Services

Accreditation Support -- LLU

  • Equity and Inclusion - Standard 4; WASC self- study, LLUH (2020)
  • UFC Chair Elect, Policy review committee, LLU faculty (2018 - 2019)
  • LLUH Richard A. Winn Assessment and Accreditation Award (2009 - 2011)
  • SPH accreditation workgroup; research and evaluation standard (2009 - 2011)
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Steering Committee (07/2007 - 12/2008)
  • Association of Schools of Public Health, Office of Internship/Fellowship Programs, Reviewer of Fellowships, Washington, DC (1996 - 2005)

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • SPH Administrative Committee - Member (01/2005 - 06/2011)
  • SPH DrPH Advisory Committee - Chair (2005 - 2011)
  • SPH Preventive Care Committee (2004 - 2011)
  • SPH CHR Operating Committee - Chair (2000 - 2011)
  • Provost Advisory Council - member (07/2009 - 06/2010)
  • University Assessment Committee - member (07/2009 - 06/2010)
  • Faculty Policy Subcommittee - member (07/2009 - 06/2010)
  • Educational Effectiveness Committee (07/2006 - 06/2010)
  • Research Services Committee - Member (01/2005 - 06/2010)
  • SPH 509 CEPH Standard Revision Committee (01/2006 - 05/2009)
  • SPH Academic Council - Chair (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH BSPH Advisory Committee - Co-chair (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Distance Learning Curriculum Committee - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Policies and Procedures Committee - Chair (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Marketing and Recruitment - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH General Education Committee - member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • Research Affairs Search Committee - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Student Curriculum Evaluation Development subcommittee - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Faculty Graduate Studies Search Committee - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • Scientific Affairs Committee - Member (01/2005 - 01/2006)
  • SPH Public Health Practice Committee (01/2001 - 01/2005)
  • SPH Health Promotion and Education Committee (01/1999 - 01/2005)
  • SPH Admissions Committee - Co-chair (2000 - 2005)
  • SPH Global Health Committee (1999 - 2005)
  • Loma Linda University Vice President for Research Affairs/Contracts and Grants Search Committee (01/2000 - 2001)
  • LLU President’s Diversity Council Member (01/2016 - Present)
  • LLU Department of Occupational Therapy Advisory Board Member (2015 - Present)
  • LLU Faculty of Graduate Studies Convener/Chair 2012-2014 (11/2012 - Present)
  • SBH Reviewer for the Promotion and Tenure Committee (01/2011 - Present)
  • SBH Health Leadership Committee (2011 - Present)
  • LLU Community Partnerships Committee (01/2004 - Present)
  • LLU Research Advisory Committee (01/2004 - Present)
  • LLU Research Affairs, Research Advisory Board (01/2001 - Present)
  • LLU Vice President for Research, Policy Advisory Committee (01/2000 - Present)
  • LLU Graduate Research Board Reviewer (01/1996 - Present)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • National Institute of Mental Health Project Balance Data Safety and Monitoring Board  (01/2008 - 01/2013)
  • NIH: SBIR Program Review Board Ad-hoc Reviewer (1992 - 2008)
  • African American Health Institute, Founding Board Member (01/2001 - 01/2003)
  • Black Health Advisory Committee (SB Mayor) (12/2005 - Present)

Community Service

  • National Expert/Stakeholder Panel, Sexual Adolescent Health: Developing Conceptual Models for Sexual Risk Avoidance and Sexual Risk Cessation, Mathematica Policy Research (2018 - 2019)
  • University of California Riverside, School of Medicine, Center for Healthy Communities, External Board Member, Riverside, CA (2014 - 2019)
  • Adventist Health Study Black participant recruitment advisory board (2007 - 2017)
  • Advisory Board, H Street Clinic, San Bernardino, CA, 2007-present. (01/2007 - 01/2014)
  • American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Session Organizer (01/2004 - 01/2014)
  • Brothers and Sisters in Action (BASIA) (01/2006 - 01/2012)
  • KERUS Global Education, Consultant, San Bernardino (2000 - 2011)
  • San Bernardino County Parent/s' Workshop (06/2006 - 06/2010)
  • Inland Empire, AA radio and TV series on community health; organizer, contributor (2008 - 2010)
  • SBCUSD collected YRBS and reported results to help guide district policy (2006 - 2010)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Outside Evaluator for Sexuality and Adolescent Health, Chaired the Grant Review, Atlanta, GA (1999 - 2010)
  • National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS (BSPH), Reviewer, Bethesda, MD (2003 - 2009)
  • National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS (BSPH) Reviewer, Bethesda, MD (2003 - 2009)
  • Consultant, First 5 San Bernardino  (2002 - 2009)
  • LLBN, Radio Series on Health, Minority Health, and Health Disparities (2008)
  • Chair, CDC, Special Emphasis Panels Community, National Prevention Research Center Review   2008,2017,2018,2020 (2008)
  • African American Health Advisory Council and Founding Transition team member to form the African American Health Institute of San Bernardino County (2003 - 2007)
  • San Bernardino County DHHS, Department of Public Health, Consultant (1995 - 2007)
  • County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino City School District, Colton School District, San Bernardino County Community Based Organizations, Consultant (1995 - 2007)
  • Family Service Agency, Consultant, San Bernardino, CA (1999 - 2006)
  • Center for Health Research Seminar Organizer (01/1996 - 01/2005)
  • LLU SPH Center for Health Research Seminar Organizer (1996 - 2005)
  • Chaffey Joint Union High School District, Consultant, Ontario, CA (1996 - 2003)
  • National Institute of Health Special Emphasis panels in Health Disparities Research, Invited Reviewer, Bethesda, MD (1990 - 2003)
  • Day One, Consultant, Pasadena, CA (1990 - 1995)
  • Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support Systems (CHESS), Member of the National Advisory Board, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1990 - 1992)
  • Consultant for the City of Pomona, CA & City of Compton, CA   (1990 - 1992)
  • Prairie AIDS Foundation Consultant Champagne, IL 1987-1990 (1987 - 1990)
  • Malamulo Adventist Hospital IRB Advisory Appointment (2019 - Present)
  • University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Center for Healthy Communities External Review Board Member Riverside, CA (2015 - Present)
  • SBUSD Health, Wellness & Safety Collective Impact Collaborative, Strategic Planning Group (2014 - Present)
  • CRM training and research, Waterloo Hospital, Waterloo, Sierra Leone (2012 - Present)
  • LLUH Trauma team, researcher/evaulator (2012 - Present)
  • Community health fair organizer (2012 - Present)
  • BHI Speaks; Speaker series organizer (2011 - Present)
  • ICP contributing faculty member, subcommittee member evaluation and program planning (2011 - Present)
  • KERUS Global Education, Board Member, Harrisonburg, VA (2010 - Present)
  • National Institute for Health, College of Reviewers Member, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (2010 - Present)
  • Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. Consultant and Evaluator Riverside, CA (2008 - Present)
  • Chino Valley Unified School District, Consultant and Evaluator, Chino, CA (2007 - Present)

Journal Reviewer

  • Journal of Child and Family Studies  (05/2000)
  • Journal of Marital and Family Therapy  (01/2000)
  • Journal of Men’s Health  (01/2000)
  • Journal of Chronic Disease Management (01/2000)
  • Plus One  (01/2000)
  • Sage Open (01/2000)
  • Australian Medical Association  (01/2000)
  • Prevention Science  (01/2000)
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology  (01/2000)
  • Maternal and Child Health (01/2000)
  • Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice (01/2000)
  • Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine (01/2000)
  • California Journal of Health Education  (01/2000)
  • American Journal of Public Health (01/1987)
  • AIDS (01/1987)
  • AIDS Education and Prevention (01/1987)
  • Health Education Quarterly (01/1987)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) National Organization Regular Member (12/2000 - 11/2010)
  • Society for Community Research and Action Regular Member (2000 - 2010)
  • Society for Prevention Research Regular Member (01/1999 - 11/2009)
  • Council on Social Work Education (09/2014 - Present)
  • American Association for Cancer Research (01/2008 - Present)
  • APHA Homeless Caucus Regular Member (12/1995 - Present)
  • Society for Adolescent Medicine Regular Member (11/1994 - Present)
  • American Society of Addiction Medicine Regular Member (1993 - Present)
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine Regular Member (01/1992 - Present)
  • American Public Health Association Regular Member (01/1986 - Present)
  • American Psychological Association Regular Member (01/1985 - Present)