School of Public Health Faculty Connections

Andrew Haglund, MS
E-mail: ahaglund@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588072
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Geographic Information Systems
Enterprise Information Systems
Educational management Systems

Organizational Contact(s):
Loma Linda University
University of Redlands
ESRI
UC Berkeley

Research Interests:
Health GIS
Remote Sensing
Data management
Emergency Preparedness
Environment

Brian Weed, BA
E-mail: bweed@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587450
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Communication
English
Writing
Editing
Web Marketing

Organizational Contact(s):
Adventist Communicators
North American Division Adventist College/University Communication Professionals and Faculty

Research Interests:
Communication Strategies
Leadership Theory
Web Development

Dora Barilla, DrPH, MPH, CHES
E-mail: dbarilla@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584300 47622
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Policy

Organizational Contact(s):
Urban Land Institute
California County Health Departments
CDC - Healthy Communities

Research Interests:
Healthy Communities
Breastfeeding
Chronic disease management in Delivery Systems
Systems Thinking
Healthcare Quality

Dave Dyjack, DrPH, CIH
E-mail: ddyjack@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584578
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Industrial Hygiene
Occupational Health

Organizational Contact(s):
Petrochemical Industry
California County Health Departments
CDC - National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)

Research Interests:
Asthma
Healthy Homes
Indoor air Quality
PH Workforce Capacity Building
Emergency Preparedness

Donn Gaede, DrPH
E-mail: dgaede@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584902
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
International Health Systems

Organizational Contact(s):
Adventists Health International Systems
National University of Rwanda - Center for Geographic Information System

Research Interests:
International Public Health Information System
Health Facility Assessment
Global Health Capacity Building
Global Health System Performance Improvement

David Shavlik, MSPH
E-mail: dshavlik@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590 47269
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Biostatistic
Nutritional Epidemiology
Air Pollution Epidemiology
Database Management
Statistical Programming
Geostatistical Analysis

Research Interests:
Outdoor Air Quality and Chronic Disease
Survival Analysis and Spatial Autocorrelation
Geostatical Methods

David S. Penner, PhD
E-mail: dspenner@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588217
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Leadership
Administration
Higher Education

Organizational Contact(s):
Alliance to Make US Healthiest
CORO - Center for Civic Leadership
The Pacific Institute (Seattle)
Numerous Institutions of Higher Education in the United States, United Kingdom and Jamaica

Research Interests:
Leadership for 2030: Attitude, Aptitude and the Acquisition of Knowledge and Skills
Visioning: Creating, Polishing and Maintaining an Organizational vision
Leadership and Health: The Effects of the Leader's Personal Health on the Health of the Organization
Institutional DNA: Can an Organization Change its Nature?
Organization toxicity: Is it reversible?

Donna Thorpe, DrPH
E-mail: dthorpe@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584632 82187
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Epidemiology
Physical Therapy

Research Interests:
Bone Health

Eric Anderson, PhD, MBA
E-mail: eanderson@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584573
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Administration

Organizational Contact(s):
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)
J.L. Pettis V A Medical Center

Research Interests:
Strategic Planning
Global Development
Operations Research

Ella Haddad, DrPH, MS, RD
E-mail: ehaddad@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584598
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Nutritional Science
Public Health Nutrition Programs, Policies and Services

Organizational Contact(s):
San Bernardino County Public Health Department Nutrition Program
Riverside County Public Health Department Nutrition Program
Nut Industry (growers, packers, boards, etc.)
Association of Graduate Programs in Public Health Nutrition
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Nutrition Council

Research Interests:
Biomakers of Nutritional Status
Biomakers of Antioxidant Status
Nutritional and Health Consequences of Vegetarian Eating Practices
Role of Nuts and Other Plant Foods in the Diet
Nut Consumption and Cardiovascular Health

Gordon Hewes, MBA
E-mail: ghewes@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584664
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Administration

Research Interests:
Budgeting
Personnel

Gina Segovia Siapco,
E-mail: gsiapco@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584300 47181
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Nutrition

Organizational Contact(s):
Department of Health, Manilla, Philippines
Department of Health, Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines
College of Health Adventist University of the Philippines
Health Department, Southern Asia Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists

Research Interests:
Validation of dietary analysis tools
Comparison of vegetarians and non-vegetarians on body composition and disease/health outcomes or biomarkers
Dietary determinants of health/disease outcomes or biomarkers

Hildemar Dos Santos, MD, DrPH, CHES, ACSM
E-mail: hdossantos@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588746
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Chronic Disease Prevention
Weight Control
Smoking Cessation
Community Health

Organizational Contact(s):
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
American College of Sports Medicine

Research Interests:
Overweight and Obesity
Childhood Obesity
Community Health Programs

Helen Hopp Marshak, PhD, MS
E-mail: hhoppmarshak@llu.edu
Phone: 9095581000 47229
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Social Psychology and Health
Health Promotion and Education

Organizational Contact(s):
American Psychological Association (Health Psychology Division)
American Association of Health Education

Research Interests:
Behavior Modification
Smoking Prevention and Cessation
HIV/AIDS
Asthma Education
Evaluation Research (smoking, nutrition)
Psychosocial Factors Related to Health Behaviors

Jim Banta, PhD, MPH
E-mail: jbanta@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587753
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Services Research
Mental Health Research Secondary Data Analysis

Organizational Contact(s):
California Department of Mental Health
LLU Department of Psychiatry
LLUMC Emergency Medicine department
LLU Cardiac Services Line

Research Interests:
Co-morbid Mental and Physical Illness
Psychiatric Hospitalization Sepsis
Binge Drinking
Geographic Variation in Health Status/Utilization

Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD, MPH
E-mail: jbelliard@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584902
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Medical Pluralism
Community Engaged Scholarship

Organizational Contact(s):
The Latino Health Collaborative
Public Health Institute
Community Campus Partnership for Health (CCPH)

Research Interests:
Complimentary, Alternative Medical Practices among immigrant Latinos
Lattino Health Issues
Service Learning
Community Based Participatory Research

Jayakaran Job, MD, DrPH, MBBS
E-mail: jjob@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584902
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Global Health
Global Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
ADRA International
World Vision International
Global Health Council
San Bernardino County public Health Department
Cal State University San Bernardino

Research Interests:
Primary Health Care
Maternal and Child Health
Tobacco Control
PHC Programming (monitoring and evaluation)

Jerry Lee, PhD, MA
E-mail: jlee@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584741
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Psychology
Research Methodology

Organizational Contact(s):
Society for the Scientific study of Religion
American Psychological Association

Research Interests:
Religion and Health
Filial Values and Caregiving
Evaluation Methodology

John W. Morgan, DrPH
E-mail: jmorgan@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590 9095586181
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Applied Epidemiology
Cancer Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program
California Cancer Registry (CCR)
California Department of Public Health
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
California Breast Cancer Research Program (CBCRP)
Desert Sierra Cancer Surveillance Program (DSCSP)
International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR)

Research Interests:
Cancer Control and Prevention
Cancer Surveillance
Hospital Infection Control

Joan Sabate, MD, DrPH
E-mail: jsabate@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584598
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Nutrition
Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Internal Medicine

Organizational Contact(s):
American Society of Nutrition
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
PREDIMED Data Management and Safety Board
Center for Health and Nutrition Research, UC Davis
International Tree Nut Council
California Walnut Commission
Almond Board of California
National Peanut Board
Pistachio Scientific Board
Soy Nutrition Institute
Wellsource

Research Interests:
Nuts and Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors
Vegetarian Diets and Health
Growth and Development of Vegetarian Children
Nutritional Epidemiology

Bahjri Khaled, MD, MPH
E-mail: kbahjri@llu.edu
Phone: 9095581000 42819
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Assistant Professor of epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sample Size Calculation and Data Analysis

Organizational Contact(s):
Health Research Consulting Group - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - LLU

Research Interests:
Clinical Research for Residents
Doctoral Dissertation Research for Students

Karen Jaceldo-Siegl, DrPH, MS
E-mail: kjaceldo@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587580
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Dietary Assessment Methods
Nutritional Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
Nutrition Coordinating Center - University of Minnesota
Soy and Almond Industries

Research Interests:
Dietary Assessment Methods
Nutritional Epidemiology

Larry Beeson, DrPH, MSPH
E-mail: lbeeson@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
South Coast Air Quality Management (AQMD)

Research Interests:
Health Effects of Air Pollution
Lifestyle and Longevity
Statistical Programming

Lori Wilber, MD, MPH
E-mail: lwilber@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Epidemiology
Biostatistics

Research Interests:
Maternal-child Health
Statistical Analysis

Michelle Wien, DrPH, RD, CDE
E-mail: mwien@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584598
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Nutrition

Organizational Contact(s):
American Dietetic Association
American Diabetes Association
National Lipid Association

Research Interests:
Diabetes
Pre-Diabetes
Obesity
Nut Research

Naomi Modeste, DrPH
E-mail: nmodeste@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584741
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Education

Organizational Contact(s):
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
American Academy of Health BEHAVIORS (AAHB)

Research Interests:
Women's Health
Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Chronic Disease
Tobacco and Health
HIV/AIDS

R. Patty Herring, PhD, MA, RN
E-mail: pherring@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588729
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Education
Minority Health Issues
Women's Health Issues
Recruiting minorities to Research Studies

Organizational Contact(s):
San Bernardino County Health Department
HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity
CDC
National Medical Association
Operation Reachback

Research Interests:
Improving the Health Status of the Underserved and Disadvantaged
Adventist Health
Women's Health
Maternal and Child Health
Disaster Preparedness
Violence Issues

Pramil Singh, DrPH
E-mail: psingh@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
California County Health Departments
National Childrens Study
Ministry of Health (SE Asia)
UNFPA

Research Interests:
Global Tobacco Control Studies
Body Composition and Health Outcomes
Vegetarian Diet

Padma Uppala, PhD
E-mail: puppala@llu.edu
Phone: 9095581000 47124
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Health
Breast Cancer

Organizational Contact(s):
American Association for Cancer Research - Minorities in Cancer Research
AACR - Women in Cancer Research
City of Hope Medical Center
Southern California Witness Project
Kaiser Permanente - Women Reaching Women
Susan G Komen for the Cure Inland Empire Affliate
Michelle's Place - Temeculla
Windber Research Institute, Pennsylvania
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Research Interests:
Breast Cancer Biomaker Discovery
Proteomics
Toxicology of Organochlorines
Diet and Cancer Prevention
Minority Healthy
Community Health
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

Raymond Knutsen, MD, MPH
E-mail: rknutsen@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Medical Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
University of Oslo, Norway
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Research Interests:
Cardiovascular epidemiology
Chronic disease epidemiology
Epidemiology of aging
Bone health
Fibromyalgia

Renate Krause, PhD
E-mail: rkrause@llu.edu
Phone: 9096515940
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Area(s) of Expertise:
Communications

Organizational Contact(s):
California County Public Health Departments
Loma Linda Broadcasting Network (LLBN)

Research Interests:
Professional Communications (business writing, professional writing, conferences, presentations, programs, seminars)

Ron Mataya, MD
E-mail: rmataya@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584902
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Maternal and Child Health
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Family Planning
HIV and AIDS

Organizational Contact(s):
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
SAVE the Children/USA CARE International
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
University of Malawi
University of Zimbabwe
World Bank

Research Interests:
Health Facilities and Services Assessment
Program/Project Evaluation
Maternal and Child Health
HIV and AIDS

Ryan Sinclair,
E-mail: rsinclair@llu.edu
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Risk Assessment

Organizational Contact(s):
Water Utilities

Research Interests:
Drinking Water Quality
Drinking Water Disinfection for Developing Countries
Smoking Cessation
Emergency Preparedness
Wastewater Treatment
Water Quality Sensor Testing

Rafael Molina, MEd
E-mail: rvmolina@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587762
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
eLearning
Organizational development
Non-traditional educational systems

Organizational Contact(s):
World Association of Online Learning
Inter-American Consortium of Distance Education
Distance Education and Training Council - Accrediting Commission

Research Interests:
Distance and International education

Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD, MPH
E-mail: sknutsen@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584590
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Medical Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
University of Tromso, Norway
San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Cambodia and Laos

Research Interests:
Chronic disease epidemiology
Air polution
Bone health

Susanne Montgomery, PhD
E-mail: smontgomery@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588745
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Promotion and Education: Preventive Care
Social and Behavioral Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
Local, State Public Health Departments
NIH
CDC
African American and Latino Community Based Organizations

Research Interests:
Health Disparities
Community Based Participatory Research Techniques
Teen Issues: Pregnancy, Drug Use
HIV/AIDS
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

Susan Onuma, MBA
E-mail: sonuma@llu.edu
Phone: 9095581000 47108
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Technology
EHR/EMR/Health Analytics and Dashboards
Business Marketing
Strategic Plan Development

Organizational Contact(s):
IBM Corporation (healthcare and life sciences sectors)
Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industries
American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
Hawaii Congressional Delegation

Research Interests:
Global Development
Health Policy
Economic Policy
Disaster Relief

Sujatha Rajaram, PhD
E-mail: srajaram@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584598
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Nutrition in Health Disease Prevention
Exercise Nutrition

Organizational Contact(s):
California Walnut Commission

Research Interests:
Role of Nuts in Preventing Chronic Disease
Role of n-3 Fatty Acids in Health and Disease Prevention
Role of Plant Foods in Optimizing Exercise Performance

Sharon Rushing, MPH, BS
E-mail: srushing@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587001
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Medical Anthropology
Cultural Competency
Health Disparities
Global Health

Organizational Contact(s):
Community Hospital
Save the Children Compaction International
Various HMO's
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
SACHS
LiveWell

Research Interests:
Medical Models
Patient and Practitioner Communication
Social Determinants of Health
Health Literacy
Community Based Research
Culture in Health

Steve Serrao, MBBS, MPH
E-mail: sserrao@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584261
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Healthcare Administration

Organizational Contact(s):
Orange County Health Care Agency
San Bernardino Healthy Communities
TMG Communications
American College of Healthcare Executives
Healthcare Executives of Southern California
Loma Linda VAH
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education

Research Interests:
Healthcare Quality
Outcomes Research
Strategic Planning

Sam Soret, PhD, MPH
E-mail: ssoret@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588750
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Outdoor Air Quality
Medical Geography & Spatial Analysis
Environmental Nutrition

Organizational Contact(s):
South Coast AQMD
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
ESRI
UC Berkeley

Research Interests:
Spatial Analysis/Spatial Epidemiology
Air Pollution Epidemiology
Exposure Assessment Methods
Geographic Health Disparities
Geographic Analysis of EH workforce Deployment
Environmental Impacts Associated with Food Production and Dietary Patterns

Serena Tonstad, MD, PhD, MPH
E-mail: stonstad@llu.edu
Phone: 9095584741
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Preventive Care
Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology

Organizational Contact(s):
Pharmaceutical Industry
Disease Oriented Organization, i.e. AHA, ADA, Obesity Society

Research Interests:
Hyperlipidemia, Obesity, Smoking Cessation
Nutrition
Type 2 Diabetes

Seth Wiafe, MPH
E-mail: swiafe@llu.edu
Phone: 9095587596
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Health Geoinformatics
Environmental Health

Organizational Contact(s):
Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD)
San Bernardino County Health Department
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Research Interests:
Organ Transplantation
Vector Control PH GIS Workforce Capacity Building
Medical Products Donations

Tricia Murdoch, MPH
E-mail: tmurdoch@llu.edu
Phone: 9095588394
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Recruitment of Students

Organizational Contact(s):
Colleges and Universities

Research Interests:
Students Teaching AIDS to Students
Unite for Sight

Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre, PhD, MPH
E-mail: zcordero-macintyre@llu.edu
Phone: 9095581000 57172
Faculty Information System

Area(s) of Expertise:
Clinical and Community Nutrition

Organizational Contact(s):
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
University of Arizona
Group Hospitaliere Pitie Salpetriere, Hepatology research group, Paris, France
Medical Center Research Service, Dr. Jean Medelli, Amiens, France

Research Interests:
Diabetes in the Hispanic community
Obesity in post-menopausal women
Community interventions for the under-served Hispanic population
Dual x-ray absorptiometry DXA
Bone mineral density in cycling athletes