Services

Accreditation Support -- LLU

  • Nurses training in preventive care, health assessments and counseling. Jan 12-14, 2022 (01/2022)

Church Activities

  • Stress and Spirituality during the pandemic at Chino SDA Church (Portuguese) (07/2021)
  • Stress and Spirituality Sermon at the Southeast Pacific SDA Church in Redlands, CA. (04/2021)
  • Sermon on Stress and Health at Yucaipa SDA Spanish church (Spanish) (04/2020)
  • Lecture about Stress and Spirituality at La Vista SDA Spanish church (San Diego County) (Spanish) (03/2020)
  • Health sermon on Stress and Spirituality for the Chino Portuguese SDA church (Portuguese) (02/2020)
  • Lecture on Metabolic Syndrome prevention at San Bernardino Community SDA Church (12/2019)
  • Health Lecture on Heart Disease at Rosena Community (10/2019)
  • Sermon on Stress Management at Chino SDA Spanish Church in California (08/2019)

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Member of the Distance Learning Committee at Loma Linda University (06/2020 - 06/2023)
  • Member of the Academic Council, LLU School of Public Health (12/2015 - 06/2023)
  • Chair of the Preventive Care DRPH program committee (06/2014 - 06/2023)
  • Member of the DrPH Health Promotion program committee (04/2014 - 06/2023)
  • Member of the School of Public Health Marketing and Recruiting Committee (04/2014 - 06/2018)
  • Member of the LLU Distance Learning Committee (03/2015 - 06/2017)
  • Member of the Preventive Medicine Research committee (03/2015 - 04/2016)

Community Service

  • Garcia Arts Center San Bernardino - Health Fair May 15, 2022 (05/2022)
  • Loma Linda Lite - A support group for Weight management - Campus Hill SDAC April 26 - May 10 (04/2022 - 05/2022)
  • Health Expos at Drayson Feb 10 and 25, March 02, and May 02, 2022 (02/2022 - 05/2022)
  • Health assessments for LLU students During the stat of the new calendar year. Body composition and health surveys. (09/2021)
  • Health Fair and Food Distribution at the Rancho Cucamonga SDA church Body composition assessments and counseling (07/2021)
  • Lecture on stress management at San Diego Broadway Spanish SDA church (Spanish) Part of a series of lectures for men's health for hispanic communities. (07/2020)
  • Music Therapy Lecture for Stress Management at LLU Drayson Center Lecture with practical music session and a video about brain function and music (04/2020)
  • Full Plate Diet program at drayson center 8 sessions of diet education about increasing fiber intake for weight management (02/2020 - 03/2020)
  • Full Plate Diet Program at Drayson Center Eight sessions of the FPD program emphasizing the use of fiber for weight management and prevention of diseases (02/2020)
  • Health Expos at Drayson Center 2 sessions in February in conjunction with the LLU School of Nursing (02/2020)
  • Lecture on Heart Disease Prevention to the Rosena Community Lecture and health assessments for the Rancho Cucamonga SDA chruch outreach project to the Rosena Ranch Community (02/2020)
  • Lecture on Music therapy for stress relief plus health fair Linda Valley Villa Senior Facility  Music and mental health and performance Health fairs in conjunction with the LLU School of Nursing (01/2020)
  • Health Assessments for LLU University Records Department Body composition and brief counseling to UR employees (01/2020)
  • Health Fair at Loma Linda Market Two health fairs plus a short lecture on longevity and health (08/2019 - 11/2019)
  • Health Expos at LLU Drayson Center Health assessments, vegetarian food, health counseling, health materials, research surveys (02/2019 - 11/2019)
  • Longevity Lectures for Proton Patients meeting at LLU Lecture about the Blue Zones, specifically the LL BZ (10/2019)
  • LLU Lifestyle Health Fair LLU Family Health Fair Health Assessments, body composition, vegetarian food from vendors (10/2019)
  • Health Assessments for employees of the Southeastern California Conference of SDA. Body composition, blood pressure, health and age, HRAs (09/2019)
  • The Full Plate DietDirector of the program since its beggining in 2012. Group sessions with food demos, health lectures, practical applications, exercise activities, supermarket visit and emotional eating.Ongoing monthly sessions (01/2012 - 06/2019)
  • Redlands Market Night Booth for body composition and health counseling (04/2019)
  • Linda Valley Villa Health Fair Body composition, health assessments (04/2019)
  • LLU SPH Healthy People Conference, 2015 Booth for health asseessments and lifestyle counseling. (03/2015)

International Service

  • Diabetes Prevention Seminar for Portuguese speaking community in the US, Portugal and Brazil. Wenes Reis, DrPH PC and Dr. Dos Santos (2021) 12 Sessions were produced, each of about 20 min and placed on the internet - Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and other social media platforms (06/2021 - 2022)
  • Participation in the program "Let's talk about health" from the Antiga SDA church Lecture via zoom talking about the health and nutrition principles of the SDA message. (05/2021)
  • Lecture at the Chilean SDA Unviersity, Chile (Spanish) Lecture via zoom about the health history of the SDA church (04/2021)
  • Lecture about the Blue Zones to the communication department of the South American Division of the SDA church (Portuguese) General Report on the blue zones and specifically about Loma Linda Blue Zone - ZOOM (10/2020)
  • Interview about longevity for the Communication Department of the South American Division of the SDA church (Portuguese and Spanish) Two sessions were conducted one in Portuguese and another in Spanish for the respective audiences in South America. ZOOM (06/2020)
  • Health Sermon about Stress and Spirituality - Salvador SDA Church, Bahia, Brazil (Portuguese) Lesson about stress management when the pandemic of Covid 19 was having a second waive in Brazil. (05/2020)
  • Interview about the Blue Zones at Novo Tempo Radio in Brazil. (Portuguese) Interview about the blue zones, in special the Loma Linda Blue Zone for the Brazilian radio channel of Novo Tempo (Hope TV subsidiary in Brazil) (05/2020)
  • Presentation at the South American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Cancun, Mexico Fiber and health Results of the Full Plate Diet Clinical Trial (12/2019)
  • Health Coaching Workshop for international participants of the Global Health Conference of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists Health Coaching workshop with lectures and activities to promote health coaching training by Loma Linda University School of Public Health (07/2019)

Presentations -- Lay Audience

  • Heart and Lifestyle for the Mended Hearts Loma Linda Chapter (09/2022 - 2022)
  • Proton Therapy Patients Meeting - Lecture on the Blue Zones and Longevity (06/2022 - 2022)
  • Cancer Prevention Seminar Two sessions at Drayson Center (05/2019 - 06/2019)
  • Health lectures at Vegan Fresh Restaurant 4 lectures on prevention Topics: Longevity, Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease (06/2019 - 04/2019)

Society Memberships (non-professional)

  • Board Member of the Hands International non profit organization (02/2015 - 04/2015)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • Founder-Member and Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (04/2015 - 10/2023)
  • Member of the American College of Sports Medicine (04/2001 - 10/2023)