Prof. Norma Deloris McFarlane-Anderson

Research Interests

• Genetic and Nutritional Factors in Human Disease - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Animal models of preeclampsia
• Genetic and dietary factors in cervical and cancer
• Genetic and dietary factprs in prostate cancer
• Characterisation and quantification of the phytoestrogenic content of some commonly used Hamaican foods and lkevels in health and disease
• Creation of DNA profiles for some Jamiacan trees

Citations

Book, Chapter

• Forrester, Terrence E., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, McGee, Daniel L., Cooper, Richard S., Fraser, Henry S.. Obesity in the Caribbean
• Wilks, Rainford J., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Fraser, Henry S., McGee, Daniel L., Cooper, Richard S., Forrester, Terrence E.. Obesity in peoples of the African diaspora

Journal, Article

• Thame, Minerva M., Wilks, Rainford J., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E.. Relationship between maternal nutritional status and infant's weight and body proportions at birth
• Cooper, Richard S., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Puras, Angel, Tewksbury, Duane, Ward, Ryk, Forrester, Terrence E.. ACE, angiotensinogen and obesity: A potential pathway leading to hypertension.
• Bennett,Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson,Norma, Wilks, Rainford J., Luke, Amy, Cooper, Richard S., Forrester, Terrence E.. Leptin concentration in women is influenced by regional distribution of adipose tissue
• O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Duff, Edith M., Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A.. Risk Assessment in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus [Abstracts]
• Asemota, Helen N., Omoruyi, Felix O., McAnuff, Marie, Dilworth, Lowell L., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Morrison, Errol Y., Harding, Wayne W., Jacobs, Helen M., Ahmad, Mohammed H.. Analyses of natural products in Jamaican tuber crops: The need for biotechnological exploitation
• Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., Forrester, Terrence E., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Chronic diseases: The new epidemic
• Bazuaye, K.P., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Cervical dysplasia in Jamaican women: The role of lifestyle and sexual practices [abstract]
• McKenzie, Colin A., Keavney, B, Abecasis, G.R., Forrester, Terrence E., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Cardon, L.R.. Mapping of a quantitative trait locus for circulating angiotensin 1-converting enzyme (ACE) in Jamaican families [Abstract only]
• Jackson, M. , Walker, S. , Simpson, C. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Bennett, Franklyn I.. Are food patterns associated with prostate cancer in Jamaican men: a preliminary report
• McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Bennett, Franklyn I.., Wilks, Rainford J., Howell, Sharon, Newsome, Cavelle, Cruickshank, J.Kennedy, Forrester, Terrence E.. Obesity and dysglycaemia in Jamaican women: Does the Trp64Arg mutation of b-3 adrenergic receptor play a role? [abstract]
• Levy, Natricha, McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Bramwell, G., Wierenga, Andrea M., Fletcher, Horace M.. Pre-Eclampsia in Jamaican Women: Blood Pressure, Nitric Oxide Status, Polymorphisms in the Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene and their Relationship to Pregnancy Outcome. [Abstract]
• Bazuaye, P. E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. The Association Between Tumor Necrosis factor (TNFa) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical Dysplasia in Jamaican Women [Abstract]
• Bazuaye, P.E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Class 1 HLA-A-B Haplotypes and Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF-a) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical dysplasia [Abstract]
• O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A., Wint, Y.B., Duff, E.M.. High levels of F2-isoprostanes in Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus
• Bromwell, G. G., Levy, Natricha, Wierenga, Andrea M., Jackson, Maria D., Rodriguez-Orengo, Fletcher H., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Plasma Homocysteine Levels, Folate Intake and Polymorphisms in the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene in Jamaican women
• Younger, Novie O., Wilks, Rainford J., Cooper, Richard S., Forrester, Terrence E., Bennett, Franklyn I., Luke, Amy, McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Mendez, Michelle A.. Prediction of total cholesterol levels in Jamaican males [Abstract]
• Forrester, Terrence E., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Cooper, Richard S., Rotimi, Charles N., Morrison, Linda, Ward, Ryk. The angiotensin converting enzyme and blood pressure in Jamaicans
• Duff, Edith M. , O'Connor, A. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Wint, Y. B. , Bailey, Ellen Y. , Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A. . Self-care, compliance and glycaemic control in Jamaican adults with diabetes mellitus
• Wint, Y. B. , Duff, E. M. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. , O'Connor, A. , Bailey, E. Y. , Wright-Pascoe, R. A. . Knowledge, motivation and barriers to diabetes control in adults in Jamaica
• Bazuaye, P. E., Fletcher, Horace M., Smikle, Monica , Jackson, Maria D., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Class 1 HLA-A-B Haplotypes and Tumour Factors (TNF-à) - 308 Polymorphism and Cervical Dysplasia [Abstract]
• Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, C., Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Forrester, Terrence E. . Blood pressure is related to placental volume and birth weight
• Wilks, Rainford J., Rotimi, Charles N., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Kaufman, Jay S., Anderson, S. G., Cooper, Richard S., Cruickshank, J. Kennedy, Forrester, Terrence E. . Diabetes in the Caribbean: Results of a population survey from Spanish Town, Jamaica
• Rotimi, Charles N., Puras, Angel, Cooper, Richard S., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Forrester, Terrence E., Ogunbiyi, Olufemi J., Morrison, Linda, Ward, Ryk. Polymorphisms of renin-angiotensin genes among Nigerians, Jamaicans, and African Americans
• McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Bazuaye, P. E. , Jackson, M. D. , Smikle, M. , Fletcher, H. M. . Cervical dysplasia and cancer and the use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women
• McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Howell, Sharon, Newsome, Cavelle, Cruickshank, J. Kennedy, Forrester, Terrence E.. The Trp64 A rg mutation of the B3- Adrenergic Receptor is associated with hyperglycemia and current body mass index in Jamaican women.
• Cadrin, M., McFarlane-Anderson,Norma, Harper, M.E., Gaffield, J, Begin-Heick, N.. Comparison of the subcellular distribution of G-proteins in hepatocytes in situ and in primary cultures
• Cadrin, M. , Hovington, H. , Marceau, N. , McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Early perturbations in keratin and actin gene expression and fibrillar organisation in griseofulvin-fed mouse liver
• Cruickshank, J. Kennedy, Mbanya, J. C. , Wilks, Rainford J., Balkau, B. , Forrester, Terrence E., Anderson, S. G., Mennen, L. I., Forhan, A., Riste, Lisa K., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Hypertension in four African-origin populations: Current 'Rule of Halves', quality of blood pressure control and attributable risk of cardiovascular disease
• Cruickshank, J. Kennedy, Mbanya, J. C., Wilks, Rainford J., Balkau, B., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Forrester, Terrence E. . Sick genes, sick individuals or sick populations with chronic disease? The emergence of diabetes and high blood pressure in African-origin populations
• Levy, N, Bramwell, G, Wierenga, A, Fletcher, H, McFarlane-Anderson, N. Booking blood pressures and plasma nitrite in Jamaican women with pre-eclampsia
• Nichols S.D., Boyne, Michael S., Thame, Minerva M., Osmond, Clive, Wilks, Rainford J., Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma., Young Ronald E., Forrester, Terrence E.. Cold-induced elevation of forearm vascular resistance is inversely related to birth weight
• Duff, Edith M., O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Wint, Yvonne B., Bailey, Ellen Y., Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A.. Nutritional Status, Self-Care Practices and Glycaemic Control in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
• Kahwa, E. K. , Sargeant, L. A. , McCaw-Binns, Affette M. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. , Smikle, M. , Forrester, T. , Wilks, Rainford J. . Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican primiparae
• Kahwa, Eulalia , Sargeant, Lincoln A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Smikle, Monica , Forrester, Terrence E., Wilks, Rainford J. . Anticardiolipin antibodies and risk of thromboembolic disease in young Jamaican women
• Bazuaye, P. E., Fletcher, Horace M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma. Lifestyle and cervical dysplasia in Jamaica
• McKenzie, Colin A., Abecasis, G. R. , Keavney, B. , Forrester, Terrence E. , Ratcliffe, P. J. , Julier, C. , Connell, J. M. , Bennett, Franklyn I. , McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Lathrop, G. M. , Cardon, L. R. . Trans-ethnic fine mapping of a quantitative trait locus for circulating angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)
• Duff. Edith M., O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Wint, Yvonne B., Bailey, Ellen Y., Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A.. Nutritional status, self-care practices and glycaemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus [Abstract]
• Thame,Minerva M., Wilks,Rainford J., Bennett,Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson,Norma , Osmond,C, Forrester,Terrence E.. The effect of maternal nutrition on foetal growth and blood presure at age 2 years [Abstract only]
• Gossell-Williams, Maxine D., Fletcher, Horace M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Jacob, A., Patel, J., Zeisel, S.. Free Plasma Choline Concentrations During the First to Second Trimester of Pregnancy in Jamaican Women: Implications of Inaduquate Dietary Intake
• Forrester, Terrence E., McFarlane Anderson, Norma, Bennett, Franklyn I., Wilks, Rainford J., Puras, Angel, Cooper, Richard S., Rotimi, Charles N., Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A., Tewksbury, Duane, Morrison, Linda. Angiotensinogen and blood pressure among blacks: findings from a community survey in Jamaica
• Justiz-Vaillant, A., Smikle, Monica , McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Novel interactions between streptococcal protein G (SpG) and immunoglobulins [abstract]
• Smikle, Monica ., Christian, Nicole, DeCeulaer, Karel, Barton, Everard N., Roye-Green, Karen J., Dowe, Gwendolyn, McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Nicholson, G. D.. HLA-DRB Alleles and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Jamaicans
• McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Bazuaye, P.E., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica, Fletcher, Horace M.. Cervical dysplasia and cancer and the use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women.
• Wint, Yvonne B., Duff, Edith M., O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Bailey, Ellen Y.. Knowledge and self-reported motivational factors in aqdults with diabetes Mellitus [Abstract]
• Kahwa, Eulalia , Sargeant, Lincoln A., McCaw-Binns, Affette M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Smikle, Monica , Forrester, Terrence E., Wilks, Rainford J.. Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican primiparae [Abstract]
• Cadrin, M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Begin-Heick, N.. Identification and localization of G(i) alpha 3 in the clonal adipocyte cell lines HGFu and Ob17
• Wilks, Rainford J., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Bennett, Franklyn I., Marvin E., Forrester, Terrence E.. Blood pressure in Jamaican children: Relationship to body size and composition
• McKenzie , Colin A., Julier, C., Forrester, Terrence E., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma , Keavney,B., Lathrop, G.M., Ratcliffe,P.J., Farrall, M.. Segregation and linkage analysis of serum angiotensin I-converting enzyme levels: evidence for two quantitative-trait loci [published erratum appears in American Journal of Human Genetics 1996 Mar;58(3):648]
• Bazuaye, K.P., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica ., Fletcher, Horace M., Rattray, Carole A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma . Cervical dysplasia and use of hormonal contraceptives in Jamaican women [abstract]
• O'Connor, A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Duff, Edith M. , Wright-Pascoe, Rosemarie A.. Oxidative Stress in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus
• Gossell-Williams, Maxine D., Fletcher, Horace, McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Jacob, A., Patel, J., Zeisel, S.H. Dietary intake of choline and plasma choline concentrations in pregnant women in Jamaica
• Watt, Angela. , Garwood, D. , Jackson, M. , Younger, Novie, Ragin, C. , Smikle, M. , Fletcher, H. , McFarlane-Anderson, N. . High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women

Abstract

• Simon, Garfield A., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma D., Fletcher, Horace M., Golden, Kerith D., Wharfe, Gilian H., Ogegbo, O., Bligh, Annie , Branford-White, C.J.. Phytoestrogen levels in Selected Jamaican Food C
• Watt, Angela I., Ragin, C., Younger, Novie O., Garwood, D., Jackson, Maria D., Smikle, Monica P., Fletcher, Horace M., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma D.. Human papilloma-virus (HPV) infection in Jamaican women

Conference Proceedings

• Wilks, Rainford J., Younger, Novie O., Cooper, Richard S., Luke, Amy, Bennett, Franklyn I., McFarlane-Anderson, Norma, Forrester, Terrence E.. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Mortality in Jamaica: Significant Sexual Dimorphism
• Simon, G.A., McFarlane-Anderson, N., Fletcher, H., Golden, K., Wharfe, G.. Descriptive characteristics affecting uterine fibroids risk in Jamaican women : Role of oestrogen availability determinants

Postgraduate Advisement:

• Suckoo,Nadeen
• Newsome,Cavelle
• Chin-Quee,Karis
• Grant,Andriene
• Clarke,Leonie
• Levy,Natricha
• O'Conner,Ann-Tenneil
• Bramwell,Grace-Ann
• Garwood,David
• Duff,Marilyn
• Kahwa,Eulalia
• Vaillant,Angel Justiz