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Changes to the Board of Editors
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HE BOARD OF EDITORS (BOE) of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics advises the Editor-In-Chief about the accuracy and level of acceptability of manuscripts under consideration for publication. In conjunction with the Editor-In-Chief, the BOE is charged with publishing scientifically credible manuscripts that are relevant to the dietetics profession for members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and interested readers in other allied health professions. To meet the Journal’s expanding peerreview needs, the Academy’s Board of Directors approved the expansion of the BOE from 35 to 50 members. The Journal welcomes the following new members who have graciously agreed to serve as BOE members. Lori G. Borrud, DrPH, RD Nutritional Epidemiologist Borrud retired from the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Hyattsville, MD, where she was team leader for nutrition content planning for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Her areas of expertise and interest include bone health and body composition assessment, self-perception of body weight, and statistical issues related to collecting and analyzing nutrition data in a national survey. She received her DrPH in nutrition with an emphasis on dietary methodology from the School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, her MPH in community nutrition from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and an undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Minnesota. Vasiliki (Sila) Bountziouka, PhD Research Associate in Biostatistics, University College of London Institute of Child Health Bountziouka received her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. She received a master’s degree in http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2016.06.379
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Biostatistics from the University of Athens, Greece, and her PhD in Biometry of Nutrition from Harokopio University. Her doctoral thesis was focused on methodological issues of the repeatability of dietary patterns while extracted with different methods. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow in biostatistics aiming to investigate trends in health inequalities and cognitive function. Dan J Graham, PhD Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Graham is a health psychologist who studies environmental and policy approaches to promoting healthy lifestyles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Mathematics from Providence College. His master’s degree in Social Ecology and PhD in Psychology and Social Behavior were both earned from the University of California, Irvine. His research has primarily investigated consumer interaction with nutrition labeling. Graham uses eye-tracking cameras to understand how consumers attend to various types of labeling and how labeling changes impact consumer attention and food choice. Adela Hruby, PhD, MPH Scientist II, Nutritional Epidemiology, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA Hruby’s population-based research focuses on nutritional determinants of cardiometabolic disease, healthy aging, and, lately, nutritional metabolomics. Her teaching emphasizes the responsible interpretation and communication of nutrition science. Hruby earned her BA from Cornell University in Government and Russian & Eastern European Literature, her MPH with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Tufts School of Medicine, and her PhD in Nutrition from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Nichole R. Kelly, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, and Prevention Science, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Kelly received her PhD in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Throughout her training, which included a recently completed postdoctoral fellowship with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Research Collaborator, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Kelly has gained extensive experience in the implementation of clinical interventions focused on disinhibited eating and obesity. Her specific interests focus on cognitive and emotional mechanisms for disinhibited eating, as well as relevant multicultural issues. Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD Reader in Biostatistic and Health Services Research, Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Kontopantelis received his PhD and MSc in Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Statistical Science from the University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece. His current position as Reader in Biostatistics and Health Services Research at Farr Institute for Health Informatics Research routinely delves him deep into the torrent of data that are fast becoming available in health care. He is interested in quality of care, diabetes, severe mental illness, and health policy. In addition, his methodological interests include computational statistics and simulation approaches, meta-analysis, data mining techniques, time-series analyses, and validity in large health care databases. Cindy W. Leung, ScD, MPH Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco Leung’s research broadly focuses on understanding diet- and obesityrelated health disparities in low-income communities, with particular interests in household food insecurity and federal nutrition assistance programs. Her current research examines
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FROM THE ACADEMY the influence of household food insecurity on children’s psychological stress, and whether this shapes their cognitive processes related to eating behaviors and weight gain, and promotes subsequent weight gain. Another theme of Leung’s research is using scientific evidence to strengthen the nutritional impact of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Leung received her ScD in Nutrition and Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, with concentrations in public health nutrition and cardiovascular epidemiology. She also has a Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Leah Lipsky, PhD Staff Scientist, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD Lipsky earned her PhD in nutrition from Cornell University, her MHS with a Human Nutrition Concentration from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music from Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. She is a nutrition epidemiologist where she is a coinvestigator on an intervention to improve diet quality in youth with type 1 diabetes and an observational study of the neurobehavioral influences on eating behaviors in pregnant and postpartum women. Amy R. Mobley, PhD, RD Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Mobley is a community nutritionist with expert areas in nutrition education/communication and obesity prevention, particularly in limited resource audiences. She earned a BS in Applied Nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, an MS in Human Nutrition and dietetic internship from The Ohio State University, and a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Maryland. Her research is currently funded by the
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National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, and the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. Jennifer M. Poti, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Poti is a nutritional epidemiologist interested in food purchasing and eating behaviors and their relationship to poor dietary quality and obesity. Her research examines long-term trends in dietary intake, food preparation, and food and beverage purchases among Americans. Current studies include changes in the sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar content of packaged foods purchased by US households and the impact of potential product reformulations on racial/ethnic and income disparities in nutritional quality of food purchases and dietary intake. Poti received her Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University and her PhD in Nutrition with a minor in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Margaret Savoca, PhD Research Fellow, Wake Forest School of Medicine Division of Public Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC Savoca received her PhD in nutrition from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia in pediatric cardiology. Her expertise is in qualitative research, community-based interventions, and assessment of eating patterns within the context of daily life. She is currently co-investigator on a prospective cohort study examining cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a translational trial to reduce CVD risk among individuals with type 2 diabetes; both funded by the National Institutes of Health. Patricia Sheean, PhD, RD Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood IL Sheean is a registered dietitian with expertise in clinical nutritional epidemiology and additional postdoctoral training in cancer and vitamin D. She currently is an assistant professor at
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Loyola University Chicago in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Her research portfolio encompasses the nutrition assessment of acute and chronically ill patient populations. Specific interests include the evaluation of medical nutrition therapies and body composition on outcomes in clinical populations, including those with critical illness, scleroderma, and cancer. Yurii B. Shvetsov, PhD Assistant Professor (Researcher), Epidemiology Program, Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Shvetsov received his PhD in mathematics and master’s degree in statistics from Montana State University. At his current position, Shvetsov serves as a member of Biostatistics Shared Resource and has worked on a number of large epidemiologic studies in infectious disease epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, and genetic and environmental risk factors in the etiology of cancer. His research focus includes methods for reducing bias in the assessment of dietary intake, quantification of dietary patterns and construction of dietary scores, and association of dietary scores with cancer incidence and mortality. Dorota Zarnowiecki, PhD, RNutr Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Health and Social Policy Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Zarnowiecki’s research investigates the individual, social, and environmental influences of dietary intake, to build a strong evidence base from which to promote healthy eating and prevent obesity. Her research is focused on improving nutrition and health outcomes in pregnancy, infancy, and childhood, and working with vulnerable target groups including Indigenous people, socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, and individuals with mental illness. She has expertise in developing and evaluating diet and physical activity interventions, qualitative research, systematic reviews, and measurement of dietary intake.
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Changes to the Board of Editors
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HE BOARD OF EDITORS (BOE) of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics advises the Editor-In-Chief about the accuracy and level of acceptability of manuscripts under consideration for publication. In conjunction with the Editor-In-Chief, the BOE is charged with publishing scientifically credible manuscripts that are relevant to the dietetics profession for members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and interested readers in other allied health professions. To meet the Journal’s expanding peerreview needs, the Academy’s Board of Directors approved the expansion of the BOE from 35 to 50 members. The Journal welcomes the following new members who have graciously agreed to serve as BOE members. Lori G. Borrud, DrPH, RD Nutritional Epidemiologist Borrud retired from the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Hyattsville, MD, where she was team leader for nutrition content planning for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Her areas of expertise and interest include bone health and body composition assessment, self-perception of body weight, and statistical issues related to collecting and analyzing nutrition data in a national survey. She received her DrPH in nutrition with an emphasis on dietary methodology from the School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, her MPH in community nutrition from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and an undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Minnesota. Vasiliki (Sila) Bountziouka, PhD Research Associate in Biostatistics, University College of London Institute of Child Health Bountziouka received her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. She received a master’s degree in http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2016.06.379
ª 2016 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Biostatistics from the University of Athens, Greece, and her PhD in Biometry of Nutrition from Harokopio University. Her doctoral thesis was focused on methodological issues of the repeatability of dietary patterns while extracted with different methods. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow in biostatistics aiming to investigate trends in health inequalities and cognitive function. Dan J Graham, PhD Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Graham is a health psychologist who studies environmental and policy approaches to promoting healthy lifestyles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Mathematics from Providence College. His master’s degree in Social Ecology and PhD in Psychology and Social Behavior were both earned from the University of California, Irvine. His research has primarily investigated consumer interaction with nutrition labeling. Graham uses eye-tracking cameras to understand how consumers attend to various types of labeling and how labeling changes impact consumer attention and food choice. Adela Hruby, PhD, MPH Scientist II, Nutritional Epidemiology, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA Hruby’s population-based research focuses on nutritional determinants of cardiometabolic disease, healthy aging, and, lately, nutritional metabolomics. Her teaching emphasizes the responsible interpretation and communication of nutrition science. Hruby earned her BA from Cornell University in Government and Russian & Eastern European Literature, her MPH with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the Tufts School of Medicine, and her PhD in Nutrition from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Nichole R. Kelly, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, and Prevention Science, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Kelly received her PhD in counseling psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Throughout her training, which included a recently completed postdoctoral fellowship with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and Research Collaborator, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Kelly has gained extensive experience in the implementation of clinical interventions focused on disinhibited eating and obesity. Her specific interests focus on cognitive and emotional mechanisms for disinhibited eating, as well as relevant multicultural issues. Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD Reader in Biostatistic and Health Services Research, Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Kontopantelis received his PhD and MSc in Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Statistical Science from the University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece. His current position as Reader in Biostatistics and Health Services Research at Farr Institute for Health Informatics Research routinely delves him deep into the torrent of data that are fast becoming available in health care. He is interested in quality of care, diabetes, severe mental illness, and health policy. In addition, his methodological interests include computational statistics and simulation approaches, meta-analysis, data mining techniques, time-series analyses, and validity in large health care databases. Cindy W. Leung, ScD, MPH Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco Leung’s research broadly focuses on understanding diet- and obesityrelated health disparities in low-income communities, with particular interests in household food insecurity and federal nutrition assistance programs. Her current research examines
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FROM THE ACADEMY the influence of household food insecurity on children’s psychological stress, and whether this shapes their cognitive processes related to eating behaviors and weight gain, and promotes subsequent weight gain. Another theme of Leung’s research is using scientific evidence to strengthen the nutritional impact of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Leung received her ScD in Nutrition and Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, with concentrations in public health nutrition and cardiovascular epidemiology. She also has a Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Leah Lipsky, PhD Staff Scientist, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD Lipsky earned her PhD in nutrition from Cornell University, her MHS with a Human Nutrition Concentration from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music from Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. She is a nutrition epidemiologist where she is a coinvestigator on an intervention to improve diet quality in youth with type 1 diabetes and an observational study of the neurobehavioral influences on eating behaviors in pregnant and postpartum women. Amy R. Mobley, PhD, RD Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Mobley is a community nutritionist with expert areas in nutrition education/communication and obesity prevention, particularly in limited resource audiences. She earned a BS in Applied Nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, an MS in Human Nutrition and dietetic internship from The Ohio State University, and a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Maryland. Her research is currently funded by the
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National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Agriculture, and the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. Jennifer M. Poti, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Poti is a nutritional epidemiologist interested in food purchasing and eating behaviors and their relationship to poor dietary quality and obesity. Her research examines long-term trends in dietary intake, food preparation, and food and beverage purchases among Americans. Current studies include changes in the sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar content of packaged foods purchased by US households and the impact of potential product reformulations on racial/ethnic and income disparities in nutritional quality of food purchases and dietary intake. Poti received her Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University and her PhD in Nutrition with a minor in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Margaret Savoca, PhD Research Fellow, Wake Forest School of Medicine Division of Public Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC Savoca received her PhD in nutrition from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia in pediatric cardiology. Her expertise is in qualitative research, community-based interventions, and assessment of eating patterns within the context of daily life. She is currently co-investigator on a prospective cohort study examining cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a translational trial to reduce CVD risk among individuals with type 2 diabetes; both funded by the National Institutes of Health. Patricia Sheean, PhD, RD Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood IL Sheean is a registered dietitian with expertise in clinical nutritional epidemiology and additional postdoctoral training in cancer and vitamin D. She currently is an assistant professor at
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Loyola University Chicago in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Her research portfolio encompasses the nutrition assessment of acute and chronically ill patient populations. Specific interests include the evaluation of medical nutrition therapies and body composition on outcomes in clinical populations, including those with critical illness, scleroderma, and cancer. Yurii B. Shvetsov, PhD Assistant Professor (Researcher), Epidemiology Program, Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Shvetsov received his PhD in mathematics and master’s degree in statistics from Montana State University. At his current position, Shvetsov serves as a member of Biostatistics Shared Resource and has worked on a number of large epidemiologic studies in infectious disease epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, and genetic and environmental risk factors in the etiology of cancer. His research focus includes methods for reducing bias in the assessment of dietary intake, quantification of dietary patterns and construction of dietary scores, and association of dietary scores with cancer incidence and mortality. Dorota Zarnowiecki, PhD, RNutr Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Health and Social Policy Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Zarnowiecki’s research investigates the individual, social, and environmental influences of dietary intake, to build a strong evidence base from which to promote healthy eating and prevent obesity. Her research is focused on improving nutrition and health outcomes in pregnancy, infancy, and childhood, and working with vulnerable target groups including Indigenous people, socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, and individuals with mental illness. She has expertise in developing and evaluating diet and physical activity interventions, qualitative research, systematic reviews, and measurement of dietary intake.
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