Arnita F. Norwood

Arnita F. Norwood

Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM-Medicine-JHS

Email:
afnorwood@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 815-5783

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD, Nutrition2013
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MPH, Nutrition2010
University of Alabama at Birmingham, MPH, International Health1999
Jackson State University, BS, Biology1994

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine01/2023 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Instructor, Mississippi State University02/2021 - 08/2021
Principal Investigator, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center02/2021 - 09/2022
Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University08/2019 - 02/2021
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine10/2015 - 08/2019

Publications

Journal Article

Jiang MZ, Gaynor SM, Li X, Van Buren E, Stilp A, Buth E, Wang FF, Manansala R, Gogarten SM, Li Z, Polfus LM, Salimi S, Bis JC, Pankratz N, Yanek LR, Durda P, Tracy RP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Mitchell BD, Lewis JP, Psaty BM, Pratte KA, Silverman EK, Kaplan RC, Avery C, North KE, Mathias RA, Faraday N, Lin H, Wang B, Carson AP, Norwood AF, Gibbs RA, Kooperberg C, Lundin J, Peters U, Dupuis J, Hou L, Fornage M, Benjamin EJ, Reiner AP, Bowler RP, Lin X, Auer PL, Raffield LM, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Inflammation Working Group, Whole genome sequencing based analysis of inflammation biomarkers in the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) consortium. Human molecular genetics, 2024 Aug 6;33(16):1429-14412024
Jiang MZ, Gaynor SM, Li X, Van Buren E, Stilp A, Buth E, Wang FF, Manansala R, Gogarten SM, Li Z, Polfus LM, Salimi S, Bis JC, Pankratz N, Yanek LR, Durda P, Tracy RP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Mitchell BD, Lewis JP, Psaty BM, Pratte KA, Silverman EK, Kaplan RC, Avery C, North K, Mathias RA, Faraday N, Lin H, Wang B, Carson AP, Norwood AF, Gibbs RA, Kooperberg C, Lundin J, Peters U, Dupuis J, Hou L, Fornage M, Benjamin EJ, Reiner AP, Bowler RP, Lin X, Auer PL, Raffield LM, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Inflammation Working Group, Whole Genome Sequencing Based Analysis of Inflammation Biomarkers in the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023 Sep 12;2023
Sims M, Glover LM, Norwood AF, Jordan C, Min YI, Brewer LC, Kubzansky LD, Optimism and cardiovascular health among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Preventive medicine, 2019 Dec;129:1058262019
Zhong VW, Van Horn L, Cornelis MC, Wilkins JT, Ning H, Carnethon MR, Greenland P, Mentz RJ, Tucker KL, Zhao L, Norwood AF, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB, Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. JAMA, 2019 Mar 19;321(11):1081-10952019
Gao Y, Hickson DA, Talegawkar S, Norwood AF, Tucker KL, Sims M, Diez Roux AV, Griswold M, Influence of individual life course and neighbourhood socioeconomic position on dietary intake in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. BMJ open, 2019 Mar 12;9(3):e0252372019
Rebholz CM, Young BA, Katz R, Tucker KL, Carithers TC, Norwood AF, Correa A, Patterns of Beverages Consumed and Risk of Incident Kidney Disease. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2019 Jan 7;14(1):49-562019
Bell RA, Chen H, Saldana S, Bertoni AG, Effoe VS, Hairston KG, Kalyani RR, Norwood AF, Comparison of Measures of Adiposity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among African American Adults: the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2018 Dec;5(6):1230-12372018
Hong J, Hatchell KE, Bradfield JP, Bjonnes A, Chesi A, Lai CQ, Langefeld CD, Lu L, Lu Y, Lutsey PL, Musani SK, Nalls MA, Robinson-Cohen C, Roizen JD, Saxena R, Tucker KL, Ziegler JT, Arking DE, Bis JC, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Gilsanz V, Houston DK, Kalkwarf HJ, Kelly A, Lappe JM, Liu Y, Michos ED, Oberfield SE, Palmer ND, Rotter JI, Sapkota B, Shepherd JA, Wilson JG, Basu S, de Boer IH, Divers J, Freedman BI, Grant SFA, Hakanarson H, Harris TB, Kestenbaum BR, Kritchevsky SB, Loos RJF, Norris JM, Norwood AF, Ordovas JM, Pankow JS, Psaty BM, Sanghera DK, Wagenknecht LE, Zemel BS, Meigs J, Dupuis J, Florez JC, Wang T, Liu CT, Engelman CD, Billings LK, Transethnic Evaluation Identifies Low-Frequency Loci Associated With 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2018 Apr 1;103(4):1380-13922018
Min YI, Anugu P, Butler KR, Hartley TA, Mwasongwe S, Norwood AF, Sims M, Wang W, Winters KP, Correa A, Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Socioeconomic Correlates: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Aug 4;6(8)2017
Effoe VS, Carnethon MR, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Chen H, Joseph JJ, Norwood AF, Bertoni AG, The American Heart Association Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Jun 21;6(6)2017
Samuel-Hodge CD, Garcia BA, Johnston LF, Gizlice Z, Ni A, Cai J, Kraschnewski JL, Gustafson AA, Norwood AF, Glasgow RE, Gold AD, Graham JW, Evenson KR, Trost S, Keyserling TC, Translation of a behavioral weight loss intervention for mid-life, low-income women in local health departments. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2013 Sep;21(9):1764-732013
Samuel-Hodge CD, Garcia BA, Johnston LF, Kraschnewski JL, Gustafson AA, Norwood AF, Glasgow RE, Gold AD, Graham JW, Evenson KR, Stearns SC, Gizlice Z, Keyserling TC, Rationale, design, and sample characteristics of a practical randomized trial to assess a weight loss intervention for low-income women: the Weight-Wise II Program. Contemporary clinical trials, 2012 Jan;33(1):93-1032012

Professional Membership and Service

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Member2013 - Present

Committee Service

Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R), Member2023 - Present
Jackson Heart Study Ancillary Studies, Member2023 - Present
Jackson Heart Study Steering Committee, Steering Committee Member2023 - Present
Jackson Heart Study Publications and Presentations, Co-Chair2023 - Present

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Diet quality and mental health in college students: impact on dietary factors including intake of protein, sugar, vegetable and omega-3 fatty acid on depression
Advised: Yulu Wang
2019 - 2020