LLU Nutrition Research Center

09/14/2021

Do you like almonds?
We are in need of male participants for a research study that we are conducting testing the immune benefits of almonds. If you are interested, you can visit the website to learn more information, fill out the screening form for eligibility or call the phone number below for any questions.

https://publichealth.llu.edu/research/almond-study

09/14/2021

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED!

There is an opportunity to participate in a research study on the immune and cognitive benefits of a fermented soy food! If you are interested, you can visit the website for more information, fill out the screening form for eligibility or call the phone number below.

https://publichealth.llu.edu/research/soy-study

09/14/2021

Here are some other areas of research we have been involved in.

Center for Health Research The center encourages involvement in research by identifying research opportunities and providing support in developing grant applications. It provides research and statistical services, monitors financial status of grants and research endowments, and provides focus for th...

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Laura West Kong is a PhD student in nutrition at Loma Linda University School of Public Health. She has also worked in health access and health education, and works in educational technology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

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Amandeep Kaur is a Research Manager at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health.She has expertise in coordinating and managing the conduct of clinical trials. She has been involved with larger clinical trials like the Habitual Diet and Avocado Trail, which was a multi-center trial (UCLA, Tufts University, Penn State and Loma Linda University) with over a 1000 participants.

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Dr. Rawiwan Sirirat is a research associate at Nutrition Research Center. She is a Registered Dietitian with a doctoral degree of public health in nutrition with an emphasis of nutrition epidemiology. Dr. Sirirat's experiences include nutrition data collections, quality control of the data as well as nutrition data management. She is also well acquainted with laboratory analyses of nutrition biomarkers, bio specimen processing and handling.

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Photographed with her husband, Dr. Ella Haddad is an Associate Professor of Nutrition and Director of the MS Nutrition program at Loma Linda University School of Public Health. She is also a Registered Dietitian and nutritional biochemist, which is instrumental in facilitating the laboratory research for the studies.

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Dr. Ifeanyi Nwachukwu is an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry in the School of Public Health, Loma Linda University. He has also authored/co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications.

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Dr. Joan Sabate is a Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Center for Nutrition, Healthy Lifestyle and Disease Prevention at Loma Linda University School of Public Health. He is a leading researcher in nutrition and the Principle Investigator of the soy study. He has several decades of experience in conducting clinical trials on the benefits of many plant foods including nuts, avocado, and soybean. He has also authored more than 150 research articles many of them in high-impact journals.