Professional Development

Seminars and Conferences

  • Experimental Biology 2016, San Diego, CA. April 2 - 6, 2016 (04/2016)
  • Experimental Biology 2015, Boston, MA. March 28 - April 1, 2015 (03/2015 - 04/2015)
  • Experimental Biology 2014, San Diego, CA. April 26-30, 2014 (04/2014)
  • 46th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Boston, MA. June 18 - 21, 2013 (06/2013)
  • Experimental Biology 2013, Boston, MA. April 20-24, 2013 (04/2013)
  • Sixth International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, Loma Linda, CA. Feb 24-26, 2013 (02/2013)
  • 2011 American Institute of Cancer Research Conference. Washington, D.C., November 3-4, 2011 (11/2011)
  • 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Seattle, WA, June 23 - 26, 2010 (06/2010)
  • Nutritional Genomics Conference. Cal Poly Pomona, CA. November 12-14, 2009 The impact of dietary regulation of gene function on human disease. (11/2009)
  • 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Anaheim, CA, June 23-26, 2009 (06/2009)
  • 7th International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods, Washington, DC, June 4-8, 2009 (06/2009)
  • 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 25-29, 2008 (10/2008)
  • Experimental Biology 2008 (04/2008)
  • 5th International Congress in Vegetarian Nutrition Roles: Oral and poster presenter, session co-chair (03/2008)
  • Experimental Biology 2006 (04/2006)
  • Congressman Joe Baca's Annual Education Summit: Making the Connection between Health and Academics (11/2005)

Special Projects

  • Visiting Scholar, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield School of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Fifteen-year follow up of body weight in meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the EPIC-Oxford cohort. Collaboration with Prof. Timothy Key. (09/2013 - 12/2013)
  • National Children's Study Research Day, NIH, Bethesda, MD, August 24, 2011 (08/2011)
  • INTSOY 2011, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, June 6 - 10, 2011 (06/2011)