Services

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Division of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics - Associate Chair (09/2005)
  • School of Medicine Promotions Committee - Member (06/2005)
  • Graduate Program Coordinators Committee - Member (09/2004)
  • Basic Sciences Curriculum Review/Development Committee - Member (09/2004)
  • Member - Basic Sciences Administratine meeting (09/2004)
  • Basic Sciences Administrative meeting - Member (09/2004)
  • Basic Sciences Administrative Meeting - Member (09/2004)
  • Grievance Committee - Loma Linda University - Member (01/2003)
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee, Loma Linda University - Vice-Chair (01/2003)
  • Diversity Planning Committee, Loma Linda University - Member (01/1999)
  • Graduate Admissions Committee - Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology - Member (01/1997)
  • Basic Science Faculty Advisory Council (01/1997)
  • Graduate School Council - Member (01/1997)
  • Recruitment for graduate program at Loma Linda University (01/1996)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • Program Reviewer for the International Association for Dental Research Annual meeting - Member (01/2003 - 10/2019)
  • NIH ODSC study section - Charter member (01/2005 - 01/2008)
  • Chair, Committee on Diversity & Inclusion International Association for Dental Research (01/2020 - Present)
  • Member, NIDCR Oral Health Research Workforce Working Group (06/2024 - Present)

Community Service

  • Sound engineer - Coordinator - Kansas Avenue S.D.A. church (01/1998)
  • Sabbath School Teacher - Kansas Avenue S.D.A. church (01/1997)

International Service

  • Editorial board – Molecular Oral Microbiology (01/2015 - 12/2020)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Oral Microbiology (01/2021 - Present)
  • AHI - Toga, Board of Trustee, Chair (03/2025 - Present)
  • AHI - Cameroon, Board of Trustee, Chair (03/2025 - Present)

Journal Reviewer

  • Academic Editor, PlosOne (01/2019)