Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA, CCSH
Center Director
Associate Professor of Nutritional Medicine
Director, Columbia University Irving Medical Center of Excellence for Sleep & Circadian Research
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
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Division of General Medicine
622 West 168th Street, PH9-103H
New York, NY 10032
Tel: (212) 342-5607
Fax: (212) 851-5579
E-mail: ms2554@cumc.columbia.edu
The overall focus of Dr. St-Onge’s research is the study of the impact of lifestyle, specifically sleep and diet, on cardio-metabolic risk factors. Dr. St-Onge has been NIH-funded since 2008. She conducts innovative, cutting-edge clinical research combining her expertise on sleep, nutrition, and energy balance regulation to address questions relating to the role of circadian rhythms, including sleep duration and timing as well as meal timing and eating patterns, on cardio-metabolic risk. She has strong expertise in the conduct of controlled inpatient and outpatient studies of sleep and dietary manipulations. Dr. St-Onge was Center Director for the American Heart Association funded Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Center, aimed at determining the causality of the relation between sleep and cardiovascular disease and the specific role that sleep plays in the health of women throughout the life cycle. She chaired the first scientific statement endorsed by the AHA on this topic. She is a strong supporter of the American Heart Association and has served on numerous committees of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health over the past 15 years, currently serving on Council Leadership. She is the recipient of an NHLBI Oustanding Investigator Award, aimed at studying the causality of sleep quality & circadian alignment on energy balance and cardiometabolic health.
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Selected Publications:
1. Makarem N, Zuraikat F, Scaccia S, RoyChoudhury A, St-Onge M-P. Sustained mild sleep restriction increases blood pressure in women: An update from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network. Hypertension 2021;77:e50-2. PMID:33775114. PMCID:PMC8035214. NIHMSID:NIHMS1676625.
2. Zuraikat FM, St-Onge MP, Makarem N, Boege HL, Xi H, Aggarwal B. Evening chronotype is associated with poorer habitual diet in US women, with dietary energy density mediating a relation of chronotype with cardiovascular health. J Nutr 2021;151:1150-8. PMID:33758908. PMCID:PMC8112764.
3. Zuraikat FM, Makarem N, St-Onge MP, Xi H, Akkapeddi A, Aggarwal B. A Mediterranean dietary pattern predicts better sleep quality in US women from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network. Nutrients 2020;12:2830. PMID:32947817. PMCID:PMC7551612.
4. St-Onge MP, Campbell A, Zuraikat F, Cheng B, Shah R, Berger JS, Jelic S. Impact of change in bedtime variability on body composition and inflammation: Secondary findings from the Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network. Int J Obes 2020;44:1803-6. PMID:32132641. PMCID:PMC7387143.
5. Castro-Diehl C, Wood AC, Redline S, Reid M, Johnson DA, Maras JE, Jacob D, Shea S, Crawford A, St-Onge M-P. Mediterranean diet pattern and sleep duration and insomnia symptoms in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Sleep 2018;41:1-10. PMID:30137563; PMCID:PMC6231522.
6. St-Onge M-P, Roberts A, Shechter A, RoyChoudhury A. Fiber and saturated fat are associated with sleep arousals and slow wave sleep. J Clin Sleep Med 2016;12:19-24. PMID:26156950; PMCID:PMC4702189.
7. St-Onge MP, Mayrsohn B, O’Keeffe M, Kissileff HR, RoyChoudhury A, Laferrère B. Impact of medium and long chain triglycerides consumption on appetite and food intake in overweight men. Eur J Clin Nutr 2014;68:1134-40. PMID:25074387; PMCID:PMC4192077.
8. Shechter A, Rising R, Albu J, St-Onge MP. Experimental sleep curtailment causes wake-dependent increases in 24-hour energy expenditure as measured by whole-room indirect calorimetry. Am J Clin Nutr 2013;98:1433-9. PMID:24088722.
9. St-Onge MP, McReynolds A, Trivedi ZB, Roberts AL, Sy M, Hirsch J. Sleep restriction leads to increased activation of brain regions sensitive to food stimuli. Am J Clin Nutr 2012;95:818-824. PMID:22357722; PMCID:PMC3302360.
10. St-Onge MP, Salinardi T, Rubin KH, Black RM. A weight loss diet that includes a coffee beverage enriched in mannooligosaccharides leads to greater loss of adipose tissue than a placebo beverage in overweight men. Obesity 2012;20:343-348. PMID:21938072; PMCID:PMC3677212.
11. Mansour MS, Ni YM, Roberts AL, Kelleman M, RoyChoudhury A, St-Onge MP. Ginger consumption enhanced the thermic effect of food and promotes feelings of satiety in overweight men: A preliminary study. Metabolism 2012;61:1347-52. PMID:22538118; PMCID:PMC3408800.
12. St-Onge MP, Roberts AL, Chen J, Kelleman M, O’Keeffe M, Jones PJH, RoyChoudhury A. Short sleep duration increases energy intakes but does not change energy expenditure in normal weight individuals. Am J Clin Nutr, 2011;94:410-416. PMID:21715510; PMCID:PMC3142720.
13. St-Onge MP, Bosarge A. A weight loss diet that includes consumption of medium chain triacylglycerol oil leads to a greater rate of weight and fat mass loss compared to olive oil. Am J Clin Nutr 2008;87:621-626. PMID:18326600; PMCID:PMC2874190.
14. St-Onge M-P, Sy M, Heymsfield SB, Hirsch J. Human cortical specialization for food: a functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation. J Nutr 2005;135:1014-1018. PMID:15867274.
15. St-Onge MP, Ross R, Parsons WD, Jones PJH. Consumption of a functional oil containing medium chain triglycerides by overweight men increases energy expenditure and decreases body adiposity compared to a diet rich in olive oil. Obes Res 2003;11:395-402. PMID:12634436.
In the media:
1. Wall Street Journal. Betsy Morris. What a good night’s sleep can do for your heart. July 17, 2022. Click link for more....
2. EveryDay Health. Lisa Rapaport. The AHA’s updated heart health checklist now includes sleep. July 1, 2022. Click link for more....
3. EveryDay Health. Jessica Migala. Twitter Chat: What healthy sleep actually looks like. April 8, 2022. Click link for more....
4. Knowable Magazine. The vicious cycle of food and sleep. Dec. 23, 2021. Click link for more....
5. Columbia News, In Brief, How Can We Reclaim Our Sleep After a Year of Pandemic Stress? April 8, 2021. Click link for more....
6. NY Times, Best Foods for Better Sleep, January 1, 2021. Click link
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7. Columbia In Brief: Better Sleep Helps Not Just Our Bodies and Minds But Our Planet Too, Marie-Pierre St-Onge and Brooke Aggarwal, March 11, 2020 https://news.columbia.edu/sleep-health-environment-planet
Thrive Global: Time Changes Are Hurting Us. Let’s Lock the Clock. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Brooke Aggarwal, and Ari Shechter, March 6, 2020 Click link for more....
8. NY Times: The Case for a Breakfast Feast, August 21, 2017. Click link for more....
9. Washington Post: Breakfast, fasting, snacking: Heart panel weighs in on top meal-timing questions,March 9, 2017 Click link for more....
10. The Wall Street Journal: Can Pine-Nut Oil Help Curb a Person’s Appetite? (by Laura Johannes),Oct. 20, 2014 Click link for more....