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Course
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Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., F.A.C.E.
Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California San Diego
Participating Member: Moores
UCSD Cancer Center
Education:
University of Southern California, B.A.
University of California, Los Angeles, CA M.P.H.
University of California, Los Angeles, CA Dr. P.H.
American College of Epidemiology Fellow
Current Interests:
Epidemiology of cancer, including breast, colon, leukemia, testicular, melanoma
and prostate
Role of vitmain D in cancer etiology and prevention
Geographic studies of cancer incidence and mortality
Selected Publications:
Do sunlight and vitamin D reduce the likelihood of colon cancer? (1980) The role
of vitamin D in Cancer Prevention; What is the dose-response relatioinship between
vitamin D and cancer risk? (2007) Vitamin D and prevention of breast cancer,
pooled
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Robert
P. Heaney, MD
John A. Creighton University Professor
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
Education:
Creighton University, Chemistry B.S.
Creighton University School of Medicine M.D.
Professional Appointments:
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Creighton University 1961-1969
Head, Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism
1969-1971
Professor of Medicine 1961-
Selected Publications:
Long-latency deficiency disease: insights from calcium and vitamin D, (2003),
Calcium absorption varies within the reference range for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin
D, (2003), Ultraviolet-B radiation increases serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels:
the effect of UVB dose and skin color, (2007), Vitamin D and calcium supplementation
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William
B. Grant, Ph.D.
Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center (SUNARC)
San Francisco, CA 94164
Education:
University of California, Berkeley, Physics B.A.
University of California, Berkeley, Physics Ph.D.
Current Interests:
Research and educational activities related to health, with an emphasis on
diet, lifestyle, and solar ultraviolet irradience.
Selected Publications:
Vitamin D largely overlooked in review of interventions for the prevention
of falls in order adults, (2004), Benefits and requirements of vitamin D for
optimal health: a review (2005), Comparisons of estimated economic burdens
due to insufficient solar ultraviolet irradience, Vitamin D and health: Implications
for high-latitude countries, (2006).
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Bruce
Warren Hollis, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina 29425
Education:
Ohio State University, Nutrition B.S.
Ohio State University, Nutrition M.S.
University of Guelph, Canada, Nutritional Biochemistry Ph.D.
Current Research Grants:
NIH, “Evaluation of Vitamin D Requirements During Pregnancy,” principal
investigator, 9/03 – 10/08.
NIH, “Establishing the Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation,” principal
investigator, 10/06 – 11/11.
Selected Publications:
Evidence that 25-Hydroxylation of Vitamin D3 is Regulated in Man, (2007). Circulating
25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Predict Survival in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung
Cancer Patients, (2007), High Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in a Northern,
Rural Population in the United States: Associations with Parathyroid Hormone,
Body Fat and Bone Density (2007)
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