Danielle E Haslam

Biography

Danielle Haslam is a nutritional and molecular epidemiologist leveraging diet and omics data from large prospective cohort studies and complementary randomized controlled trials to identify dietary biomarkers and understand molecular mechanisms contributing to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk. Dr. Haslam is particularly interested in leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to understand individual responses to dietary patterns and inform precision nutrition recommendations.

Education and Training

• BA, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Boston University
• MA, Biotechnology
  Boston University
• MS, Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition
  Tufts University
• PhD, Nutritional Epidemiology and Data Science
  Tufts University

Publications

• Optimal Dietary Patterns for Lower Weight Gain and Risk of Obesity Surrounding Menopause.

  Xia T, Haslam DE, Eliassen AH, Manson JE, Sun Q, Willett WC, Bhupathiraju SN, Zhang C, Hu FB. JAMA Netw Open 2026 May 01

  PMID: 42160056

• Plasma metabolites after 10-weeks of glucose vs fructose-sweetened beverages in subjects with overweight/obesity.

  Guirette M, Haslam DE, Ma J, Havel PJ, Stanhope KL, Ilkayeva O, Newgard CB, McKeown NM, Herman MA. J Endocr Soc 2026

  PMID: 42094865

• Pre-diagnostic plasma endogenous steroids and the risk of exfoliation glaucoma.

  Juramt N, Ngo ZZ, Haslam DE, Hwang H, Yu M, Zeleznik O, Pasquale LR, Wiggs JL, Lasky-Su J, Kang JH. medRxiv 2026 Mar 24

  PMID: 41929318

• Multiomics to Predict Individual Responses to Weight Loss Interventions: A Promising Strategy to Enable Precision Nutrition.

  Haslam DE, Hu FB. Diabetes Care 2026 Jan 01

  PMID: 41418032

• Metabolomic pattern of ultraprocessed food intake and its association with colorectal cancer risk.

  Du M, Wang X, Hang D, Wang F, Lu Y, Wang K, Bever AM, Nogal A, Haslam D, Ogino S, Meyerhardt JA, Liang L, Sun Q, Huttenhower C, Chan AT, Hu FB, Song M. Gut 2025 Dec 24

  PMID: 41443985