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2nd degree NFS major
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Faculty

The NFS Program faculty and staff are highly qualified professionals, representing areas of expertise that include clinical nutrition, nutritional biochemistry, community/public health nutrition, food science and food service management.

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Khursheed Navder, PhD, RD Undergraduate & 2nd Degree Student Advisor Associate Professor, ADA Didactic Program Director Email knavder@hunter.cuny.edu Tel: 212-481-5118, Professional Bio

About: Ph.D Kansas State University, MS and BS from India. Joined Hunter College 1988. Research in biochemical and metabolic regulations of Lipid and Alcohol Metabolism. Publications include: Dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine Protects Low Density Lipoproteins Against Oxidation. Atherosclerosis (in press); Oxidation of LDL in Baboons is Increased by Alcohol and Attenuated by Polyenylphosphatidylcholine. Journal of Lipid Research 1999;40:983-987; Polyenylphosphatidylcholine Attenuates Alcohol-induced Fatty Liver and Hyperlipemia in Rats. The Journal of Nutrition 1997; 127:1800-1806; Polyenylphosphatidylcholine Decreases Alcoholic Hyprelipemia Without Affecting the Alcohol-Induced Rise of HDL-Cholesterol. Life Sciences 1997; 61:1907-1914; Four Different Dietary Fibers Have Different Effects on Serum and Liver Lipids, in Rats. Biochemical Archives 1997; 13:161-170. Teaches Food Science I (NFS 131), Nutrition I (NFS 141), Food Science II (NFS 331), and Food Science II Lab (NFS 330), Research Seminar (NFS 402), and Practicum (NFS 443.51).

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Allison Marshall, MS, RD, CDN Acting Undergraduate & 2nd Degree Advisor, Fall 2007 Instructor, Nutrition Email allimarshall1234@aol.com Tel 212-481-5112, Professional Bio

About: MS Clinical Nutrition, New York University; BA Emory University (Phi Beta Kappa) Dietetic internship, New York Presbyterian Hospital - New York Weill Cornell Medical Center. Served as inpatient HIV/AIDS dietitian in the Center for Special Studies and preceptor for the dietetic internship. Joined Hunter College 2001. Currently director of the Hunter College Dietetic Internship program. Teaches dietetic internship sequence of courses, NUTR 700-703, Medical Nutrition Therapy courses (NFS 343, 442), Practicum (NFS 443.51), and Advanced Nutrition-1 and 2 (NFS 341, 444-445).

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Ming-Chin Yeh Assistant Professor, Nutrition Email myeh@hunter.cuny.edu Tel 212-481-4134, Professional Bio

About: PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MEd, Columbia University; MS, New York University; BS, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan. Dr. Yeh joined Hunter College, Program in Urban Public Health, Nutrition and Food Science track as an assistant professor in Fall 2003, upon completion of his training at the Yale University Prevention Research Center. His research involves developing innovative intervention strategies to promote fruit and vegetable consumption in multi-ethnic populations. Another research interest focuses on weight management for those who are overweight or obese. Recent publications appear in the International Journal of Obesity, American Journal of Health Promotion, Preventive Medicine, and Behavior Modification. He has also coauthored two chapters in The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (Kluwer Academic; 2003). Dr. Yeh teaches Nutrition Assessment (NUTR 730), Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (NUTR 733), Seminar in Nutrition (NFS 402), and Institutional Management (NFS 335).

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Lalitha Samuel, PhD Senior College Laboratory Technician Email: Lalitha.Samuel@hunter.cuny.edu Tel 212-481-4440

About: PhD, MS and BS from India (Food Science) Post-Doctoral fellowship at Rutgers University. Taught Food Science at Hunter, Lehman and Brooklyn Colleges; Microbiology at Adelphi University Publications include: Samuel, L; Dogan, H; McGrane, S and Kokini, J.L. (2007). Measurement of mechanical properties of co-extruded dual-phase products. Journal of Texture Studies 38 (6): 645-665. Hubbell, L; Goodwin, D; Samuel, L and Navder, K.P. (2007). Effect of soy protein isolate on the textural and physical attributes of gluten-free muffins made from sorghum flour. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107 (8): A76 Power, L; Williams, C; Fremont, J; Gupta, N; Samuel, L and. Navder, K.P. (2007). Effect of tofu as a fat replacer on texture of shortened cakes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107 (8): A74

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Arlene Spark, EdD, RD, CSP, FADA, FACN. Nutrition Track Coodinator and Graduate Advisor Associate Professor, Nutrition Email aspark@hunter.cuny.edu Tel 212-481-7590, Professional Bio

About: MS, EdM, EdD Columbia University Teachers College. Registered dietitian and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association and of the American College of Nutrition. Joined Hunter College 1998. Taught at New York Medical College, Lehman College, Teachers College, Montclair University, New York Institute of Technology, Kean College, and Brooklyn College. Specialist in pediatric nutrition, nutrition education, and eating disorders. Publications include: Published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Nutrition Today, Preventive Medicine, and the Journal of the American Women’s Medical Association. Co-authored chapter on "Nutrition Counseling" from the award-winning textbook, Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan, 5th ed.. Teaches Introductory Nutrition and Nutrition Education to undergraduates and Nutrition in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Nutrition and Health through the Life Cycle.

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Adjunct Faculty

Dara Bergen, darabergen@yahoo.com

Pamela Darby, pdarby@nyc.rr.com 

Beatriz Dykes, bdykes@hunter.cuny.edu

Susan Ettinger, susan.ettinger@hunter.cuny.edu

Deborah Grayson, Dgrayson75@aol.com

Kristin Greenspan, kristin.greenspan@hotmail.com

Margrethe Horlycky-Romanovsky, mhr@foodchange.org

Rachel Knopf, Rachelsknopf@gmail.com

Janet Lupoli, jlupoli@mindspring.com

Marie Leonard, marie.leonard@hunter.cuny.edu
Acting Dietetic Internship Director, Fall 2007 - Fall 2008

Jennifer Nasser, jnasser@worldnet.att.net

Laurie Tansman, Laurie.Tansman@msnyuhealth.org

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