Several key Loma Linda University Health officials and researchers are scheduled to speak at the fifth annual meeting of the Adventist Human Subjects Researchers Association, which will be held in the Centennial Complex May 17 to 20.
The theme for the 2017 convention is “Whole Person and Community Health and Wellness.” The keynote address will be delivered by Vincent Felitti, MD, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Felitti is an expert on how adverse childhood experiences affect adulthood.
Loma Linda University Health will be represented at the event as follows.
Wednesday, May 17
Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, DrPH, associate professor, School of Public Health, will deliver the opening presentation, “How to present your research,” at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 18
Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president, will extend the official university welcome to participants at 8:20 a.m.
Rhonda Spencer-Hwang, DrPH, associate professor, School of Public Health, will discuss “Adverse childhood experience and resilient centenarians and seniors: implication of the North American Blue Zone region for improving the health of our nation’s children” during session 1 at 10:30 a.m.
Lee Berk, DrPH, associate dean for research, School of Allied Health Professions, will chair session 1 on the topic of “Whole person health” at 10:30 a.m.
Helen Hopp Marshak, PhD, MCHES, dean, School of Public Health, will chair session 2 on the topic of “Spirituality and health” at 1 p.m.
Michael Samardzija, PhD, JD, associate vice president for research development, will chair session 4 on the topic of “Community health II” at 3:45 p.m.
Gina Siapco, DrPH, assistant professor, School of Public Health, and Joan Sabate, MD, DrPH, professor, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, will speak on the topic of “Is soy isoflavone intake associated with the onset of puberty in boys?” as part of session 4 at 3:45 p.m.
May 19
Janice De-Whyte, PhD, assistant professor, School of Religion, will offer the devotional thought at 8:30 a.m.
Alexander Larson, student in the doctoral program in clinical psychology, School of Behavioral Health, will speak on the topic of “Church member disaffiliation: implications of religious orientation” as part of session 7 at 1:15 p.m.
Craig Jackson, JD, MSW, dean, School of Allied Health Professions, will chair session 8 on the topic of “Programs, services and businesses of the church,” at 2:45 p.m.
Additionally, displaying posters at the event will be Loma Linda University doctoral students Crystal Valentine and Reggie Lubrica and faculty members Arezou Salamat, MOT, assistant professor of occupational therapy, School of Allied Health Professions, and Heather Javaherian-Dysinger, OTD, associate professor of occupational therapy, School of Allied Health Professions.
This year’s meeting is jointly sponsored by the Loma Linda University Schools of Allied Health Professions and Public Health.
The Adventist Human Subjects Researchers Association was founded in 2013 under the sponsorship of the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics and Research. The association exists to provide a venue for Adventist human-subject researchers to confer on items of common interest, to assist the church in accomplishing its mission, to provide a group of peer reviewers for major research initiatives involving human subjects and to meet related objectives.
Learn more about the speeches and reserve your spot.
The event is open to the public, but advance registration is recommended.