Scientific Committee Chair

Karl McCleary, PhD
Executive Director, Center for leadership in Health Systems
Associate Dean of Research, School of Public Health
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In Honor of:

Samuel Soret, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Community Resilience and Professor
Associate Dean of Research, School of Public Health

Scientific Committee

Elisa Blethen, MBA
Associate Professor and Program Director, MBA in Health Care Administration
Center for Leadership in Health Systems, School of Public Health
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Penelope Duerksen-Hughes, PhD
Associate Dean of Basic Sciences and Research
Director of Research, Behavioral Health Institute
Professor, School of Medicine
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Ella Haddad, DrPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Public Health
Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health
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Krystal Sky Gheen, MPH, RD
Faculty, Public Health Nutrition
Center for Community Resilience, School of Public Health
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Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND
Associate Director, Nutrition and Media, Adventist Health Ministries
Associate Director, Health Ministries, General Conference SDA
Fellow, American Academy of Nutrition and Dietics
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Jerry Lee, PhD
Professor, Public Health
Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health
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Celeste Philip, MD, MPH
Surgeon General and Secretary, Florida Department of Public Health
Board Member of Healthy Initiatives Advisory Group, Florida Board of Governors
Board Member, Florida Healthy Kids Corporation
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Nico Rizzo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences and Public Health
Center for Community Resilience, School of Public Health
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Joan Sabate, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor, Medicine, Basic Sciences, and Public Health
Executive Director, Center for Leadership in Healthy Systems
Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health
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Michael Samardzija, JD, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research Development, Medicine, Loma Linda University Health
Research Affairs, School of Medicine
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Rhonda Spencer, DrPH
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Center for Community Resilience, School of Public Health
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Sigve Tonstad, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Theological Studies and Medicine
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Gerald Winslow, PhD
Vice President of Mission and Culture, Loma Linda University Health
Founding Director, Institute for Health Policy and Leadership
Professor of Ethics, School of Religion
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