Services

Accreditation Support -- LLU

  • LCME Accreditation Research/Students Affairs Committee   (01/2007 - 12/2009)
  • LCME Accreditation Research/Students Affairs Committee   (01/2000 - 12/2000)
  • LLU Search Committee for Vice-Chancellor for Research   (01/2000 - 12/2000)
  • WASC Accreditation Research Committee   (07/1998 - 06/1999)
  • Chair, Hispanic Faculty Forum   (07/1995 - 06/1998)
  • LLU Tenure Committee      (07/1996 - 06/1997)
  • Hispanic Marketing Advisory Committee, LLUMC   (07/1995 - 06/1996)
  • LCME Accreditation Research/Students Affairs Committee   (01/1994 - 12/1994)

Church Activities

  • LLU Tenure and Compensation Committee   (07/1996 - 06/1997)

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Cell Biology Task Force   (07/1994 - 07/2010)
  • Small Fund Committee   (01/1994 - 12/2008)
  • IMSD Steering Committee - Director Research Core Center Health Disparities (07/2005 - 07/2007)
  • SM Diversity Committee - Chair (07/2006 - 06/2007)
  • SMAC - Advisory; Assistant to the Dean for Diversity (07/2006 - 06/2007)
  • Scholarship Committee - School of Medicine (07/2006 - 06/2007)
  • LLU Diversity Steering Comittee - School of Medicine Representative (09/2004 - 06/2007)
  • LLU Health Sciences Education Task Force   (07/1995 - 06/2006)
  • LLU Diversity Comittee - LLUSOM Diversity Representative (09/2004 - 05/2005)
  • BSFAC Chair      (07/2002 - 06/2004)
  • LLUSM Faculty evaluation committee    (07/2001 - 06/2004)
  • LLUSM Tenure committee      (07/2001 - 06/2004)
  • LLU Tenure and Promotions Committee      (07/2000 - 06/2004)
  • LLU SM Dean’s Search Committee      (02/2002 - 12/2002)
  • LLU Search Committee for Vice-Chancellor for Research      (01/2000 - 12/2000)
  • Physiology Chairman Search Committee   (01/1997 - 12/1998)
  • Research Core Director, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine (CHDMM)      (07/2005 - Present)
  • IMSDMedical Student Training Program Director      (07/2000 - Present)
  • LLUSM Executive Committee    (07/1998 - Present)
  • LLU Deans Council      (07/1998 - Present)
  • LLUSM Admissions Committee - Member since 1998   (07/1998 - Present)
  •  LLUSM Scholarship Committee   (07/1997 - Present)
  • LLU Diversity Planning Committee   (07/1997 - Present)
  • School of Medicine Diversity Committee Chair   (07/1995 - Present)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • Council Member-at-Large - Endocrine Society   (07/2004 - 06/2007)
  • NIH AdHocTask Force – NIDDK New Investigator and Minority Network   (07/2002 - 06/2006)
  • NCI/NIH Cancer Prognosis and Prediction Panel      (01/2004 - 12/2004)
  • NCI/NIH SBIB-F SSS-7 Medical Imaging Technologies Review Panel      (01/2004 - 12/2004)
  • National Cancer Institute - Cancer Institute Partnership Programs Review panel      (07/2000 - 06/2004)
  • Member Editorial Board  - Journal for Minority Medical Students   (07/2000 - 06/2003)
  • Chair, Endocrine Society Minorities Affairs Committee    (07/2000 - 06/2003)
  • Member Endocrine Society Minorities Affairs Committee    (07/1999 - 06/2003)
  • National Research Council -  Biological Sciences Review Panel      (07/1998 - 06/2003)
  • Puente Program- Mentor for Hispanic Students   (07/1995 - 06/2002)
  • Congressional Liaison Committee District Coordinator:  The American Society for Cell Biology    (07/1995 - 06/1999)
  • Congressional Liaison Committee District Coordinator: American Association for Cancer Research   (07/1994 - 06/1996)
  • Affirmative Action: Senior Staff Fellow NCI Representative to NIH Affirmative Action Committee. NIH, Bethesda MD.      (07/1991 - 06/1993)
  • Affirmative Action: Postdoctoral Fellow Representative to the Dean’s Affirmative Action Committee at Stanford School of Medicine     (07/1988 - 06/1990)
  • Minority Recruitment- Interview and recruit minority students for Stanford University   (07/1987 - 06/1990)
  • Minority Recruitment- Interview and recruit minority students for the University of California, Davis   (07/1983 - 06/1987)
  • USAMRMC BCRP Integrative Panel      (07/2010 - Present)
  • NCI/Avon Breast Cancer Biomarkers Panel   (07/2007 - Present)
  • Member National Minority Research Investigator Oversight Committee – NMRI   (07/2006 - Present)
  • Student National Medical Association – Co-re-established LLU Chapter    (07/2003 - Present)
  • National Science Foundation - Developmental and Evolutionary Biology Panel      (07/2000 - Present)
  • DOD Breast Cancer review Panels - Hum Gen, Endocrinology, Translational Clinical Trials, Cell Biology    (07/1998 - Present)
  • “Cita Con su Médico” Radio Talk Show – Invitee, two annual talks on Women’s Health issues and Breast Cancer   (07/1997 - Present)
  • Association of Latin American Students - LLU Sponsor       (07/1993 - Present)

Community Service

  • ALSAD Sponsor - ALSAD is a Ministry of University Church that serves Latino students in a bilingual setting. Responsibilities include; Sabbath School Lessons, Preaching and counseling. (07/2004 - 12/2007)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • American Association for Cancer Research Regular Member (01/1994 - 10/2010)
  • International Society for IGF Research Regular Member (01/1994 - 10/2010)
  • American Society for Cell Biology Regular Member (01/1990 - 10/2010)
  • Endocrine Society Member Board Member (01/1989 - 10/2010)