1999/2000 Faculty Guest Lecture Exchange Program

Speakers List

HEART DISEASE/OBESITY/SPORTS NUTRITION

MELINDA BECK, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UNCCH, 919/966-6809.
     Topic: Effect of Dietary Antioxidants (Selenium and Vitamin E) on Infectious Disease
     Topic: Ability of a Se-deficiency to Permit a Normally Avirulent Virus to Acquire Virulence by Genetic Mutation in the Virus Genome

DAVID BECKMAN, Professor, Department of Physiology, ECU, 252/816-2777 (Ph), 252/816-3460 (Fax), beckmand.mail.ecu.edu.
     Topic: Protective Influence of Antioxidants in the Development of Congenitial Diaphragmatic Hernia

ROBERT G. CARROLL, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, ECU, 252/816-2768 (Ph), 252/816-3460 (Fax), carroll@brody.med.ecu.edu.
     Topic: Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation

ROSALIND COLEMAN, Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics, Department of Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/966-7213 (Ph), 919/966-7216 (Fax), rcoleman@sph.unc.edu.
     Topic: Fat Versus Thin: Acyl-CoA Partioning in Cells
     Topic: Tocotrienols Prevent Diet-induced Atherosclerosis in apoE +/- mice

EVELYN FARRIOR, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Hospitality Management, ECU, 252/328-1350 (Ph), 252/328-4276 (Fax), farriore@mail.ecu.edu.
     Topic: Teaching via the Internet

ALLAN H. GOLDFARB, Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, UNCG, 336/334-3029 (Ph), 336/334-3238 (Fax), goldfarb@uncg.iris.edu.
     Topic: Antioxidants and Exercise
     Topic: Beta-endorphins and Exercise: Implications on Glucose Homeostasis
     Topic: Glycogen Metabolism During Exercise
     Topic: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: Mechanisms and Treatment

BILL GRUCHOW, Professor and Director, Institute for Health, Science & Society, UNCG, 336/334-4777 (Ph), 336/334-4794 (Fax), gruchow@uncg.edu.
     Topic: Diet and Hypertension
     Topic: Lifestyle Issues and Personal Health Choices

ANTHONY C. HACKNEY, Professor, Exercise Sport Science-Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/962-0334 (Ph), 919/962-0489 (Fax), thackney@med.unc.edu.
     Topic: Sickle Cell Anemia and Physical Capacity
     Topic: Thyroid Hormone Response to Environmental Stress
     Topic: Exercise and Energy Metabolism
     Topic: Steroid Hormone Regulation of Protein Metabolism
     Topic: Reproductive Dysfunctions Associated with Exercise

JOE HOUMARD, Professor, Human Performance Lab/Exercise & Sport Science, ECU, 252/328-4688, houmardj@mail.ecu.edu.
     Topic: Insulin Resistance of Exercise
     Topic: Aging and Insulin Action

KRISTINE KELSEY, Clinical Scientist, Clinical Center-Study of Development & Learning, UNCCH, 919/966-5171 (Ph), 919/966-2230 (Fax), kkelsey@css.unc.edu.
     Topic: An Obesity Prevention Intervention for Preadolescent African American Girls

MARK J. KORUDA, Associate Professor and Chief GI Surgery Service, General Surgery, UNCCH, 919/966-8436.
     Topic: Nutrition Support of the Critically Ill
     Topic: Dietary Fiber
     Topic: Nutrition and Immune Modulation

CHERYL LOVELADY, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-4129 (Fax), cheryl_lovelady.uncg.edu.
     Topic: Effect of Exercise and Weight Loss During Lactation on Infant Growth and Maternal Nutritional Status

MICHAEL K. McINTOSH, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Service Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5313.
     Topic: Antiobesity-Antidiabetic Actions of Conjugated Linoleic Acid

ROBERT G. McMURRAY, Professor, Department of Physical Education, Exercise & Sport Science, UNCCH, 919/962-1371 (Ph), 919/962-0489 (Fax), exphy@gibbs.oit.unc.edu.
     Topic: Nutrition in Sport and Exercise - all areas
     Topic: Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
     Topic: Children - Exercise, Nutrition and Obesity
     Topic: Exercise and Weight Loss

GEORGE S. POEHLMAN, Director-Residency Division, Department of Family Medicine, ECU, 252/816-4616 (Ph), 252/816-4614 (Fax), poehlman@brody.med.ecu.edu.
     Topic: Nutrition and Sports Medicine

JASON SHIH, Professor-Nutrition & Biotechnology, Department of Poultry Science, NCSU, 919/515-5521 (Ph), 919/515-2625 (Fax), jason_shih@ncsu.edu.
     Topic: Possible Role of Viruses in Atherosclerosis
     Topic: Discovery of a Keratinase and its Application in Animal Nutrition

JUNE STEVENS, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Epidemiology, UNCCH, 919/962-2756.
     Topic: Regional Distribution of Adipose Tissue: A Risk Factor for All-Cause Mortality

PAUL VACCARO, Professor & Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, ECU, 252/328-0017.
     Topic: Childhood Obesity
     Topic: Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Children
     Topic: Exercise and Children’s Health

ROSEMARY C. WANDER, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-4129 (Fax), rcwander@uncg.edu.
     Topic: Dietary Lipids and Heart Disease
     Topic: Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids
     Topic: Antioxidants