EDUCATION

AWARDS, HONORS, CERTIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Chair-Dietary Bioactive Component Research Interest Section of the American Society of Nutrition, 2003-2004
• Research Chair - Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, 2002-2003.
• NCI Cancer Education Review Committee 1989-1995
• Ad hoc Reviewer, NCI Cancer Education Review Committee

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Society for Nutritional Sciences
• American College of Nutrition
• American Association for Cancer Education
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Kappa Chapter
• American Dietetic Association

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

• Research Associate, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and New York Obesity Research Center, St. Lukes Hospital, NYC
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Hunter College, CUNY
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Food and Exercise Science, Queens College, CUNY

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

• Self Study and Curriculum for Reaccredidation of the Dietetic Internship
• Self Study and Curriculum for the Master of Clinical Nutrition
• Self Study and Curriculum for the Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences
• Self Study and Curriculum for the Didactic Program in Dietetics
  Approved by the American Dietetic Association
• Self Study and Curriculum for the Dietetic Internship
  Accredited by the American Dietetic Association
• Combined DO/MS curriculum for NYCOM students
• Innovative Advanced-graduate Curriculum in Cancer Nutrition
  Funded by the National Cancer Institute

• Graduate courses in Clinical Nutrition
  1. Molecular Biology of Nutrition ( 2 semester course)
  2. Nutritional Pathophysiology ( 2 semester course)
  2. Molecular Biology of Cancer
  4. Nutrition and Cancer/ Nutrition and Immunology, and other courses
  5. Pathobiology of Nutrients (undergraduate)
  6. Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology (Dietetic Interns)
  
• Full course in nutrition for medical students.
• Full course in nutrition for physician assistant and for nursing students

• Designed, Equipped and Implemented the Molecular Nutrition Laboratory at NYIT for 1. microbiologic folate assay
  2. extraction and analysis of bioactive food components
  3. molecular biology and immunohistochemistry methods
  
  
• Designed and Mentored Students in Research Projects:
  1. To survey folate indices in peripheral blood from cancer patients and controls
  collaboration-M. Berwick, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
  2. To investigate the effect of limiting intracellular folate concentration on DNA damage and apoptosis in human lymphocytes and fibroblasts.
  collaboration-P. Szabo, Division of Geriatrics, Cornell University MC
  3. To analyze content of bioactive molecules in different preparations of whole foods
  collaboration with researchers at the American Health Foundation

FUNDED RESEARCH

• Innovative Curriculum in Cancer Nutrition. 1999 - 2004. R25E award (National Cancer Institute) - Principal Investigator.
• Family Medicine project to develop web-based nutrition modules - Collaborator
• Effect of Aging on DNA Fragility and Gene Expression.(Am Fed Aging Research) - Principal Investigator.
• Evaluation of Candidate Gene for Alzheimer's Disease. (4 years - NYIT-AAUP) - Principal Investigator.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Ettinger, S. 2006. Deconstructing Cancer Nutrition in Medical Education. J Cancer Education 21:92-94.
2. Ettinger, S. 2007. Is Obesity-Associated Cancer Risk Modifiable? In Preparation for J. Cancer Education.
3. Ettinger, S. 2007. Translational Cancer Nutrition Training. A Pilot Project. In Preparation for: J Cancer Education
4. Ettinger, S., Weksler, M.E., Blass, J., Zhou, X. and Szabo, P. 1994. X-linked fragile site associated with Alzheimer's Disease. Annals of Neurology 35:332-341
5. Ettinger, S. and Szabo, P. 1993. A Hybrid Cell Gene Co-Transfer Method which Assesses Chromosomal Stability in Human Cells. Life Science Advances - Genetics 12:5-27.

• Ettinger, S. 1998 and 2002. Macronutrients In: Krause's Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 10th and 11th Editions. Ed: Mahan LK and Escott-Stump, S., Publ: W.B. Saunders Co.

1. EB 2001; 2002, 2004. Cancer Nutrition Breakfast Meetings on Graduate Nutrition Education
2. EB 2003 (April) Forum on Need for Nutrition Professionals Cross-Trained at the Doctoral Level in Metabolic Science

1. Ettinger, S. and Fischer, V. The Serum:Red Cell Folate Ratio (SF/RCF%): A Tool to Quantify Age-Associated Change in Folate Status, Submitted to American Society for Nutrition; FASEB 2007
2. Ettinger, S. October, 2006. Is Obesity-Associated Cancer Risk Modifiable? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Center Education, San Diego, CA
3. Ettinger, S. September, 2005. Deconstructing Nutrition in Medical Education. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Cincinnati, OH
4. Ettinger, S. October 2004. Does diet matter to the terminal cancer patient? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Baltimore, MD
5. Ettinger, S. October 2003. Are cancer patients deprived of optimal cancer care because we fail to train Cancer Nutrition Specialists? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Little Rock, AR.
6. Ettinger S. and Barnett J. November, 2002. Toward filling the black hole in health care: the doctoral Cancer Nutrition Specialist. AACE meeting in Toronto, Canada
7. Ettinger S, Barnett J, Mahabir S. Venkatachalam V. October 2001. The Cancer Nutrition Specialist: Rationale, Training Requirements, Scope of Practice. Presented, AACE meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
8. Ettinger S, Venkatachalam V, Mahabir S, Barnett J. April, 2001.Training and Practice of the Cancer Nutrition Specialist. Presented, EACE meeting in Antwerp, Belgium
9. Ettinger S, Mahabir S, Venkatachalam V. November 2000. Training in Use of Food and Nutrition to Reduce Cancer Risk. Presented, AACE meeting in Washington, DC.
10. Ettinger S and Lowell B. 1998. Graduate Curriculum in Medical Nutrition: Cancer Emphasis. Publ: J Cancer Education.
11. Ettinger,S and Schiowitz, S. 1997. Strategies for Nutrition in Medical Education. Publ: J. American Osteopathic Association
12. Mahabir S, Hu J, Roush G, Ettinger S, and Berwick M. 1996. Alpha-tocopherol supplementation increases lipid soluble plasma antioxidant matrix. FASEB J 10: A2757.
13. Ettinger, S, Mahabir S, Mar A, Berwick M and Szabo P. 1996. Red cell folate concentration varies with extracellular folate. FASEB J. 10:A4633
14. Ettinger, S. and Szabo, P. 1994. Limited Folic Acid and Methyl Donor Concentrations Increase DNA Instability in vitro. FASEB J 8:A718.
15. Ettinger, S., Szabo, P. and Weksler, M.E. 1990. Age-Associated Chromosomal Fragility in Human Lymphocytes. J. Am. Ger. Soc. 38:A45.
16. Ettinger, S. and Colman, N. 1988. Lower plasma zinc and higher plasma copper values are associated with elevated serum and red cell folate levels in an aging population. FASEB J. 3:1240.
17. Ettinger S. and Colman, N. 1985. Altered relationship between red cell and serum folate in the aged, suggesting impaired erythrocyte folate transport. Fed.Proc. 44:1283.
18. Ettinger, S. and Colman, N. 1984. Lack of effect of aging on folate status in humans. Clin. Res. 32:686A
19. Ettinger S. and Colman, N. 1984. Low zinc levels in aged subjects, with inverse relationship between serum folate level and response of plasma zinc to zinc supplementation. Clin. Res. 32:232A
20. Colman, N. and Ettinger, S. 1983. Plasma folate differs from serum folate, particularly in the elderly. Fed. Proc. 42:665.