Continuing Access to Harvard Longitudinal Survey Data

The FDA Human Foods Program is interested in obtaining longitudinal data from the ongoing President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) longitudinal studies to monitor diet and lifestyle risk factors, evaluate potential causal links between these factors and chronic disease incidence, and enhance understanding of individual and intergenerational relationships between dietary intake, lifestyle exposures, and chronic conditions/long-term health effects. The data will be used to improve dietary policy and consumer education to protect and promote public health. Key aspects of the job include: • Obtaining longitudinal data from the Nurses’ Health Study original cohort, Nurses’ Health Study II, Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, Growing Up Today Study, and Growing Up Today Study 2 • Analyzing the data to evaluate diet and lifestyle risk factors and their relationships to chronic disease incidence • Enhancing understanding of individual and intergenerational relationships between dietary intake, lifestyle exposures, and chronic conditions/long-term health effects • Improving dietary policy and consumer education to protect and promote public health