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1999/2000 Faculty Guest Lecture Exchange Program

Speakers List

NUTRITION/HEALTH PROMOTION/DISEASE PREVENTION

LINDA ADAIR, Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/966-4449.
      Topic: Child Nutrition and Growth in the Philippines
     
Topic: Stunting and Intellectual Development
      Topic: Effects of Reproductive Cycles on Maternal Nutritional Status

JONATHAN ALLEN, Associate Professor (Nutrition Program Coordinator), Dept. of Food Science, NCSU, 919/515-2968.
     Topic: Processing Milk Protein for Hypo-Allergenicity
     Topic: Processing Storage and Biological Properties of Human Milk
     Topic: Delivering Calcium Nutrition

ALICE AMMERMAN, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, CB# 7410, UNCCH, 919/966-6082 (Ph), 919/966-3374 (Fax), alice_ammerman@unc.edu.
   
  
Topic: Nutrition Education for Low Literacy Populations
     Topic: CVD Interventions with Underserved/Minority Groups
     Topic: Quality of Life and Dietary Change
     Topic: Nutrition Education by Physicians and Other Health Care Providers

JOHN J.B. ANDERSON, Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/966-7220 (Ph), 919/966-7216 (Fax), jjb_anderson@unc.edu.
     Topic: Calcium and Phosphorus Nutrition in Health and Disease
     Topic: Phytoestrogens and Health
     Topic: Nutrition and Bone Health Through the Life Cycle

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

MARGARET BENTLEY, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/843-9962 (Ph), 919/966-8392 (Fax), pbentley@unc.edu.
    Topic: Infant Feeding Practices Among Urban, African-American WIC-Eligible Women

KRISTEN BORRE, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, ECU, 252/816-2601.
     
Topic: Cultural Competency and Dietary Assessment for Applied Nutrition Programs

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

LYNIS DOHM, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, ECU, 252/816-2682 (Ph), Fax 252/816-3383, dohm@brody.med.ecu.edu.
    
 
Topic: Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle

CAROLYN DUNN, Associate Professor /Nutrition Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, NCSU, 919/515-9142 (Ph), 919/515-2786 (Fax), carolyn_dunn@ncsu.edu.
     
Topic: Nutrition Education for Parents and Children
     Topic: Nutrition Education for Adolescent
     Topic: Using Alternative Delivery Strategies for Nutrition Education

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

LORNA H. HARRIS, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, NCA&TSU, 101 E. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27411, 910/334-7750/7751 (Ph), 910/334-7637/301 (Fax), harrisl@ncat.edu.
     
Topic: Community Level Health Promotion

ROBERT C. HICKNER, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, and Physiology, ECU, 252/328-4677, (Ph), 252/328-4889 (Fax), hichnerr@mail.ecu.edu.
    
 
Topic: Dietary Lipids and Heart Disease
     Topic: Omega 3 and Omega 6 Fatty Acids
     Topic: Antioxidants

SANDRA M. HICKS, Clinical Assisant Professor, School of Nursing, NCA&TSU, 336/334-7750 (Ph), 336/334-7301 (Fax), hickss@ncat.edu.
    
 
Topic: Genetics in Health
     Topic: Maintaining Healthy Breast Throughout the Life Span

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

KAREN KATULA, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-5839 (Fax), katulak@goodall.uncg.edu.
     Topic: Nutrition and the Cell Cycle

DEBORAH KIPP, Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Service Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5733 (Ph), 336/334-5089 (Fax), djkipp@uncg.edu.
     
Topic: Vitamin C and Bone Remodeling
     Topic: Prolactin and Bone Remodeling

MARTIN KOHLMEIER, Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNCCH, 919/966-7240 (Ph), 919/966-7216 (Fax), mkohlmeier@unc.edu.
     Topic: Genetic Variation of Nutrient Requirements
     Topic: Vitamin K Status and Long-Term Health
     Topic: The Genetics of Bone Fracture Risk

KATHRYN KOLASA, Professor and Section Head, Department of Family Medicine, ECU, 252/816-5459 (Ph), 252/816-4614 (Fax), kolasa@brody.med.ecu.edu.
   
  
Topic: Images of Cancer Prevention: The Nutrition Link
     Topic: Uses of Communication Technologies in Nutrition Education
     Topic: Nutrition in Primary Care
     Topic: Food as Medicine

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

PATRICIA PRICE LEA, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, NCA&TSU, 336/334-7752 (Ph), 336/334-7637 (Fax), hickss@ncat.edu.
     
Topic: Pre-pregnancy
     Topic: Pregnancy and the Prenatal Experience

GAYLE LESTER, Research Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, UNCCH, 919/966-9078 (Ph), 919/966-6730 (Fax), glester@med.unc.edu.
     Topic: Osteoporosis: Risk Factors and Detectio
     Topic: Bone Densitometry as a Means to Determine Bone Health
      Topic: Any Topics Related to Osteoporosis or Bone Density

STEVEN LICHTMAN, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UNCCH, 919/966-1343 (Ph), 919/966-8641 (Fax).
    
 
Topic: Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
     Topic: Celiac Disease
     Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
     Topic: TPN Cholestasis

GEORGE LOO, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Service Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-4129 (Fax), g_loo@erickson.uncg.edu.
   
  
Topic: Death of Cancer Cells by Flavonoids
     Topic: Flavonoids and Oxidative DNA Damage

CHERYL LOVELADY, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, UNCG, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, 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

JACQUELYN W. McCLELLAND, Associate Professor-Nutrition, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, NCSU, 919/515-9148 (Ph), 919/515-2786 (Fax), jackie_mcclelland@ncsu.edu.
   
  Topic: Healthy Aging as it Affects Nutrition Status
     Topic: Partnering to Bring Nutrition Education to Home Delivered Meals Participants

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

CARLA MILLER, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-4129 (Fax), carla_miller@uncg.edu.
     
Topic: Processes of Change in the Management of Type II Diabetes Mellitus
     Topic: Effective Nutrition Education Among Adults with Diabetes Mellitus

JACK ODLE, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, NCSU, 919/515-4050.
     
Topic: Neonatal Piglets as a Model for Pediatric Nutrition Studies
     Topic: Milk Bone Growth Factors as Mediators of Neonatal Intestinal Development in Normal and
     Pathophysiological States

PHILLIP H. PEKALA, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, ECU, 252/816-2684.
     Topic: Regulation of Glucose Transporter Gene Expression

SAM PENNINGTON, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, ECU, 252/816-2076 (Ph), 252/816-3260 (Fax).
     
Topic: In Utero Alcohol Exposure and/or Malnutrition is Associated with Insulin Resistance and Altered Serum
      Lipid Metabolism in the Adult Offspring.

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

WALTER J. PORIES, Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery, ECU, 252/816-4629 (Ph), 252/816-4751 (Fax), pories@brody.med.ecu.edu.
     
Topic: Adventures in Trace Element Nutrition: Think Zinc
     Topic: Trace Element Nutrition, Especially Zinc
     Topic: The Surgical Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus - Longterm Remissions of Type 2 Diabetes

MARC RHOADS, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UNCCH, 919/966-1343 (Ph), 919/966-8641 (Fax), rhoads@med.unc.edu.
    
 
Topic: Glutamine and Intestinal Signaling Arginine
     Topic: Intestinal Cell Migration (Research)
     Topic: Chronic and Acute Diarrhea in Infants: Pathophysiology and Treatment (Clinical)

MARY K. SANDFORD, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, UNCG, 336/334-5132 (Ph), 336/334-5674 (Fax), sandfordldurkheim.@uncg.edu.
    
 
Topic: Reconstructing Diet and Disease in Ancient Populations

ANNA MARIA SIEGA-RIZ, Assistant Professor, Depts. Of Maternal & Child Health and Nutrition, CB# 7400, UNCCH, 919/962-8410 (CPC), 919/966-5984 (MCH), 919/966-6638 (Fax), am_siegariz@unc.edu.
  
   
Topic: Nutrition and Pregnancy
     Topic: Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy

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

MARTHA TAYLOR, Assistant Professor, Department of Food, Nutrition and Food Service Management, UNCG, 336/334-5313 (Ph), 336/334-4129 (Fax), taylorm@uncg.edu.
     Topic: Nutritional Risk of Populations with Limited Resources
     Topic: Hunger Issues in North Carolina

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

WILLIAM H. WAUGH, Professor-Physiology & Medicine, Department of Physiology, ECU, 252/816-2777 (Ph), 252/816-3460 (Fax), waugh@brody.ecu.edu.
    Topic: Oral Amino Acid Nutrition in Sickle Cell Anemia
    

 

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