu
Homepage: nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu
Courses Taught
NUTR 358 Assessment Of Nutritional Status
NUTR 490 Nutrition Seminar
NUTR 512 Nutrition and Aging
NUTR 597B Issues In Applied Nutrition
Research Interests
Dr. Wright's primary research is in geriatric nutrition. She is co-investigator on a longitudinal study of nutrition status and health outcomes of rural older adults. She has ongoing research on validation of methods to assess dietary intake.
Selected Publications
Ledikwe JH, Smiciklas-Wright H, Mitchell DC, Miller C, Jensen GL. Dietary patterns of rural older adults are associated with weight and nutritional status. J Am Geriatrics Society, 52:589-595, 2004.
Bailey R, Smiciklas-Wright H, Ledikwe J, Mitchell DC. Persistent oral health problems associated with comordbidity and impaired diet quality in older adults. J Amer Diet Assoc, 104:1273-1276, 2004.
Lancaster KJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Ahern F, Jensen G, and Heller D. Dehydration in black and white older adults using diuretics. Amer J of Epidemiology, 13:525-529, 2003.
Smiciklas- Wright H, Mitchell DC, Mickle, SJ, Goldman JD, Cook A. Foods commonly eaten in the United States, 1989-1991 and 1994-1996: Are portion sizes changing? J Amer Diet Assoc. 103: 41-47, 2003.