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GLOBALHEALTHAWARENESSWEEKNETWORKINGLUNCHEON2013

AttendingProfessionals:

DrSarahBottjer

Dr,BottjerisaprofessorofSystemsNeuroscienceandisanexpertinthefieldsofbehavior,learningand

memory.Herongoingresearchindevelopmentalneuroscienceinvolvesthestudyofneuraldevelopment

insongbirds.

Dr.KennethGeller

Dr.Gelleristheheadofpre-healthadvisingatUSC.HehasbeennamedtheViceChairofSurgeryat

ChildrensHospitalLosAngelesandistheheadofthedivisionofOtolaryngology.

NivvyHundalNivvyHundalistheProgrammanagerattheUSCinstituteofGlobalHealth.

Dr.RobertBaker

Dr.BakerisaprofessorofMolecularBiologyatUSC.Hisresearchinmolecularbiologyfocusesonthe

mechanismsofmodificationsofproteinmonomersandhowsuchmodificationsresultsindiseasestates,

suchascancer.

Dr.JessicaParr

Dr.ParrisanassistantprofessorofteachinginthedepartmentofChemistryatUSC.Herresearch

interestsincludethestudyofthephotodissociationdynamicsofhydrogen-bondedcomplexes.

Dr.MichaelJakowecDr.JakowecisanassistantprofessorofNeurologyandBiokinesiologyandPhysicaltherapyatUSC.His

researchfocusesonanimalmodelsofParkinsonsdiseaseandthedevelopmentofnewtherapiesforthe

disease.Hehasrecentlyservedasaco-investigatoronaUSCArmystudyofneurotoxicity.

Dr.DavidBaronDr.DavidbaronisaprofessorofClinicalMedicineinthedepartmentofpsychiatryandthebehavioral

sciencesatUSC.HisareasofexpertiseincludeSportsPsychiatry,ADHD,anddepressioninathletes.

Dr.RickyBlunthenal

Dr.BluthenalsresearchinterestsincludeHIVpreventionforinjectiondrugusersandgayandbisexual

men,alcoholanddruguseepidemiology,socialhealthdisparities,aswellascommunityinfluenceson

healthrisksandoutcomes.

Dr.CarolKoprowski

Dr.Koprowskisresearchfocusesonthetopicsofdietandnutrition,inparticulartherelationshipbetweendietandphysicalactivityamongadolescentgirls.Shealsostudiespropernutritionfordialysis

patientsandthosewithdiabetes.

Dr.GenevieveDunton

Dr.Duntonsresearchconsidershowpolicy,community,neighborhood,andschoolcontextscaninfluence

physicalactivityanddiet.Theobjectivesofherresearcharetounderstandtheetiologyofhealthbehaviorsrelatedtocancerriskinchildrenandadults.

Dr.AdamLeventhal

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Dr.LeventhalisaclinicalpsychologistandtheAssociateProfessorofPreventativeMedicine.heisthe

principleinvestigatorofHEALResearch,aresearchlabthatfocusesonbio-behavioralstudiesofsubstanceabuseaddiction.

Dr.JanLeibler

Dr.LeiblerisaUSClungtransplantsurgeonattending.Heisalsoinvolvedinresearchwithinthefieldsofcancerandpulmonarymedicine.

Dr.MikeSIlka

Dr.SilkaisapracticingphysicianattheChildrensHospitalofLosAngeles.Heisapediatric

cardiovascularsurgeonandanattendingcardiologist.

Dr.JimAdams

Dr.Adamsisanexpertinthefieldoftraditionalhealingmethods.Hisinterestsextendespeciallytothe

healingpropertiesoflocalAmericanplants.

KimEggleston-Morris

Kim is an occupational therapist who has worked at a clinical practice in pediatrics at the Center for DevelopingKids, a private sensory integration clinic located in Pasadena, California. Kim currently teaches for the Minor in

Occupational Science program

Dr.JoelMilam

Dr.MilamisanassistantprofessorofresearchinthefieldofPreventativeMedicine,Heisanexpertinthe

fieldofhealthbehaviorresearch,teachingcoursesonthepsychosocialfactorsthatcontributetoboth

mentalandphysicalwellbeing.

Dr.MaryAnnBohland-Matveyenko

Dr.Bohland-Matveyenkoisanexpertinthefieldsofintegrativeandevolutionarybiology.SheistheLaboratorydirectorforHumanandEvolutionaryBiologyatUSCandspecializesinthefieldofstress

management.