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Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Academic and professional preparation:

University of California Los Angeles, Loma Linda University SPH

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Courses currently teaching:

• STAT 521 Biostatistics I
• EPDM 512 Multivariate Modeling in Epidemiology
• EPDM 568 Epidemiologic Research Methods in Developing Countries

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Current research:

Body Composition and Aging, Questionnaire Validation Studies, Tobacco Use in Southeast Asia

Recent publications:

Singh PN, Sabate J, Fraser GE. Does low meat consumption increase life expectancy in humans? Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;78(3 Suppl):526S-532S.

Singh PN, Wang X. Simulation Study of the effect of the Early Mortality Exclusion on Confounding of the Exposure-Mortality Relation by Pre-existing Disease , American Journal of Epidemiology, 2001 Nov 15;154(10):963-71.

Trevitt CR, Singh PN. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: pathology, epidemiology, and public health implications. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;78(3 Suppl):651S-656S.

Singh PN, Fraser GE, Knutsen SF, et al. Validity and reliability of a physical activity questionnaire administered to African American Seventh-day Adventists. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 33(3):468-475, 2001.

Singh PN. Does low meat consumption contribute to greater longevity In: Vegetarian Nutrition. Ed. J Sabate CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2001, pp 135-170

Singh PN, Haddad E, Knutsen SF, Fraser GE. The Effect of Menopause on the Relation between Weight Gain and Mortality among Women. Menopause. 2001 Sep-Oct;8(5):314-20.

Other:

December 2002 TODAY

• School of Public health receives $1 million grant to fight tobacco in Southeast Asia

Autumn 2001 SCOPE

• Nutrition department chair edits book on vegetarian nutrition and includes chapters by LLU faculty

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