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Jun Dai Contact: jdai@emory.edu Current Position: Unknown Dissertation: Protective mechanisms of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular disease: a twin study Advisor(s): L. Viola Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D.

Cria Gregory Contact: cgregor@emory.edu Current Position: Unknown Dissertation: Determinants of 5 year changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Guatemalan adults Advisor(s): Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D.

Nyssa Hoch Contact: nhoch@emory.edu Current Position: Unknown Dissertation: Angiotensin II-dependent modulation of T cell function: roles of lymphocyte NADPH oxidase and NF-kB Advisor(s): David G. Harrison, M.D.

Phuong Nguyen Contact: phnguye@sph.emory.edu Current Position: Unknown Dissertation: Efficacy of daily versus weekly folic acid supplementation on biochemical and functional status of reproductive age women in rural Guatemala Advisor(s): Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D.

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Nancy Aburto Contact: gdi9@cdc.gov Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisor(s): Rafael Flores, Ph.D.

		Prakasha Chandra Contact: prakash5vs5@yahoo.com Current Position: Baylor University Medical Resident Dissertation: Enhancing vitamin D nutrition in special patient populations who cannot absorb vitamin D or convert vitamin D to its active form Advisor(s): Vin Tangpricha, Ph.D.

		Siobhan Moriarty-Craige Contact: Siobhan.Craige@umassmed.edu Current Position: Post-doc at the University of Mass, Worcester Dissertation: Extracellular redox state: effect of oxidative stress, diet and aging Advisor(s): Dean Jones, Ph.D.

Min He Contact: heremin@yahoo.com Current Position: Research Associate, University of Kansas Dissertation: Diet and Cancer and Oxidative stress Advisor(s): Dean P. Jones, Ph.D.

Haley Stevens Contact: haleycstevens@gmail.com Current Position: Scientific/Regulatory Affairs Coordinator for the International Formula Council Dissertation: Phospholipid Trafficking, Cell Membrane Physiology, and Nutrient and Cellular transport Advisor(s): J. Wylie Nichols, Ph.D.

Jungiang Tian Contact: jtian1@sanford.edu Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford, Department of Radiation Oncology Dissertation: Redox regulation of intestinal growth and immunity in rat models of short bowel syndrome and chronic alcohol ingestion. Advisor(s): Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D.

		Mary Yeh Contact: myeh@emory.edu Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Acadmia Sinica of Taiwan Life Sciences Division - Dept of Biochemistry Dissertation Topic: Chronic oxidative stress in the alcoholic lungs resulting in protein modification as measured in bronchoalveolar lavage and exhaled breath condensate Advisor(s): Lou Ann Brown, Ph.D.

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Connie Bish Contact: connie.bish@cdc.hhs.gov Current Position: Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Intelligence Services (EIS) Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: Self-Assessed Measures Of Well-Being In Relation To Weight Control Among United States Men And Women Advisor(s): Laura Kettel-Kahn, Ph.D.

Misa Graff Contact: misagraff@gmail.com Current Position: Post-doctoral, Agromedicine Institute at East Carolina University Dissertation: The role of childhood nutrition, pre-pregnant nutrition status, and education on fertility in latino Guatemalan women Advisor(s): Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D.

Holly Symolon Contact: holly.symolon@gmail.com Current Position: Nutritional Scientist at Coca Cola Dissertation: Naturally-Occurring and Synthetic Sphingolipids as Modulators of Colon Carcinogenesis and Roles in Cell Signaling Advisor(s): Alfred Merrill, Ph.D.

Aimee Webb Contact: aimee.webb@gmail.com Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Toronto Dissertation: The influence of maternal cognitive skills, maternal cognitive ability, and maternal schooling on child care behaviors among rural Guatemalan women. Advisor(s): Usha Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

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Janel Hart Contact: janelm1100@aol.com Dissertation: Protein and energy malnutrition and immunological memory Advisor(s): Zoher F. Kapasi, Ph.D.

Sonia Pratap Kim Contact: soniaannkim@yahoo.com Current Position: School Liaison for the Nutrition Friendly Schools and Communities Worksite Wellness Study, University of California, Los Angeles Dissertation: The role of body composition on fertility in Guatemalan women Advisor(s): Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D.

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Andrea Conlisk-Sharma Contact: andrea.sharma@cdc.hhs.gov Current Position: Epideimology Information Services (EIS) Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: Maternal and Child Nutritional Status and Fasting Glucose in Young Guatemalan Adults: an Investigation of the Early Origins of Adult Disease Hypothesis. Advisor(s): Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D.

Sonja Harrast Contact: harrast@bellsouth.net Current Position: Stay at Home Mom Dissertation: Response, Regulation, and Repair by Distinct Subsets of Murine Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Advisor(s): H. Kirk Ziegler, Ph.D.

Jenny Henderson Contact: jschulz@imedoptions.com Current Position: Staff Medical Writer, iMedOptions Dissertation: Biochemical and structural studies of the enzyme, UDP-Galactose 4'- Epimerase, associated with the inherited metabolic disorder, Galactosemia. Advisor(s):Judith L. Fridovich-Keil, Ph.D.

Elena Kuklina Contact: elena.kuklina@cdc.hhs.gov Current Position: Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: Determinants of early child development in rural Guatemala Advisor(s): Usha Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

Alex Lehner Contact: Alex.Lehner@northampton.ac.uk Current Position: Lecturer, Univ. College Northampton Dissertation: Oxidative stress and energy balance in chronic disease Advisor(s): Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D.

Elsa Wright Dissertation: What Are Medical Students' Personal Dietary Practices, and Are They Associated with Their Clinical Attitudes and Practices of Counseling in Nutrition? Advisor(s): Erica Frank, Ph.D.

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Michele Doucette Contact: mdoucette@gsu.edu Current Position: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, School of Health Professions, Division of Nutrition Dissertation: Regulation of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-Anchored Folate Receptor Advisor(s): Victoria L. Stevens, Ph.D.

Drex Earle Contact: drexearle@hotmail.com Current Position: Associate Publisher, Austin Fit Magazine Dissertation: Physical Activity and Oxidative Stress in Cardiovascular Disease Advisor(s): Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D.

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Nadya Khan-Merchant Dissertation Title: Dietary oxidized linoleic acid (13-HODE) and atherosclerosis: a two-faced janus Advisor(s): Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D.

Corinna Lawrence Contact: ruralacres@yahoo.com Current Position: Dietetics Intern, University of Kentucky Dissertation Title: Effect of the Glutathione Synthesis Inhibitor Buthionine Sulfoximine on the Redox State of Cellular and Extracellular Glutathione and Cysteine Advisor(s): Dean P. Jones, Ph.D. / Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D.

Haojie Li Contact: haojie.li@channing.harvard.edu Current Position: Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Dissertation Title: The effects of prenatal and/or postnatal growth on adult body size and composition, intellectual functioning, and educational development Advisor(s): Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D.

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Mary Nellis Dissertation: The mammalian branched chain ?-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex: I. Regulation by branched chain ?-ketoacid, II. Defects in the E1a, E1b, and E2 subunits Advisor(s): Dean J. Danner, Ph.D.

Emma Patten-Hitt Contact: emma@emmasciencewriter.com Current Position: Freelance Science Writer Dissertation: Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases by dietary microconstituents in HT29, human colon adenocarcinoma cells: Consequences on NADP(H) quinone reductase activity and cell death Advisor(s): Mary DeLong, Ph.D.

Meera Penumetcha Contact: nadmp@langate.gsu.edu Current Position: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, School of Health Professions, Division of Nutrition Dissertation: Dietary oxidized fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: possible mechanisms Advisor(s): Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D.

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Carolyn Jonas-Accard Contact: cjaccardi@bellsouth.net Current Position: Stay at home Mom Dissertation: Strategies to preserve glutathione in human and animal models of stress Advisor(s): Dean P. Jones, Ph.D. / Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D.

Carolyn Monteilh Contact: cmontei@emory.edu Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Emory University Dissertation: Effects of anthropometric characteristics of racial differences on stage at diagnosis among younger women with invasive breast cancer Advisor(s): Ralph Coates, Ph.D. and Elaine Flagg, Ph.D.

Jennifer Seymour Contact: jennifer.seymour@cdc.hhs.gov Current Position: Epidemiologist, the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: The diet quality index: demographic and health-related correlates and survival by diet quality score in the CPS II nutrition survey cohort Advisor(s): Elaine Flagg, Ph.D.

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Nicole Guerrero Current Position: Statistician/Epidemiologist, Fairfax County Hospital Dissertation: Premature Ovarian Failure in Females with Galactosemia Advisor(s): Louis J. Elsas, Ph.D.

Amy Lazarus Yaroch Contact: yarocha@mail.nih.gov Current Position: Program Director/Behavioral Scientist, Health Promotion Research Branch, National Cancer Institute (NIC), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dissertation: Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of Two Dietary Assessment Methods Among Low-Income, Overweight, African American Female Adolescents Advisor(s): Ken Resnicow, Ph.D.

Heidi Michels Blank Contact: HBLANCK@chd.gov Current Position: Epidemiologist, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dissertation: Pubertal development and growth in girls exposed perinatally to polybrominated biphenyls Advisor(s): Michele Marcus, Ph.D. / Paige Tolbert, Ph.D.

Rebecca Swanson Contact: balishrs@muohio.edu Current Position: Assistant Professor, Miami (Ohio) University Dissertation: Multiple pathways involved in the repair and tolerance of DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Advisor(s): Paul W. Doetsch, Ph.D.

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Anita Boddie Contact: ABoddiePhD@aol.com Current Position: Ph.D. and Senior Scientist, Rexall Sundown , Inc. Dissertation: Homocysteine metabolism: new methods for homocystinuria heterozygote detection and investigation of the fetal compartment for possible etiology of neural tube defects Advisor(s): Louis J. Elsas

Robin Shern-Brewer Contact: hpbrewer@mindspring.com Current Position: Health Educator, Kaiser Permanente Dissertation: The effect of chronic exercise on the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation in vitro Advisor(s): Sampath Parthasarathy, Ph.D.