Gladys Block, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
PHONE: (510) 301-2984
LOCATION: 291 University Hall
E-MAIL: gblock@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Vitamin C and cardiovascular disease risk factors
- Antioxidants, oxidation, inflammation
- Nutrient status and disease relationships
- Low-cost computerized methods to help people improve physical activity and nutrition
Selected Publications
Sternfeld B, Block CH, Quesenberry CP, Jr, Block TJ, Husson G, Norris J, Nelson M, Block G . Improving Diet and Physical Activity with ALIVE. A Worksite Randomized Trial. Am J Prev Med 2009;36(6):475-483. PMID-19460655.
http://www.ajpm-online.net/article/S0749-3797(09)00150-0/abstract
Block G, Jensen CD, Dalvi TB, Norkus EP, Hudes M, Crawford PB, Holland N, Fung EB, Schumacher L, Harmatz P. Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2009;46(1):70-77. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.030, PubMed # 18952164.
Block G, Sternfeld B, Block CH, Block TJ, Norris J, Hopkins D, Quesenberry CP Jr, Husson G, Clancy HA. Development of ALIVE (A Lifestyle Intervention Via Email), and Its Effect on Health-Related Quality of Life, Presenteeism, and Other Behavioral Outcomes. J Med Internet Res 2008;10(4):e43)doi:10.2196/jmir.1112. http://www.jmir.org/2008/4/e43/HTML
Block G, Jensen CD, Norkus EP, Hudes M, Crawford PB. Vitamin C in plasma is inversely related to blood pressure during the previous year in young black and white women. Nutrition Journal 2008;7:35. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-35. http://www.nutritionj.com/content/7/1/35
Block G, Jensen CD, Morrow JD, Holland N, Norkus EP, Milne GL, Hudes M, Dalvi TB, Crawford PB, Fung EB, Schumacher L, Harmatz P. The effect of vitamins C and E on biomarkers of oxidative stress depends on baseline level. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2008, 45:377-384. PMID:18455517. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.005, Pubmed # NIHMS66023
Block G, Block T, Wakimoto P, Block CH (2004). Demonstration of an E-mailed worksite nutrition intervention program. Preventing Chronic Disease. Retrieved October 2004, from http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/oct/04_0034.htm.
Other Interests
- Alive! program and improving it for weight loss, prediabetes, elders
- Correcting mis-interpretations of flawed clinical trials of antioxidants
Profile last updated: June 18, 2009