Services

Church Activities

• Umpire for Loma Linda Unversity Church summer softball league (07/2001 - 07/2007)
• Loma Linda University Church Deacon (07/1980 - Present)

Committee Membership (LLU)

• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Shanice Hunt.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Exploring the Relationship between COVID-19 Excess Mortality, COVID-19 Guidelines and Political Parties in the United States" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Innocent Durugbo.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Alcohol and Smoking and Spirituality" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Raeann Leal.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Interaction of Behavioral Factors (Sleep, Exercise, Diet) on Heart Health Outcomes among Participants with Depression in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Survey" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Abel Alvarez.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The Influence of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Hispanics in Southern California"  (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Ladrea S. Williams.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Perceived Threat of Maternal Mortality in Black Women Living in South Carolina" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Kristy Whitcomb.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Rhode Island Home Visiting and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome:  Best Practices for Family Engagement" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Andrea Salcedo.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Amplifying Undocumented Latina's Perceptions on Food Relief Programs" (08/2022 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee member.  Student:  Alaa Alabadi-Bieman.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The Loma Linda Longevity Study" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Razaz Shaheen.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The Associatoin between Lifestyle and Infectious Diseases" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Alicia Carranza.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Trauma Informed Healthy Lifestyle Program for Transitional Age Foster Youth: A Pilot Study" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Kimberley Brown.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Attitudes and Beliefs that Impact Stigmas among Black Women Seeing Mental Helath Services" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Dawn Lewis.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Comparison of Church-based Virtual and In-person Diabetes Education Programs in a Post-Pandemic Environment" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee member.  Student:  Alimat Adebiyi.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Improving Infant & Maternal Outcomes among Black Women" (08/2021 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee member.  Student:  Fatimah Alramadhan.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Type II Diabetes Self-management in the Muslim Community in California" (08/2020 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee member.  Student:  Brigette Hinds.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Voluntary and Involuntary Responses to Statements about COVID-19 by the Federal COVID-19 Task force and Implecations for Helath Literacy" (08/2020 - 06/2022)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Ahmed Al Abdrabalnabi.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The Effect of a Diet Supplemented with Walnuts on Metabolic Syndrome in an Elderly Cohort" (08/2017 - 06/2019)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Stiudent:  Cynthia Jean-Baptiste.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Cross-cultural assessment of stressful life events and the influence of social capital" (09/2019 - Present)
• Doctoral  Committee Member.  Student:  Ahmed Al Abdrabalnabi.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The effect of a diet supplemented with walnuts on metabolic syndrome in an elderly cohort" (09/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Kathy Rovito.  DrPH Dissertation:  "A socio-ecological approach to understanding social connectedness & the mental and emotional well-being of young adult U.S. males" (01/2019 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Ashley Williams.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Use of the Health Belief model to study high school students' perceptions of their school attendance" (01/2019 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Eiman Alghmdi.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Exergaming and Body Mass Index among Female Adolescents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia" (03/2017 - 12/2017)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Marina Gettas.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Co-morbid Mental Illness and Diabetes:  Medical Care and Mortality". (09/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Steve Serrao.  PhD Dissertation:  "Angiodysplasia of the Gastrointestinal Tract". (09/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Pheakdey Linde Chea.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Depression and Stress among Asian Americans in California". (09/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Chair.  Student:  Seiji Matsumoto.  PhD Dissertation:  "Does Diet Modify the Effects of Air Pollutants on Cardiovascular Mortality in the Adventist health Study-2 Cohort?" (09/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Sen Luu.  DrPH Dissertation:  "The Health Profile of the Oldest Elderly Adventists and the Association between Lifestyle Characteristics and Health". (06/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Alsanussi Elsherif.  DrPH Dissetation:  "The Association between Added Sugar Intake, Especially Non-fruit Fructose, and the Risk of Stroke in the AHS-2". (07/2016 - Present)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Lida Gharibvand.  PhD Dissertation:  "Long- term Concentrations of Ambient Air Pollutants and Risk of Lung Cancer". (07/2015 - 09/2016)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Manijeh Nezami.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Dairy and Beverage Intake and Obesity risk in Teens". (09/2013 - 06/2015)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  David Shavlik.  PhD Dissertation:  "Modeling Air Pollution and Coronary Heart Disease Events in a National Cohort of Seventh-day Adventists". (06/2013 - 06/2018)
• Doctoral Committee Member.  Student:  Lydia S. Showa.  DrPH Dissertation:  "Factors that Contribute to Iron Deficiency anemia among Infants who attend the WIC Program in San Bernardino" (09/1999 - 06/2001)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Donna Thorpe DrPH Dissertation:  The effects of diet and exercise on fragility fractures over 25 years of follow-up in the Adventist Health Study (09/2005 - 06/2007)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Kerry Stonebrook DrPH Dissertation:  The association between lifestyle factors and inflammatory markers (09/2007 - 06/2009)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Ralph Peterson DrPH Dissertation:  Concentrations of adiponectin, leptin, and ghrelin and interrelationships with body fatness and glycemic control before and after a culturally sensitive diabetes program for Hispanic community patients with type-2 diabetes (09/2008 - 06/2010)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Anuj Bhatia DrPH Dissertation:  Tuberculosis cases for San Bernardino County from 1993-2004:  A retrospective analysis and comparison of lifestyle, demographic, and environmental elements and possible associations between risk factors. (09/2008 - 06/2010)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Rhonda Hwang Spencer DrPH Dissertation:  Impact of ambient air pollution on survival of renal transplant recipients (09/2008 - 06/2010)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Lie Hong Chen DrPH Dissertation:  CHD mortality and long-term exposure to ambient particulate air pollutants in Elderly non-smoking California residents. (09/2010 - 06/2011)
• Doctoral Committee Chair Student:  Tahereh Zamansani DrPH Dissertation:  Fruit and vegetable intake and exercise versus stroke mortality:  results from the Adventist Health Study-1 (09/2010 - 06/2013)
• Doctoral Committee Chair Student:  Shiva Metghalchi DrPH Dissertation:  Effect of long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of emphysema in non-smoking California adults: results from the AHSMOG Study. (09/2010 - 06/2012)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Gina Wheeler DrPH Dissertation:  "En Balance":  the effects of Spanish diatetes education on exerecise changes and diabetes control. (09/2010 - 06/2012)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Kemi Adesina-Wosu DrPH Dissertation:  The relationship between perceived stress and psychosocial support (09/2011 - 06/2013)
• Doctoral Committee Chair Student:  Khaled Bahjri DrPH Dissertation:  Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and fatal Parkinson''s disease (09/2011 - 06/2014)
• Doctoral Committee Chair Student:  Gul-E-Rana Shafi DrPH Dissertation:  Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of breast cancer (09/2011 - 06/2015)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Marissa Brash DrPH Dissertation:  The association between the intake of fatty acids and other dietary components and the incidence of systemic erythematosus lupus (SLE) (09/2012 - 06/2014)
• Doctoral Committee Member Stuident:  Zuhair Natto DrPH Dissertation:  Long-term concentrations of ambient air pollutants and risk of death among subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. (09/2012 - 06/2014)
• Doctoral Committee Member Student:  Didit Damayanti DrPH Dissertation:  Foods associated with vitamin B12 status among vegetarian and non-vegetarian participants of the AHS-2 calibration study. (01/2013 - 09/2014)
• Doctoral Committee member Student:  Abdullah Marghalani DrPH Dissertaton:  Fluid Intake and Health:  Results from the AHS-2 (01/2013 - 06/2014)
• University Faculty Council (member) (09/2010 - 06/2017)
• LLU School of Public Health Faculty Council Executive Committee (FCEC) (09/2011 - 06/2017)
• Graduate Council (Dr. Zuccarelli, Chair) (07/2010 - 06/2017)
• Faculty of Graduate Studies (representing SPH) (07/2010 - 06/2017)
• University Student Learning Outcomes Committee (Dr. Larry Beeson, Chair) (09/2009 - 06/2017)
• Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee (07/2005 - 03/2006)
• AHS-2 Operating Committee - The bi-weekly meeting of the co-investigators for the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) (07/2005 - 06/2017)
• AHSMOG Operating Committee - The monthly meeting of the co-investigators for the Adeventist Health and Smog Study (AHSMOG) (07/2005 - Present)
• SPH Spiritual Life & Wholeness Committee (07/2005 - 06/2008)
• SPH Admissions Committee (Wendy Genovez, Chair) (07/2005 - 06/2012)
• Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Population Medicine Faculty (Dr. Synnove Knutsen, Chair) (07/1988 - 12/2013)
• SPH core 509 course task force (07/2005 - 06/2007)
• Academic Council (Dr. Helen Hopp-Marshak, Chair) (07/2005 - 07/2015)
• Interschool Faculty Advisory Committee (07/2005 - 06/2008)
• Administrative Council Committee (07/2005 - 06/2008)

Community Service

• 60 gallon blood donor.  Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties (02/1978 - Present)
• Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG) for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Diamond Bar, CA (05/2009 - Present)

Presentations -- Lay Audience

• "Update and Current Results from the AHS-2".  (Report during Sabbath School).  Plaza Pavilion.  Gladstone Camp Meeting, Gladstone, OR.  July 20, 2013. (07/2013)
• "The Role of the Church in the Obesity Epidemic".  Holden Convention Center, Gladstone Camp Meeting, Gladstone, OR.  July 19, 2013. (07/2013)
• "100 Years of Studying, Teaching & Living Healthy Lives".  Holden Convention Center, Gladstone Camp Meeting, Gladstone, OR.  July 18, 2013. (07/2013)
• "Stress in the Christian's Life".  Holden Convention Center, Gladstone Camp Meeting, Gladstone, OR.  July 17, 2013 (07/2013)
• "Living Longer and Better;  Results from the Adventist Health Study".  Vespers speaker.  Desert Hot Springs SDA Church (12/7/12) (12/2012)
• "Is air pollution harmful to your health?  Results from the AHSMOG Study".  Children''s Air Quality - SMOG:  Health Care Symposium.  Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center, Riverside, CA  (4/20/99) (04/1999)
• "What we have learned from a long-term study of diet and lifestyle".  Presented to the Crossroads Rotary Club of Loma Linda/San Bernardino.  San Bernardino Hilton, CA  (9/12/12) (09/2012)
• Progress report of year 1 of the Environmental Railyard Research Impacting Community Health (ENRRICH) Study of the San Bernardino BNSF railyard and surrounding communities.  Presented to the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG), Diamond Bar, CA  (1/27/12). (01/2012)
• “Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventist Health Study”.  NEWSTART Alumni Retreat, Weimar, CA (6/27/12) (06/2012)
• “Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventist Health Study”.  Redlands, CA SDA Church.  Special feature for SS. (6/16/12) (06/2012)
• Health Effects of Air Pollution on Directly Impacted Communities.  Clean Air Fair for Seniors.   Renaissance & L''Orange Ballrooms.   National Orange Show Events Center.  Sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.  (11/16/11) (11/2011)
• "Methodology of the Adventist Health Study".  Research Seminar in Health Behavior.  Pitzer College, Claremont, CA  (3/10/77) (03/1977)
• "Cancer Risk from Air Pollution in Adults"  South Coast Air Quality Management District Symposium on:  "The Adverse Health Effects of Air Pollution:  Recent Findings".  Diamond Bar, CA  (3/17/95) (03/1995)
• "Epidemiology: Practice, Research and Policy".  Health Officers Association of California. Sheraton Harbor Island, San Diego, CA  (11/6/03) (11/2003)
• "Impacts of Air Pollution on Public Health".  South Coast Air Quality Management District''s (AQMD) Air Quality Institute, Chino, CA (11/8/06) (11/2006)
• "Impacts of Air Pollution on Public Health".  South Coast Air Quality Management District''s (AQMD) Air Quality Institute, Riverside, CA (11/17/06) (11/2006)
• "Living Longer and Better:  The Health Experience of California Seventh-day Adventists".  Vespers program, Fresno SDA Church. (presentation was also broadcast live to the Central Valley via KMPH-TV) (5/9/09) (05/2009)
• "Living Longer and Better"  The Health Experience of California Seventh-day Adventists".  Los Angeles Church of Religious Science Organization, CA (8/29/09) (08/2009)
• "Living Longer and Better:  The Health Experience of California Seventh-day Adventists".  Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Retirees Retreat.  Pine Springs Ranch, Mountain Center, CA  (9/21/09) (09/2009)
• Air Quality Management Districe (AQMD) Birefing on the Health Impacts of Air Pollution.  Loma Linda University Conference Center, CA  (9/23/09) (09/2009)
• "Living Longer and Better:  Lessons from the California Health Studies".   Seminar to doctoral students in the Environmentral Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California at Riverside, CA (1/6/10) (01/2010)
• "Living Longer and Better:  The Health Experience of California Seventh-day Adventists".  Los Alamitos Church, Los Alamitos, CA (2/13/10) (02/2010)
• "Living Longer and Better:  The Health Experience of California Seventh-day Adventists".  Pacific Union College Wellness Seminar Series.  Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA (2/27/10) (02/2010)
• "Health Effects of Air Pollution on Directly Impacted Communities".  Environmetnal Health and Safety Training Session; Sponsor: Cimite Civico Del Valle, Inc.  Conference Center at Aspen in the Desert, Brawley, CA.  (8/31/10) (08/2010)
• "Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventist Health Study".  Texico Conference Lay Leadership Retreat, Lubbock, TX. (10/30/10) (10/2010)
• "Research results from the second health survey of the Whitecoat veterans".  Presented at the Damazo Amphitheater, Centennial Complex, Loma Linda Univesrsity. (The audience included Army veterans who participated of Project Whitecoat for vaccine development at Fort Dietrick, MD during 1955-1973.) (3/5/11) (03/2011)
• "Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventis Health Study".  Clovis SDA Church Centennial Anniversary Celebration, Clovis, NM. (3/ 11-12 /11) (03/2011)
• "Health Effects of Air Pollution on Directly Impacted Communities".  Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Air Quality Institute (AQI) Briefing.  Chino, CA (4/20/11) (04/2011)
• "Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventist Helath Study".  Southwestern Union Conference 29th Regular Constituency Session, Keene, TX. (5/10/11) (05/2011)
• "Living Longer and Better:  Results from the Adventist Health Sutdy".   Auburn City Church Retreat.  Sunset Lake Camp, Wilkeson, WA (5/14/11) (05/2011)

Society Memberships (professional)

• Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society (04/1967 - Present)
• American Council on Science and Health Affiliate (07/2000 - Present)
• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Affiliate (07/1988 - 04/2013)
• International Association for Statistical Computing Affiliate (07/1988 - 04/2013)
• Society for Epidemiologic Research Affiliate (07/1973 - 07/2017)
• Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society Affiliate (06/1973 - Present)