Joy Emilie Swanson
Work Address Home Address
Cornell University 44 Catherine Dr.
Division of Nutritional Sciences Dryden, NY 13053
402A Savage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 254-6449
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PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Lecturer and
Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies 6/10 to
Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY present
¨ Primary responsibilities include: Administrative – teaching, advising, budget, program evaluation, personnel evaluation; applicant recruitment and program marketing; developing and maintaining program webpage content; design and implement program evaluation; and staff supervision. Academic - development and updating of the core program curriculum with program academic staff and clinical co-directors; establishing and coordinating with clinical co-directors the clinical learning experiences between post-baccalaureate students and area healthcare providers; co-instructing program core courses (see below); advising and counseling post-baccalaureate students in design of individual programs of study, course selection, health professional school application process;.
¨ Direct supervision of 4 program staff: two lecturers, two clinical co-directors and two graduate teaching assistants. Cultivate and maintain communication between program director and all staff for continual evaluation and improvement of didactic and experiential learning content of program core courses; organize and lead staff meetings; mentor program graduate teaching assistants.
¨ Co-Instructor NS 5000 Preparation for Professional Studies. Instruct Post-Bac students on study skills and strategies, professional development and leadership skills as well on preparation for applying to professional school.
¨ Co-Instructor NS 5200 Health & Humanities. For Post-Bac students only. Explores the values art, botanicals, cultures, and literature offer to develop emotional intelligence, mindfulness and humanism in one’s life and in medicine.
¨ NS 5410 & 5411 Integrative Health Studies I & II. For Post-Bac students only. Clinical case studies are used to integrate physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, and applied clinical skills to develop foundational skills in clinical problem solving through incorporation of differential diagnosis assessment, treatment plans and follow-up with an inclusion of medical nutrition therapy.
¨ Completion of Cornell University CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) Faculty Leadership Workshop, January 2011.
¨ Completion of Cornell University – New Supervisor Certification, Fall 2011.
¨ Completion of Cornell University- Management Institute for Academic Professional Program, Fall 2013.
¨ Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies Non-transplant Tissue Bank, Oct. 2014.
¨ Faculty advisor for: Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering (EYH). A STEM outreach program for young girls that has been organized and held on the Cornell Campus since 1987.
Lecturer and
Co-Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies 8/08 to
Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 6/10
¨ Primary Instructor for NS 3420 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Course at Cornell University. Spring 2008 and 2009. Updated laboratory manual for this course, developed case-based clinical scenarios to stimulate deep learning in endocrinology and muscle physiology. Managed class administrative as well as instructional needs, supervised graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants for a class size of about 120 students each semester.
¨ Updated laboratory manual for NS 3320 Method in Nutritional Sciences. Due to increasing enrollment the structure of this course was re-designed to one laboratory session per week rather than two. This required the experiments to be re-developed and updated to meet more current experimental techniques used in Nutritional Sciences research.
¨ Primary Instructor for NS 4030 Undergraduate Teaching Experience for NS 1150. Instruct 20 to 25 undergraduate TAs in various pedagogical techniques to help increase their effectiveness as instructors for NS 1160 a supplemental section for NS 1150. NS 1160 is taught by the
Undergraduate TAs. Also provide instruction in exam question writing, grading of assignments and in understanding the importance of confidentiality of student grades.
¨ Co-Instructor NS 1150 Nutrition, Health and Society. Dr. David Levitsky, primary instructor for this course. Responsibilities include, developing syllabus, course description packet, course assignment instructions, supervising teaching team, providing announcements to students to help ensure students keep track of assignment and exam timelines, developing each exam with the entire teaching team and David, maintaining gradebook, assisting students in NS 1150 and 1160.
¨ Co-Instructor NS 5000 Preparation for Professional Studies. Instruct Post-Bac students on study skills and strategies.
¨ Co-Instructor NS 5200 Health & Humanities. For Post-Bac students only. Explores the influences of art, plants, cultures, and technology in medicine.
¨ NS 5410 & 5411 Integrate Health Studies I & II. For Post-Bac students only. Problem-based case studies in medicine are used to integrate physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, math and physics.
¨ Faculty advisor for: Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering (EYH). A STEM outreach program for young girls that has been organized and held on the Cornell Campus since 1987.
Research Associate III, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 9/92 to Present
¨ Co-Investigator on several NIH and USDA funded research grants.
¨ Provided expertise in analytical instrument analyses, data reporting, grant writing, methods development.
¨ Developed and optimized all synthetic organic experimentation in current research program.
¨ Supervised and individualized research projects for undergraduates enrolled in undergraduate research credit.
¨ Supervised human pharmacokinetic studies involving overnight and same day antecubital vein catheter insertion for sequential blood draws over a 24 to 48 period.
¨ Managed day-to-day operation of research laboratory, increased productivity by active participation in research projects, initiated group meetings, reduced expenditures by consolidating lab supply orders.
¨ CIBT (Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers) Mentor, 1997. Developed, in partnership with high school biology/chemistry teachers, three Regents or Honors level laboratory experiments along with accompanying supplementary materials for both teachers and students.
¨ Faculty Advisor for the Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering Program, 1997 to present. Re-instituted this program at Cornell after a year and a half absence due to a lack of leadership and financial support. Since 1997 EYH has grown by 20 to 25 participants each year from 100 in 1998 to over 200 in 2003, expanded recruitment to more rural school districts and actively recruited minority girls to come to Cornell to participate in EYH. Raise $15,000 - $20,000 annually to finance this program.
¨ Course coordinator for NS 115 "Nutrition, Health and Society" an introductory level nutrition course. Enrollment is 400+ students, 20+ undergraduate and 6 graduate teaching assistants. Direct and supervise all teaching assistants and provide lecture support to Prof. David Levitsky.
¨ Course Instructor for NS 403 “Teaching Apprenticeship”, a teaching experience for undergraduate students who want to gain teaching/educational training.
Visiting Scientist, Steacie Institute of Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario 8/96-8/97
Sabbatical collaboration with Dr. Graham Burton. Highlights:
¨ Resulted in expanding research program to include organic synthesis of deuterium labeled tocopherols and metabolites, cell culture experimentation evaluating the mechanism(s) of tocopherol metabolism and additional pharmacokinetic trials in humans.
¨ Developed expertise in GC-MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR.
Visiting Scholar, Inter-University Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Institut Pertanian
At Bogor, Indonesia 11/92-12/92
A World Bank funded project brought experts from developed countries to Indonesia to update the analytical and experimental knowledge of staff, students and faculty at institutions of higher learning. Highlights:
¨ Conducted training modules to improve analytical skills of students and faculty using hands-on/participatory instruction in gas chromatography and HPLC.
¨ Conducted seminars on manufacturing, processing and storage factors that alter food nutrient composition and content.
¨ Instructed and trained students, staff and faculty on surgical procedures to obtain blood and other tissues from laboratory animals.
Research Associate II, Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 10/90-12/91
¨ Advised undergraduate and graduate students involved in research.
¨ Developed and optimized model systems of cell membrane lipid bilayers.
¨ Investigated the affect of ionic strength, lipid concentration and mixtures of choline (PC) and serine (PS) phospholipids with varying fatty acyl composition on the thermodynamic behavior of PS molecules within artificial lipid bilayers.
¨ Developed a general laboratory reference manual on safety and methods for the entire research team.
¨ Supervised the day-to-day laboratory activities during Dr. Feigenson's sabbatical leave in Japan.
¨ Co-chair, Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering, 1991. Organized, directed, raised funds and led volunteers in the implementation of the annual EYH outreach conference for girls in grades 6 thru 8th to increase their awareness of the various careers that are open to them and to encourage the young girls to continue to take math and science in high school.
Post-Doctoral Research Trainee, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY 11/87-10/90
National Institute of Health (NIH) Post-Doctoral Research Scholar. Highlights:
¨ Conducted research that resulted in a publication, in a peer-reviewed journal, which showed for the first time, that phospholipid molecules of similar negative charge could aggregate into domains within a bilayer.
¨ Developed computer simulated models, as part of a team, of various phospholipid mixing scenarios within a lipid bilayer showing the formation of domains enriched in negatively charged PS molecules and thus providing support of the physical-chemical possibility of lipid membrane channels.
¨ Acquired expertise in micro-scale organic synthesis, preparation of multilamellar dispersions and spectrophotometric measurements.
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 8/82-8/87
Doctoral research investigated the effects of dietary fish oils on cardiac lipid and fatty acid composition, enzyme activity, calcium transport and susceptibility to iron-ascorbate induced lipid peroxidation.
¨ Doctoral research resulted in the publication of four manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
¨ Acquired expertise in the design and implementation of animal studies with a dietary component as the variant, in GC analysis of fatty acids, in the surgical excision of animal tissues, in kinetic experiments and in the development of methods for the analysis of fat-soluble vitamins in fish oil, tissues and subcellular membranes.
¨ Top three finalist in the American Institute of Nutrition Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, 1987
¨ Honorable mention, National SeaGrant Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, 1986.
¨ Vice President of Cornell Food Science IFT Club, 1986 and President, 1987.
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 9/79-2/82
¨ Masters' degree research focused on the effects of cyclopropenoid fatty acids on the expression and infectivity of oncogenic viruses and fatty acid composition of chick plasma and red blood cells.
¨ Gained expertise in transmission electron microscopy, gas chromatography, liquid-liquid extraction, subcellular membrane and virus particle isolation and purification, spectrophotometry, and in the design and implementation of animal experimental studies.
¨ Provided academic support to faculty as a graduate teaching assistant in undergraduate courses: Sensory Evaluation of Foods, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Protein Chemistry.
EDUCATION
BSc. Consumer Food Science, with Honors, University of Minnesota, St.Paul, MN. 1979
v Recipient of the University of Minnesota President's Recognition Award for
Student Leadership and Community Service, 1978.
v Awarded the Stokly Van Camp Award for Academic Excellence in
Food Science, 1979.
v Mortar Board, initiated May, 1978.
MSc. Food Science and Technology, minor in Biochemistry, Oregon State University 1982
Corvallis, OR.
Ph.D. Food Science/Chemistry, minors in Organic Chemistry and Nutrition, 1988
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
v American Institute of Nutrition, Graduate Student Research Paper Competition
Finalist and Award Winner (1987): Effects of dietary lipid on the fatty acid composition of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) phosphoglycerides (PL) and activity of Ca2+ - Mg2+-ATPase and NADPH cytochrome C reductase.
v National SeaGrant Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, Honorable Mention.
AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society Phi Upsilon Omicron
American Association for the Advancement of Science Phi Kappa Phi
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions Mortar Board
Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Cornell University – HealthCare Advisors Network (HCAN)
PUBLICATIONS
Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1986. Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: modification of rat cardiac lipids and fatty acid composition. J. Nutr. 166: 514-523.
Swanson, J.E., Black, J.M. & Kinsella, J.E. 1987. Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: rate and extent of modification of fatty acyl composition of lipid classes of mouse lung, and kidney. J. Nutr. 117:824-832.
Swanson, J.E., Black, J.M. & Kinsella, J.E. 1988. Dietary menhaden oil effect on the rate and magnitude of modification of phospholipid fatty acid composition of mouse heart and brain. Br. J. Nutr. 59: 535-545.
Swanson, J.E., Lokesh, B.R. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Ca2+ - Mg2+ ATPase of mouse cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum is affected by membrane n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content. J. Nutr. 119: 364-372.
Croset, M, Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid in mouse cardiac tissue. Effect on cardiac ATPase activities and Ca2+ transport in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. Biomembranes & Nutr. 195: 249-258.
Croset, M., Black, J.M., Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Effects of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipid composition and Ca++ transport in mouse cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Lipids. 24:278-286.
Swanson, J.E. & Feigenson, G.W. 1990. Thermodynamics of mixing of phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine multilayers from measurement of high-affinity Calcium binding. Biochem. 29:8291-8297.
Huang, J., Swanson, J.E., Dibble, A.R.G., Hinderliter, A.M. & Feigenson, G.W. 1993. Non-ideal mixing of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine in the fluid lamellar phase. Biophys. J. 64:413-425.
Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Marmor, B., Goodman, K.J., Spielman, A.B., Brenna, J.T., Viereck, S.M. & Cnafield, W.K. 1993. Study of b-carotene metabolism in humans using 13C-b-carotene and high precision isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Annals of the NY Acad. Sci. 691:86-95.
You, C-S, Parker, R.S., Goodman, K.J., Swanson, J.E. & Corso, T.N. 1996. Evidence of cis-trans isomerization of 9-cisb-carotene during absorption in humans. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 64:177-183.
Zhu, Y., Hsieh, W-C, Herraiz, L., Parker, R.S., Haas, J.D., Swanson, J.E. & Roe, D.A. 1996. Evidence of a role for fat-free body mass in modulation of plasma carotenoid concentrations in older men: studies with hydrodensitometry. J. Nutr. 127:321-326.
Herraiz, L.A., Hsieh, W-C., Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Bendich, A. & Roe, D.A. 1998. Effect of UV exposure and b-carotene supplementation on delayed-type hypersensitivity response in healthy older men. J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 17:617-624.
Swanson, J.E., Ben, R.N., Burton, G.W. & Parker, R.S. 1998. Measurement of the 2,7,8-trimethyl-2-(b-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman metabolite of g-tocopherol in human urine: Evidence for urinary excretion as a major route of elimination of g-tocopherol. J. Lipid Res. 40:665-671.
Parker, R.S. Swanson, J.E., You, C-S., Edwards, A.J. & Huang, T. 1999. Bioavailability of carotenoids in humans. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 58:155-162.