Maret G. Traber, Ph.D.

All about E: Guarding the Body

Dr. Maret Traber is a Principal Investigator in the Linus Pauling Institute and Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Exercise Sciences at Oregon State University.

With over 150 scientific publications, Dr. Traber is considered one of the world’s leading experts on vitamin E, the fat-soluble antioxidant that has been linked to the prevention of heart disease and certain cancers. Her research focuses on vitamin E biokinetics, bioavailability, and requirements.

Dr. Traber currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Nutrition, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, and is an Associate Editor of Lipids. She served on the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine Panel on Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds that established the dietary requirements for antioxidant vitamins in 2000.