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Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Faculty

Academic and professional preparation:

• University of Otago, New Zealand; University of Auckland, New Zealand; University of Minnesota

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Guest lecturer in SPH:

• EPDM 512 Multivariate Modeling in Epidemiology
• EPDM 635 Epidemiologic Studies of Adventists (contributor)

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Current research:

Adventist Health Study. Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists. Impact of Almond Supplementation on Body Weight and Diet Patterns. Atorvastatin Study.

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Theoretical epidemiology and statistics, cardiovascular and cancer epidemiology, aging and demography, nutritional epidemiology, lipidology, and clinical cardiology and rehabilitation.

2003

Spring 2003 SPHERE newsletter

• Adventist Health Study-2 Part two of a landmark study on diet and health

October 2003

• Nutrition & Health Letter

September 2003

• Loma Linda International Heart Institute

July 2003

• Adventist Health Study 2

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2001

July 2001

• New Adventist Health Study research noted in Archives of Internal
  Medicine

March 2001

• Office of International Affairs

January 2001

• The Dietary habits of vegetarian and non-vegetarian California Adventists

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1999

February 1999

• Providing consultation in research design and analysis
  for the medical, scientific, and business communities

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1998

June 1998

• School of Public Health nutrition faculty and students
  attend scientific conference

March 1998

• Healthy People '98 draws School of Public Health
  alumni and other health professionals to campus

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1997

March 1997

• Diet and chronic diseases among California Adventists

Spring 1997 SCOPE

• Finding the connection between lifestyle and disease

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