Education:

• Sc.D. Reproductive Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
• M.S. Clinical Nutrition, California State University, Chico
• B.A. English, California State University, Chico

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the role of vitamin nutrition in reproductive health. Through the use biomarkers, such as plasma vitamin concentrations, my laboratory explores the ways that micronutrient status influences various aspects of reproductive function in both women and men. I am especially interested in the role of vitamin D in reproduction, and I am currently conducting a study on the UMass Amherst campus to measure vitamin D levels in college-aged women and to determine whether vitamin D status influences the risk of developing premenstrual syndrome. I am also developing a study to assess vitamin status and birth outcome in a group of low-income pregnant women in Springfield, Massachusetts. Through a collaboration with environmental health researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, I am also involved in exploring the relationship between vitamin status and reproductive parameters in a longitudinal study of dioxin-exposed adolescent boys in Chapaevsk, Russia.

Selected Publications:

• Wood RJ, Ronnenberg A. Iron. In: Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 10th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore MD. 2005.
• AG Ronnenberg, RJ Wood, X Wang, H Xing, C Chen, D Chen, W Guang, A Huang, L Wang,  X Xu. Preconception hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations are associated with pregnancy outcome in a prospective cohort of Chinese women. J. Nutr. 2004;134:2586-91.
• AG Ronnenberg, X Wang, H Xing, C Chen, D Chen, W Guang, L Wang, L Ryan,  X Xu. Low preconception body mass index is associated with birth outcome in a prospective cohort of Chinese women. J Nutr. 2003;133:3449-55.
• AG Ronnenberg, MB Goldman, IW Aitken, D Chen, J Selhub, WC Willet, X Xu. Preconception folic acid and vitamin B6 status and clinical spontaneous abortion in Chinese women. Obstetrics and  Gynecology; 2002;100:107-13.
• AG Ronnenberg, MB Goldman, IW Aitken, D Chen, WC Willett, J Selhub, X Xu. Preconception homocysteine and B vitamin status and birth outcomes in Chinese women.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2002;76:1385-91.
• C Chen, X Wang, D Chen, G Li, A Ronnenberg, H Watanabe, X Wang, L Ryan, DC Christiani, X Xu. Tofu consumption and blood lead levels in young Chinese adults. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:1206-12.
• AG Ronnenberg, MB Goldman, IW Aitken, and X Xu. Anemia and deficiencies of folate and vitamin B-6 are common and vary with season in Chinese women of childbearing age. Journal of Nutrition 2000;130:2703-10.

Recent Grants:

• Maternal Nutritional Status and Pregnancy Outcome in Minority Women. UMass Amherst Faculty Research Grant. 2/05 – 12/06

Teaching:

Writing in Nutrition (Fall), Basic Nutrition, Nutritional Problems in the United States (Spring), Vitamins (every other Spring)