Faculty Directory

12/2009	RELE 534 Ethical issues of genomics in public health
11/2009	GLBH 565 Practical Tools for Nutrition Asessment (Fall 2009)
10/2009 - 10/2012	EPDM 635 Validation of nutrient and food group intake in AHS-2 (Fall quarter only)
9/2009	NUTR 535 Research application in nutrition - nutritional epidemiology
11/2008	NUTR 543 Recall of remote diet
11/2008	NUTR 543 Surrogate sources of diet
9/2007 - 12/2012	NUTR 543 Design and development of food frequency questionnaires (Fall quarter only)
9/2007 - 12/2011	NUTR 527 Measuring Diet in Epidemiologic Studies Lecture (Fall quarter only)
11/2005	Public Health Nutrition: From Research to Policy A Public Health Seminar on translating public health nutrition research to policy presented for SPH students at LLU.
9/2005 - 12/2005	NUTR 543 Nutritional Epidemiology
9/2004 - 12/2010	Nutr 543 Foods and Nutrients (Fall quarter only)

Interactive Teaching

3/2012 - Present	NUTR 685 Directed study: Salem Said Ali El_Amari. Development of a polyphenol database.
3/2012 - Present	*Post-doctoral fellowship mentor: Marcia Cristina Teixeira Martins, PhD. Life span dietary patterns and incidentce of diabetes in the Adventist Health Study-2.* (Role: primary mentor)**
8/2011 - 6/2012	*Post-doctoral fellowship mentor: Yessenia Tantamango. Dietary patterns and risk of all cancer incidence in Adventist Health Study-2.* (Role: secondary mentor)**
6/2011 - 6/2012	NUTR 699 Directed study: Michael Morledge. The effect of an Adventist diet on cardiovascular events when initiated in older age groups.
4/2011 - Present	DrPH dissertation committee consultant: Edward Nathan. Relation of diet to treatment of hyper- or hypothyroidism in the Adventist Health Study-2. Department of Health Promotion, Loma Linda University, CA. In progress
1/2011 - 6/2012	*DrPH dissertation committee member: Patricia Baron. The effect of diet upon affect and the positivity ratio. Department of Health Promotion, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2012*
8/2010 - Present	DrPH dissertation committe member: Michael Leibow. The ratio of positive to negative affect, flourishing, and health behavior. Department of Health Promotion, Loma Linda University, CA. In progress
8/2010 - Present	DrPH dissertation committee chair: Angeline David. Diet pattern, religiosity and cognitive function among elderly Seventh-day Adventists. Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University, CA. In progress
8/2010 - Present	Supervised MPH research project: Elly Ojwang. Dietary determinants of serum carotenoids in Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) Calibration Study. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Loma Linda University, CA.In progress
6/2010 - 6/2011	DrPH dissertation committee member: Rosario Sakamoto. Relationship between vitamin D levels to blood pressure in a biethnic cohort. Department of Health Promotion, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2011.
6/2010 - 12/2011	NUTR 699 Directed study: Lap Le. A comparison of the nutrient intake estimates in food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) with and without portion size.
6/2010 - 6/2012	Supervised MPH research project: Lap Le. A comparison of the validity correlations between quantitative and semi-quantitative methods of estimating dietary intake. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2012
6/2009 - 6/2010	*Supervised MPH research project: Sirirat Rawiwan. The associations between carotenoids and metabolic syndrome. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2010.* This project produced a poster presented at the 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada, June 2011.
3/2009 - 6/2010	DrPH dissertation committee member: Choon Chew Teo. Assessing the prevalence of inadequate nutrient intake among vegetarians and non-vegetarians using the estimated average requirement: Results from the Adventist Health Study 2 calibration study. Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2010.
8/2007 - 6/2009	DrPH dissertation committee member: Hellen M. Ndiku. Anthropometric parameters of under five years old children with different dietary habits in Ukambani regions: a study in Easten Rural Kenya. Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2009
6/2007 - 6/2008	Supervised MPH research project: San-Ying Lee. The relationship between metabolic syndrome and supplements use pattern in an Adventist Population. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2008.
3/2007 - 6/2009	*DrPH dissertation committee consultant: Yen Ang. Correlates of soy food consumption in Adventist Health Study-2. Department of Health Promotion, Loma Linda University,CA. Completed 2009.*
1/2007 - 6/2009	Supervised MPH research project: Lauren Kearney. Assessment of typical servings of soy products consumed in a sample of Adventists in AHS-2. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, CA. Completed 2009.
9/2004 - 8/2005	Supervised DrPH research project: Jabar Akbar. The contribution of Soul and Caribbean foods to nutrient intake in a sample of Blacks of US and Caribbean descent in the Adventist Health Study-2. Guided and directed a DrPH research project of UCLA student, Jabar Akbar, from conceptualization, data analyses, and editing through manuscript publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Title of research project: The contribution of Soul and Caribbean foods to nutrient intake in a sample of Blacks of US and Caribbean descent in the Adventist Health Study-2.
7/2004 - 9/2005	Nutr 798 Field Practicum. Supervised field practicum of 6 MPH Nutrition students. 200 hrs/student Students were involved in collection, quality control, and some dietary assessment of AHS-2 dietary data.
6/2004 - 4/2005	Supervised MPH research project: Jason Peterson. Computerization of a 7-day physical activity recall (PAR) interview. This project produced a posted which was presented at Experimental Biology 2005, San Diego, CA.