BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Provide the following information
for the key personnel in the order listed for Form Page 2. Follow the sample format for each
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NAME Ming-Chin
Yeh |
POSITION
TITLE Assistant
Professor |
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EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other
initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral
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INSTITUTION AND LOCATION |
DEGREE (if applicable) |
YEAR(s) |
FIELD OF STUDY |
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Taipei
Medical College, Taiwan |
B.S. |
1989 |
Nutrition |
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New York
University, New York, NY |
M.S. |
1992 |
Nutrition |
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Columbia
University, New York, NY |
M.Ed. |
1995 |
Nutrition
Education |
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University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC |
Ph.D. |
2000 |
Public
Health Nutrition |
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A. Positions and Honors
Assistant Professor, Hunter College,
City University of New York, New York, NY. (2003-present).
Research Associate, Yale Prevention
Research Center, Derby, CT. (2000-2003).
Coordinator, Professional Practice
Program in Nutrition (PPPN), University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, NC. (1998).
Research Assistant, Department of
Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC.
(1996-2000).
Research Director, C.S.C. Foods
Company, LTD., Thailand (1995-1996).
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in
chronological order)
Yeh MC,
Rodriguez E, Nawaz H, Gonzalez M, Nakamoto D, Katz DL. Technical skills for
weight
loss: 2-y follow-up results of a
randomized trial. Int J
Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2003;27(12):
1500-6. Katz DL, Boukhalil J, Lucan SC, Shah D, Chan W, Yeh MC. Impediment profiling for
smoking cessation:
preliminary experience. Behavior
Modification. 2003; 27(4)524-537.
O’Connell
M, Lucan SC, Yeh MC, Rodriguez E, Shah D, Chan W, Katz DL. Impediment
profiling for smoking cessation: results of
a pilot study. American Journal of
Health
Promotion.
2003; 17(5): 300-3
Katz DL,
Chan W, Gonzalez M, Larson D, Nawaz H, Abdulrahman M, Yeh MC.
Technical skills for weight loss:
preliminary data from a randomized trial. Preventive
Medicine. 2002; 34(6):608-15.
Book
Chapters:
Katz DL,
Yeh MC and Webb K. Nutrition, early
childhood. In: Gullotta
TP, Bloom M. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention
and Health
Promotion. New York: Kluwer Academic; 2003. pp 713-721.
Katz DL,
Webb K and Yeh MC. Nutrition,
childhood. In: Gullotta TP, Bloom M.
(eds.).
The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion. New York:
Kluwer Academic; 2003. pp 721-729.
C. Research
Support
Title: Comprehensive Nutrition Program for Low Wage Immigrant Garment Workers
Role: Project
director
Agency: The US Attorney
General’s office
Type: Subcontracted
project from Union Health Center, New York, NY. Period: July
2003 to
June 2004.
The goal of this project is to develop
a multi-layered, culturally-sensitive nutrition program geared to the needs of
a low-income immigrant population served by the Union Health Center in New York
City.
Title: Fruit and
Vegetable Consumption in Multi-Ethnic Adult Populations
Role: Co-Investigator/Project director
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Type: U48/CCU115802. Period: September
2001 to September 30, 2003
The goal of this project is to develop survey tools for
assessing determinants of fruit and vegetable intake in diverse populations.
Title: Evidence-Based Guidelines-Obesity Prevention and Control
Role: Research Associate
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Type: U48/CCU115802. Period: September
2000 to September 30, 2002
The goal of this project
is to evaluate by systematic review the effect of dietary
Intervention, physical
activity, or diet and physical activity in combination to promote
weight loss or prevent
weight gain in various settings.