Services

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Director, Research Education and Training Core, LLUSM Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine          (06/2006 - 08/2021)
  • Admissions Committee, LLU-NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) PhD Training Program and Summer Research Programs, School of Medicine (03/2006 - 08/2021)
  • MD/PhD Committee, School of Medicine    (07/2012 - 07/2021)
  • Admissions Committee, School of Medicine Basic Sciences Graduate Program (07/2008 - 07/2021)
  • Basic Sciences Administrative Team Committee, School of Medicine  (01/2007 - 07/2021)
  • Associate Director, LLUSM Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine   (09/2006 - 06/2021)
  • Member and former Chair- LLU School of Medicine Basic Science Advisory Council   (07/2000 - 06/2021)
  • Organizing Committee, LLU Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium                             (03/1999 - 06/2021)
  • LLUH Research Affairs Conflict of Interest Committee         (01/2017 - 12/2020)
  • Member, NIH-NCI Cancer Health Disparities Study Section  (11/2019 - 10/2020)
  • Chair, Tenure Committee, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine (06/2016 - 09/2020)
  •   R. Bruce Wilcox Mentor of the Year Award Selection Committee, School of Medicine       (07/2019 - 06/2020)
  • Basic Sciences PhD Publication Requirements Task Force, School of Medicine           (01/2019 - 12/2019)
  • LLUH Research Affairs Ad-hoc Committees to Investigate Scientific Misconduct     (01/2020 - 12/2018)
  • LLU Diversity Faculty Forum   (09/2004 - 07/2018)
  • Basic Sciences Graduate Program Reorganization Task Force, School of Medicine (01/2016 - 12/2016)
  • Basic Sciences Core Facilities Oversight Committee, School of Medicine  (01/2014 - 12/2016)
  • LLU School of Medicine Diversity Committee   (07/2001 - 06/2015)
  • Search Committee, School of Medicine Associate Dean for Admissions (07/2012 - 12/2012)
  • Ad-Hoc Committee on Scholarly Contribution, Faculty for Graduate Studies (01/2012 - 12/2012)
  • LLUH Board Research Affairs Committee - Faculty Representative   (07/2004 - 12/2009)
  • LLU School of Medicine Annual Research Symposium: Co-founder and member of organizing committee   (07/2000 - 07/2009)
  • LLU Graduate Council - Faculty Representative   (06/2006 - 08/2008)
  • LLUSM Faculty Evaluation Committee (07/2004 - 06/2005)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • Member and Chair, Program Steering Committee,  NIH/NCI PACHE Partnership between NCI, Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa), and Ponce School of Medicine (Puerto Rico).     (05/2009 - 12/2022)
  • Grant Reviewer, Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (01/2015 - 12/2020)
  • Peer reviewer for over 50 biomedical research journals   (01/1999 - 12/2020)
  • Member, NIH-NCI Cancer Health Disparities Study Section  (11/2019 - 10/2020)
  • Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program, several study sections   (09/2008 - 09/2020)
  • Member, NIH-NCI P50 SPORE Study Section (05/2020)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Elf Zone Inc, a start-up biotech company focused on finding cures for childhood leukemias (01/2016 - 12/2019)
  • Member and Chair,  NIH-NIGMS MBRS-SCORE Program Review Panel   (06/2000 - 11/2019)
  • Member, NIH-NIGMS Study Section for Postdoctoral Research Associate Training (PRAT) Program  (03/2017 - 03/2019)
  • Grant Reviewer, Ohio Cancer Research (03/2018 - 10/2018)
  • Member, NIH-NCI P20 Pre-SPORE Cancer Health Disparities Study Section (04/2018 - 06/2018)
  • Member, NIH-NCI PACHE Study Section- P20 and U54 Partnerships between Institutions to Advance Cancer Health Equity    (06/2008 - 12/2017)
  • Adviser, Inova Diagnostics U.S. Strategic Advisory Committee (12/2016)
  • Grant Reviewer, Florida Department of Health (03/2015 - 10/2015)
  • Grant Report Evaluator, Pennsylvania Final Performance Review, Pennsylvania Department of Health (01/2013 - 12/2013)
  • Grant Pre-submission Reviewer: University of Texas, El Paso; Temple University, Philadelphia; California State University, San Diego.    (01/2006 - 12/2008)
  • Member, AACR Centennial Grant-Research Fellowship Selection Committee    (05/2008 - 06/2008)
  • Tenure Application External Reviewer, University of Texas El Paso and University of California Los Angeles        (01/2008 - 06/2008)
  • Chairperson, AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards for Undergraduate Students Committee   (01/2008 - 04/2008)
  • Chairperson and member,  American Association for Cancer Research-Minorities in Cancer Research Council   (04/2004 - 04/2008)
  • AACR Science Education Committee Regular Member (04/2004 - 04/2008)
  • Mentor, AACR Annual Meeting Science Education Programs for High School and Undergraduate Students      (03/2004 - 04/2008)
  • Member, Scientific Review Committee. AACR Conference “The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved”.   Atlanta, GA,    (11/2007)
  • AACR-Jane Wright Lectureship Award Selection Committee Consultanship (04/2005 - 04/2007)
  • AACR-MICR Cancer Health Disparities Think Tank Regular Member (04/2006 - 10/2006)
  • Member, NIH-NIGMS Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Special Emphasis Panel (03/2006 - 10/2006)
  • Organized and Co-chaired the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Forum on Health Disparities Titled: Genetic Heterogeneity and Race-Based Associations: How Can We Do Better?  Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, Anaheim CA.     (01/2005 - 04/2005)

Community Service

  • Co-Leader, Project C.H.A.N.G.E. (Changing Health for Adult men with New and Great Experiences), an LLU-based community initiative designed to improve the health of African American men, and promote awareness and community-based research on prostate cancer health disparities. Co-Organizer of Project CHANGE sponsored Black Men Health Fairs, Riverside CA, North Palm Springs CA, Brooklyn NY, Ontario CA, Inglewood CA (01/2012 - 03/2020)
  • Community Youth Sports Leader - Division Coordinator and Member of Organizing Committee, Azure Hills Youth Basketball League, Grand Terrace-Loma Linda (12/2005 - 03/2010)
  • Mentor, AACR Annual Meeting Science Education Programs for High School and Undergraduate Students (04/2004 - 04/2008)

International Service

  • International Advisory Committee, Dresden Symposium of Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity (10/2002 - 09/2021)
  • Spanish Translation Team, International Consensus on Antinuclear Autoantibody (ANA) Patterns (ICAP) Website (https://www.anapatterns.org) (01/2016 - 07/2021)
  • Grant Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (03/2020 - 07/2020)
  • External Grant Reviewer, Cariplo Foundation, Italy (10/2010 - 10/2019)
  • Grant Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (03/2018 - 10/2018)
  • Grant Reviewer, Belgium Cancer Foundation (03/2016 - 10/2016)
  • International PhD Dissertation Referee, University of Leuven, Belgium (10/2009 - 12/2009)
  • International PhD Dissertation Referee, Escola Paulista de Medicina (06/2008 - 12/2008)
  • Grant Reviewer, Ireland Health Research Board (10/2007)
  • Grant Application Reviewer, Ireland Health Research Board (01/2007 - 07/2007)
  • Grant Application Reviewer, FWO-National Fund for Scientific Research of Belgium   (01/2004 - 12/2006)