Michigan State University
MSU Food Science and Human Nutrition

Faculty

Norman Hord, Associate Professor, Registered Dietitian

Norman Hord

 

MPH, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1994
M.S., Clemson University, 1988

208C G.M. Trout FSHN Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1224
Phone: (517) 355-8474, Ext. 186
Lab: (517) 355-8474, Ext. 157
Fax: (517) 353-8963
E-mail: hord@msu.edu


Research Interests: 

Diet and colorectal cancer risk, and epithelial-immune cells interactions in carcinogenesis.

Instructional Activities:

HNF 320 – Basic Skills in Dietetic Practice
HNF 465 – Nutritional Pathophysiology
Lecturer in the College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Outreach Focus:

Faculty Coordinator, MSU American Dietetic Association-Accredited Dietetic Internship Program. 

Faculty, Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, July 1997-2005.

Dietetic Internship Advisory Committee, Hurley Medical Center Dietetic Internship Program, Flint, MI.

Chair, Diet and Cancer RIS, American Society for Nutrition.

American Dietetic Association, Registered Dietitian.

Great Lakes Cancer Institute, Research Member.

Recent Publications:

Fenton JI, Hursting SD, Perkins SN, Hord NG. 2006. "Leptin induces an Apc genotype-associated colon epithelial cell chemokine production pattern associated with macrophage chemotaxis and activation." Carcinogenesis, 28(2):455-64.

Fenton JI, Hursting SD, Perkins SN and Hord, NG. "Interleukin-6 production induced by leptin treatment promotes cell proliferation in an Apc Min/+ colon epithelial cell line." Carcinogenesis 27(7)1507-15.

Fenton JI and Hord NG. " Stage Matters: Choosing relevant model systems to address hypotheses in diet and cancer chemoprevention research." Carcinogenesis 27: 893-902.

Clark CA, Gardiner J, McBurney MI, Anderson S, Weatherspoon LJ, Henry DN and Hord NG. 2006. "Effects of breakfast meal composition on second meal metabolic responses in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus." Eur. J. Clin. Nutr.  60 (9):1122-1129.

Hord NG. " How Are Dietary Signals (Probiotics and Prebiotics) Processed by GI Cells to Effect Measurable Changes in Immune Parameters Systemically?" J. of Nutr. 135:2914-2915, 2005.

Davis CD and Hord NG. "Nutritional 'Omics' Technologies for Elucidating the Role(s) of Bioactive Food Components in Colon Cancer Prevention." J. Nutr. 135:2694-2697, 2005.

Williams MT and Hord NG. " The Role of Dietary Factors in Cancer Prevention: Beyond Fruits and Vegetables." Nutr. Clin. Prac. 20:451-459, 2005.

Fenton JI, Hord NG, Lavigne JA, Perkins SN and Hursting SD. " Leptin, insulin-like growth factor-1, and insulin-like growth factor-2 are mitogens in ApcMin/+ but not Apc+/+ colonic epithelial cell lines." Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prevent. 14(7):1646-1652, 2005.

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