CURRICULUM VITAE

BONNY L SPECKER

ADDRESS Ethel Austin Martin Endowed Program in Human Nutrition South Dakota State University SWC Box 506 Brookings South Dakota 57007

EDUCATION

1977 BS University of Cincinnati Biology

1980 MS University of Cincinnati Medical Center Epidemiology

1983 PhD University of Cincinnati Medical Center Epidemiology B Valanis DPH advisor

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1997-present Director and Chair Ethel Austin Martin-Edward Moss Martin Endowed

Program in Human Nutrition South Dakota State University Brookings SD Professor Department of Health amp Nutritional Sciences with joint appointments in

Biological Sciences and Animal amp Range Sciences South Dakota State University Professor (adjunct) Department of Pediatrics

University of South Dakota Sioux Falls South Dakota

1996-1997 Professor of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati Medical Center amp Childrenrsquos Hospital Medical Center (CHMC)

1989-1996 Associate Professor of Pediatrics Research Associate Professor (1989-1991) University of Cincinnati Medical Center

1990-1997 Research Associate Professor Environmental Health (EpidemiologyBiostatistics) Research Associate Professor Radiology (Nuclear Medicine) University of Cincinnati Medical Center

1985-1989 Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) Research Assistant Professor Environmental Health

(Epidemiology and Biostatistics) University of Cincinnati Medical Center

1984 Research Associate Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Harvard Medical School Boston MA

1

AWARDS HONORS AND DISTINGUISHED ACTIVITIES NationalInternational 2015 Member NIHNICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network review Bethesda

November 2014 ndash 2015 Section Lead European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Working Group to develop

worldwide consensus on prevention and therapy of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia (lead for lactation amp pregnancy)

2013 Task Force Member Densitometry in Infants and Young Children International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) 2013 Guidelines

2011 ndash 2016 Chair Data Safety Monitoring Board for NIHNIAMS sponsored grant (responsible for overseeing meetings working with NIAMS or Executive Secretary to develop the agenda and summarizes all DSMB recommendations to the Board NIAMS and Executive Secretary)

2011 NIAMSNIH Peer Review - SCOR - Editorial Board Review 2011 Chair Symposium on ldquoMuscle and Bone Function in Health and Diseaserdquo Black Forest Forum

International Society for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions May 2010 Member Planning Committee for Meeting on Integrity in Research Focused on Childhood

Obesityrdquo Office on Research Integrity Dept Health amp Human Services (DHHS) April 2009 Member Scientific Review of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Nutrition Unit

Cambridge England 2008 Member Scientific Program Review Expert Panel USDA Agricultural Experiment Station Life

Stage Nutrition and Metabolism Beltsville MD November 2007 Member Scientific Program Review Expert Panel USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition

Research Center June 2005 ndash 2009 Regular Member NIH Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes (INMP) Study Section 2004 ndash 2005 Temporary Member NIH Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes (INMP) Study Section 2004 Mead Johnson Advisory Board on Toddler amp Children Nutrition 2004 Temporary Member NIH Nutrition (NTN) Study Section October amp June 2004 Ad Hoc reviewer NIH Endocrinology Reproductive Nutritional amp Metabolic Sciences Study

Section 2004 ndash 2010 Temporary Member NIH Skeletal Biology Development and Disease (SBDD) Study Section 2003 ndash 2009 Data Safety Monitoring Board member for several NIHNIAMS sponsored grants 2003 Working Group Leader Pediatric Bone Disease Initiative for the American Society for Bone and

Mineral Research Advocacy Committee 2003 2001 NIHNIAMS Advisory Council Subcommittee Member for ldquoDissemination of Bone Health

Informationrdquo November 2001 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ldquoExpert Panel on Vitamin D

Supplementation of Breast-Fed Infantsrdquo Atlanta October 2000 Invited Participant Life Sciences Research Office ldquoThird Party Review of the Evidence for

Food and Supplement Claimsrdquo November 2000 Member NIHNICHD Special Emphasis Panel Bone Mass Density Concept Review in Children 1999 Member NIHNCRR General Clinical Research Center Site Visit Team Dec 1999 Member NIHNIAMS K23K24 Applications Review Panel October 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for P20 Multipurpose Clinical Research Center

Planning Grant Applications July 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for K23K24 Applications April 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for R03 Applications April 1998 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation 1998 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel ldquoBehavioral Strategies in Children and Adolescents to

Prevent Osteoporosis Later in Liferdquo 1998 Member NASA Johnson Space Center Facilities Review Panel Houston TX 1997 Member Institute of Medicinersquos Committee on Body Composition Nutrition and Health of

Military Women Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences 1997 External Advisor Graduate Program in Nutrition McMasterrsquos University Hamilton Ontario

2

1996-1997 Member Institute of Medicinersquos Panel on Calcium and Related Nutrients Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences

1993 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effects of maternal calcium supplementation in the newborn infants of patients in trial of calcium for preeclampsia prevention

1992 Invited expert panelist National Academy of Sciences Committee on Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Sciences

1991 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effect of specific components of human milk on the nursling

1991 Invited roundtable discussant Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Nutrition Women and Their Health

1991 Paper entitled Juvenile colonic perforation Experimental results and clinical implications received the Society for Pediatric Radiologys John Caffey Award

1988 Invited participant and discussant NIH Workshop on Absorption and Distribution of Calcium Perspectives and Prospects Bethesda Maryland

1985 Paper entitled Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning was nominated by the American College of Radiology as the Best Nuclear Medicine Article of 1985

LocalRegional 2013 Nominated for 2012-2013 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award SDSU 2010 Honorary Marshall SDSU Spring Commencement 2007 FO Butler Award for Research Excellence South Dakota State University 2003 Research Award Sigma Xi SDSU Chapter 1998 Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society South Dakota State University Chapter

INVITED PRESENTATIONS NationalInternational 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoBody Composition and Physical Activityrdquo 8th International

Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health (ICCBH) Wurzburg Germany June 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise and Nutrition on Bone Acquisition in

Childhoodrdquo 5th Pediatric Bone Health Symposium University of California at San Francisco March

2016 Invited speaker ldquoMaking a Difference with Tribal PRAMS Data A Collaboration between Tribes a Tribal Epidemiology Center amp South Dakota Department of Healthrdquo CityMatCH and MCH Leadership Conference Philadelphia September

2015 Invited speaker ldquoGlobal Consensus on Nutritional Rickets Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo 7th

International Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health Salzburg Austria June 2014 Invited speaker ldquoGroups at Risk for Vitamin D Insufficiencyrdquo Vitamin D Conference Office of

Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health Bethesda November 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoBuilding Better Bonesrdquo North American Society Pediatric Exercise

amp Medicine Minneapolis August 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise on Bone and Muscle Development in

Childrenrdquo American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Symposium on Musculoskeletal Sex Differences Throughout the Lifespan Chicago July

2014 Invited Briggs Lecture ldquoEvidence-based Science in the Development of Dietary Recommendationsrdquo Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Milwaukee June

2012 Invited Speaker European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancyrdquo Leipzig Germany September

2011 Invited Speaker ldquoMaternal Diet and Bone Growth in Utero ndash Does Nutrition during Pregnancy Impact Offspring Bonerdquo joint meeting of the Nutrition Society and the American Society for Nutrition Cork Ireland June

2010 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues Related to Disclosure of Research Questions and Blinding of Participantsrdquo Quest for Research Excellence The Intersection of Standards Culture and Ethics in Childhood Obesity DHHS Denver April

3

2009 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues of Vitamin D in At-Risk Populations Skin Pigmentation and Body Compositionrdquo amp ldquoVitamin D during Pregnancy and Lactationrdquo Indo-US International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Conference on Recent Scientific Developments in Vitamin D and Health Hyderabad India November

2009 Invited Speaker State-of-the-Art Nutrition amp Skeletal Health ldquoDoes Calcium Modify the Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2009 Invited Speaker Osteoporosis in Men How Far Have We Come Symposium ldquoHigh Rates of Bone Loss in Young Menrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2008 Invited Plenary Speaker ldquoActivity and Calcium Requirements for Optimal Bone Developmentrdquo 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions Cologne Germany May

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoDeterminants of Bone Geometry in Young Childrenrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Philadelphia September

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoActivity and Bone Health during Childhood Insights Using New Technologiesrdquo American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Denver June

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoBYPL Vanguard Centerrdquo The National Childrenrsquos Study Assembly Meeting Washington DC

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoThe Influence of Rapid Growth on Skeletal Adaptation to Exerciserdquo Harold Frost Memorial Meeting Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester England May

2004 Invited speaker ldquoPossible Revision of Vitamin D Dietary Reference Intakes ndash Why Nowrdquo Food amp Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences Symposium ldquoDietary Reference Intakes Framing the Next Generationrdquo Washington DC December

2004 Invited speaker ldquoEffect of Physical Activity and Calcium Intake on Bone Geometry during Growthrdquo Clinical Research Forum Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital Medical Center June

2003 Invited speaker ldquoImpact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralizationrdquo 54th

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Sao Paulo Brazil October 2003 Invited Speaker ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancyrdquo presented at an NIH Conference

ldquoVitamin D and Health in the 21st Century Bone and Beyondrdquo Washington DC October 2003 Invited Speaker Nutrition and Bone Health Working Group ldquoFactors Influencing Bone

Development from Infancy through Toddler Yearsrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Symposium Chair Concurrent State-of-the-Art Lecture on Optimizing Peak Bone Mass American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker as Chair of Working Group on Optimal Clinical Trial Design in Pediatric Bone Disease American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker 33rd International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop ldquoRole of Physical Activity on Bone Mineral Content in Young Childrenrdquo Idaho August

2003 Invited Speaker 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Feeding the Worldhellip Opportunities without Boundaries symposium on Feeding the Children ldquoBone Health in Childhoodrdquo Chicago July

2002 Invited Speaker USDA Human Nutrition Research Center Grand Forks ND ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Young Children October

2002 Pediatric Grand Rounds ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo University of New York at Syracuse May

2001 Invited Speaker 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Osteoporosis ldquoRole of Calcium in Bone Healthrdquo Osaka September

2001 Invited Speaker Avanelle Kirksey Lecture Series Purdue University February 2000 Moderator amp speaker Exercise amp Nutrition as Modulating Factors in Skeletal Development of

Children in Health amp Disease Pre-ASBMR Meeting on Pediatric Bone Toronto September 2000 Invited speaker 14th Annual Biologic Basis of Pediatric Practice Symposium ldquoThe Biology and

Genetics of Nutrition The Impact of Early Nutrition on Health and Developmentrdquo Deer Valley Utah September

4

2000 Invited speaker amp symposium chair 4th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis Lusanne Switzerland May

2000 Invited speaker Capitol Hill Briefing Series on Womenrsquos Health Society for Womenrsquos Health Research Washington DC April

2000 Invited speaker Northland Chapter American College of Sports Medicine ldquoThe Interaction of Activity and Diet During Childhood and the Prevention of Osteoporosisrdquo St Cloud MN April

1999 Symposium speaker ASNSASCN Public Information Committee Symposium ldquoYear 2000 Dietary Guidelines New Thoughts for a New Millenniumrdquo Washington DC April

1999 Invited speaker NIH National Nutrition Month Lecture 1999 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Mineral Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting Washington DC April 1998 Invited speaker 11th Annual LJ Filer Jr Memorial Lecture University of Iowa College of

Medicine December 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Dietary Recommended Intakes Just What Are Theyrdquo Minnesota

Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Brainerd May 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe New Calcium Recommendations for Childrenrdquo 1998 Annual Dairy

Councilrsquos Writers Conference St Louis MO April 1998 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting San Francisco April 1997 Invited symposium speaker ldquoReducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Young Service

Membersrdquo Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences December 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoDo Human Milk-Fed Infants Require Supplemental Vitamin Drdquo Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine Boston Massachusetts October 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoNutrition and Bone Developmentrdquo 41st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Puebla Mexico February 1997

1996 Symposium chair and invited speaker American College of Sports Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting Cincinnati Ohio May 1996

1993 Invited symposium speaker American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting Chicago September 1993

1993 Gerber Lecture entitled Factors affecting bone mineralization during infancy Pediatric Symposium at the American College of Nutrition Meeting Chicago October 1993

1993 Invited symposium speaker XI Latin American Congress of Clinical Chemistry Acapulco Mexico June 1993

1993 Invited symposium participant Recent Developments in Maternal Nutrition and their Implications for Practioners sponsored by Mead-Johnson Nutritional Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company New Harmony Illinois

1992 Invited symposium speaker Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition sponsored by Loma Linda University Washington DC

1992 Invited speaker Scholar Lecture Series - Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status Mead Johnson Nutritional Research Center Evansville Indiana

1990 Symposium chair and invited speaker Workshop on Mineral and Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation Are They Increased Bare Bones Nutrition Seminar Series sponsored by Carnation Nutritional Products Cincinnati Ohio

1987 Invited symposium speaker 72nd American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting Nashville Tenn

LocalRegional 2016 Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota 2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Surveyrdquo Computer Science amp Statistics Seminar October 2016 2015 Invited Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota Hospital Discharge Data on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Infant Drug Exposure and Maternal Use of Opiatesrdquo First 1000 Days Initiative Maternal and Child Health Resiliency Conference and Roundtable Great Plains Tribal Chairman Health Board and Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Rapid City June

5

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

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2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

AWARDS HONORS AND DISTINGUISHED ACTIVITIES NationalInternational 2015 Member NIHNICHD Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network review Bethesda

November 2014 ndash 2015 Section Lead European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Working Group to develop

worldwide consensus on prevention and therapy of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia (lead for lactation amp pregnancy)

2013 Task Force Member Densitometry in Infants and Young Children International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) 2013 Guidelines

2011 ndash 2016 Chair Data Safety Monitoring Board for NIHNIAMS sponsored grant (responsible for overseeing meetings working with NIAMS or Executive Secretary to develop the agenda and summarizes all DSMB recommendations to the Board NIAMS and Executive Secretary)

2011 NIAMSNIH Peer Review - SCOR - Editorial Board Review 2011 Chair Symposium on ldquoMuscle and Bone Function in Health and Diseaserdquo Black Forest Forum

International Society for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions May 2010 Member Planning Committee for Meeting on Integrity in Research Focused on Childhood

Obesityrdquo Office on Research Integrity Dept Health amp Human Services (DHHS) April 2009 Member Scientific Review of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Nutrition Unit

Cambridge England 2008 Member Scientific Program Review Expert Panel USDA Agricultural Experiment Station Life

Stage Nutrition and Metabolism Beltsville MD November 2007 Member Scientific Program Review Expert Panel USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition

Research Center June 2005 ndash 2009 Regular Member NIH Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes (INMP) Study Section 2004 ndash 2005 Temporary Member NIH Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes (INMP) Study Section 2004 Mead Johnson Advisory Board on Toddler amp Children Nutrition 2004 Temporary Member NIH Nutrition (NTN) Study Section October amp June 2004 Ad Hoc reviewer NIH Endocrinology Reproductive Nutritional amp Metabolic Sciences Study

Section 2004 ndash 2010 Temporary Member NIH Skeletal Biology Development and Disease (SBDD) Study Section 2003 ndash 2009 Data Safety Monitoring Board member for several NIHNIAMS sponsored grants 2003 Working Group Leader Pediatric Bone Disease Initiative for the American Society for Bone and

Mineral Research Advocacy Committee 2003 2001 NIHNIAMS Advisory Council Subcommittee Member for ldquoDissemination of Bone Health

Informationrdquo November 2001 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ldquoExpert Panel on Vitamin D

Supplementation of Breast-Fed Infantsrdquo Atlanta October 2000 Invited Participant Life Sciences Research Office ldquoThird Party Review of the Evidence for

Food and Supplement Claimsrdquo November 2000 Member NIHNICHD Special Emphasis Panel Bone Mass Density Concept Review in Children 1999 Member NIHNCRR General Clinical Research Center Site Visit Team Dec 1999 Member NIHNIAMS K23K24 Applications Review Panel October 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for P20 Multipurpose Clinical Research Center

Planning Grant Applications July 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for K23K24 Applications April 1999 Member NIHNIAMS Special Emphasis Panel for R03 Applications April 1998 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation 1998 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel ldquoBehavioral Strategies in Children and Adolescents to

Prevent Osteoporosis Later in Liferdquo 1998 Member NASA Johnson Space Center Facilities Review Panel Houston TX 1997 Member Institute of Medicinersquos Committee on Body Composition Nutrition and Health of

Military Women Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences 1997 External Advisor Graduate Program in Nutrition McMasterrsquos University Hamilton Ontario

2

1996-1997 Member Institute of Medicinersquos Panel on Calcium and Related Nutrients Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences

1993 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effects of maternal calcium supplementation in the newborn infants of patients in trial of calcium for preeclampsia prevention

1992 Invited expert panelist National Academy of Sciences Committee on Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Sciences

1991 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effect of specific components of human milk on the nursling

1991 Invited roundtable discussant Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Nutrition Women and Their Health

1991 Paper entitled Juvenile colonic perforation Experimental results and clinical implications received the Society for Pediatric Radiologys John Caffey Award

1988 Invited participant and discussant NIH Workshop on Absorption and Distribution of Calcium Perspectives and Prospects Bethesda Maryland

1985 Paper entitled Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning was nominated by the American College of Radiology as the Best Nuclear Medicine Article of 1985

LocalRegional 2013 Nominated for 2012-2013 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award SDSU 2010 Honorary Marshall SDSU Spring Commencement 2007 FO Butler Award for Research Excellence South Dakota State University 2003 Research Award Sigma Xi SDSU Chapter 1998 Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society South Dakota State University Chapter

INVITED PRESENTATIONS NationalInternational 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoBody Composition and Physical Activityrdquo 8th International

Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health (ICCBH) Wurzburg Germany June 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise and Nutrition on Bone Acquisition in

Childhoodrdquo 5th Pediatric Bone Health Symposium University of California at San Francisco March

2016 Invited speaker ldquoMaking a Difference with Tribal PRAMS Data A Collaboration between Tribes a Tribal Epidemiology Center amp South Dakota Department of Healthrdquo CityMatCH and MCH Leadership Conference Philadelphia September

2015 Invited speaker ldquoGlobal Consensus on Nutritional Rickets Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo 7th

International Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health Salzburg Austria June 2014 Invited speaker ldquoGroups at Risk for Vitamin D Insufficiencyrdquo Vitamin D Conference Office of

Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health Bethesda November 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoBuilding Better Bonesrdquo North American Society Pediatric Exercise

amp Medicine Minneapolis August 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise on Bone and Muscle Development in

Childrenrdquo American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Symposium on Musculoskeletal Sex Differences Throughout the Lifespan Chicago July

2014 Invited Briggs Lecture ldquoEvidence-based Science in the Development of Dietary Recommendationsrdquo Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Milwaukee June

2012 Invited Speaker European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancyrdquo Leipzig Germany September

2011 Invited Speaker ldquoMaternal Diet and Bone Growth in Utero ndash Does Nutrition during Pregnancy Impact Offspring Bonerdquo joint meeting of the Nutrition Society and the American Society for Nutrition Cork Ireland June

2010 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues Related to Disclosure of Research Questions and Blinding of Participantsrdquo Quest for Research Excellence The Intersection of Standards Culture and Ethics in Childhood Obesity DHHS Denver April

3

2009 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues of Vitamin D in At-Risk Populations Skin Pigmentation and Body Compositionrdquo amp ldquoVitamin D during Pregnancy and Lactationrdquo Indo-US International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Conference on Recent Scientific Developments in Vitamin D and Health Hyderabad India November

2009 Invited Speaker State-of-the-Art Nutrition amp Skeletal Health ldquoDoes Calcium Modify the Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2009 Invited Speaker Osteoporosis in Men How Far Have We Come Symposium ldquoHigh Rates of Bone Loss in Young Menrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2008 Invited Plenary Speaker ldquoActivity and Calcium Requirements for Optimal Bone Developmentrdquo 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions Cologne Germany May

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoDeterminants of Bone Geometry in Young Childrenrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Philadelphia September

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoActivity and Bone Health during Childhood Insights Using New Technologiesrdquo American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Denver June

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoBYPL Vanguard Centerrdquo The National Childrenrsquos Study Assembly Meeting Washington DC

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoThe Influence of Rapid Growth on Skeletal Adaptation to Exerciserdquo Harold Frost Memorial Meeting Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester England May

2004 Invited speaker ldquoPossible Revision of Vitamin D Dietary Reference Intakes ndash Why Nowrdquo Food amp Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences Symposium ldquoDietary Reference Intakes Framing the Next Generationrdquo Washington DC December

2004 Invited speaker ldquoEffect of Physical Activity and Calcium Intake on Bone Geometry during Growthrdquo Clinical Research Forum Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital Medical Center June

2003 Invited speaker ldquoImpact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralizationrdquo 54th

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Sao Paulo Brazil October 2003 Invited Speaker ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancyrdquo presented at an NIH Conference

ldquoVitamin D and Health in the 21st Century Bone and Beyondrdquo Washington DC October 2003 Invited Speaker Nutrition and Bone Health Working Group ldquoFactors Influencing Bone

Development from Infancy through Toddler Yearsrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Symposium Chair Concurrent State-of-the-Art Lecture on Optimizing Peak Bone Mass American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker as Chair of Working Group on Optimal Clinical Trial Design in Pediatric Bone Disease American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker 33rd International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop ldquoRole of Physical Activity on Bone Mineral Content in Young Childrenrdquo Idaho August

2003 Invited Speaker 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Feeding the Worldhellip Opportunities without Boundaries symposium on Feeding the Children ldquoBone Health in Childhoodrdquo Chicago July

2002 Invited Speaker USDA Human Nutrition Research Center Grand Forks ND ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Young Children October

2002 Pediatric Grand Rounds ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo University of New York at Syracuse May

2001 Invited Speaker 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Osteoporosis ldquoRole of Calcium in Bone Healthrdquo Osaka September

2001 Invited Speaker Avanelle Kirksey Lecture Series Purdue University February 2000 Moderator amp speaker Exercise amp Nutrition as Modulating Factors in Skeletal Development of

Children in Health amp Disease Pre-ASBMR Meeting on Pediatric Bone Toronto September 2000 Invited speaker 14th Annual Biologic Basis of Pediatric Practice Symposium ldquoThe Biology and

Genetics of Nutrition The Impact of Early Nutrition on Health and Developmentrdquo Deer Valley Utah September

4

2000 Invited speaker amp symposium chair 4th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis Lusanne Switzerland May

2000 Invited speaker Capitol Hill Briefing Series on Womenrsquos Health Society for Womenrsquos Health Research Washington DC April

2000 Invited speaker Northland Chapter American College of Sports Medicine ldquoThe Interaction of Activity and Diet During Childhood and the Prevention of Osteoporosisrdquo St Cloud MN April

1999 Symposium speaker ASNSASCN Public Information Committee Symposium ldquoYear 2000 Dietary Guidelines New Thoughts for a New Millenniumrdquo Washington DC April

1999 Invited speaker NIH National Nutrition Month Lecture 1999 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Mineral Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting Washington DC April 1998 Invited speaker 11th Annual LJ Filer Jr Memorial Lecture University of Iowa College of

Medicine December 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Dietary Recommended Intakes Just What Are Theyrdquo Minnesota

Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Brainerd May 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe New Calcium Recommendations for Childrenrdquo 1998 Annual Dairy

Councilrsquos Writers Conference St Louis MO April 1998 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting San Francisco April 1997 Invited symposium speaker ldquoReducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Young Service

Membersrdquo Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences December 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoDo Human Milk-Fed Infants Require Supplemental Vitamin Drdquo Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine Boston Massachusetts October 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoNutrition and Bone Developmentrdquo 41st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Puebla Mexico February 1997

1996 Symposium chair and invited speaker American College of Sports Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting Cincinnati Ohio May 1996

1993 Invited symposium speaker American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting Chicago September 1993

1993 Gerber Lecture entitled Factors affecting bone mineralization during infancy Pediatric Symposium at the American College of Nutrition Meeting Chicago October 1993

1993 Invited symposium speaker XI Latin American Congress of Clinical Chemistry Acapulco Mexico June 1993

1993 Invited symposium participant Recent Developments in Maternal Nutrition and their Implications for Practioners sponsored by Mead-Johnson Nutritional Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company New Harmony Illinois

1992 Invited symposium speaker Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition sponsored by Loma Linda University Washington DC

1992 Invited speaker Scholar Lecture Series - Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status Mead Johnson Nutritional Research Center Evansville Indiana

1990 Symposium chair and invited speaker Workshop on Mineral and Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation Are They Increased Bare Bones Nutrition Seminar Series sponsored by Carnation Nutritional Products Cincinnati Ohio

1987 Invited symposium speaker 72nd American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting Nashville Tenn

LocalRegional 2016 Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota 2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Surveyrdquo Computer Science amp Statistics Seminar October 2016 2015 Invited Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota Hospital Discharge Data on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Infant Drug Exposure and Maternal Use of Opiatesrdquo First 1000 Days Initiative Maternal and Child Health Resiliency Conference and Roundtable Great Plains Tribal Chairman Health Board and Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Rapid City June

5

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

6

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

1996-1997 Member Institute of Medicinersquos Panel on Calcium and Related Nutrients Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences

1993 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effects of maternal calcium supplementation in the newborn infants of patients in trial of calcium for preeclampsia prevention

1992 Invited expert panelist National Academy of Sciences Committee on Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Sciences

1991 Member NIHNICHD Review Panel Effect of specific components of human milk on the nursling

1991 Invited roundtable discussant Food and Nutrition Board National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Nutrition Women and Their Health

1991 Paper entitled Juvenile colonic perforation Experimental results and clinical implications received the Society for Pediatric Radiologys John Caffey Award

1988 Invited participant and discussant NIH Workshop on Absorption and Distribution of Calcium Perspectives and Prospects Bethesda Maryland

1985 Paper entitled Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning was nominated by the American College of Radiology as the Best Nuclear Medicine Article of 1985

LocalRegional 2013 Nominated for 2012-2013 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award SDSU 2010 Honorary Marshall SDSU Spring Commencement 2007 FO Butler Award for Research Excellence South Dakota State University 2003 Research Award Sigma Xi SDSU Chapter 1998 Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society South Dakota State University Chapter

INVITED PRESENTATIONS NationalInternational 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoBody Composition and Physical Activityrdquo 8th International

Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health (ICCBH) Wurzburg Germany June 2017 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise and Nutrition on Bone Acquisition in

Childhoodrdquo 5th Pediatric Bone Health Symposium University of California at San Francisco March

2016 Invited speaker ldquoMaking a Difference with Tribal PRAMS Data A Collaboration between Tribes a Tribal Epidemiology Center amp South Dakota Department of Healthrdquo CityMatCH and MCH Leadership Conference Philadelphia September

2015 Invited speaker ldquoGlobal Consensus on Nutritional Rickets Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo 7th

International Conference on Childrenrsquos Bone Health Salzburg Austria June 2014 Invited speaker ldquoGroups at Risk for Vitamin D Insufficiencyrdquo Vitamin D Conference Office of

Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health Bethesda November 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoBuilding Better Bonesrdquo North American Society Pediatric Exercise

amp Medicine Minneapolis August 2014 Invited symposium speaker ldquoInfluence of Exercise on Bone and Muscle Development in

Childrenrdquo American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Symposium on Musculoskeletal Sex Differences Throughout the Lifespan Chicago July

2014 Invited Briggs Lecture ldquoEvidence-based Science in the Development of Dietary Recommendationsrdquo Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Milwaukee June

2012 Invited Speaker European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancyrdquo Leipzig Germany September

2011 Invited Speaker ldquoMaternal Diet and Bone Growth in Utero ndash Does Nutrition during Pregnancy Impact Offspring Bonerdquo joint meeting of the Nutrition Society and the American Society for Nutrition Cork Ireland June

2010 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues Related to Disclosure of Research Questions and Blinding of Participantsrdquo Quest for Research Excellence The Intersection of Standards Culture and Ethics in Childhood Obesity DHHS Denver April

3

2009 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues of Vitamin D in At-Risk Populations Skin Pigmentation and Body Compositionrdquo amp ldquoVitamin D during Pregnancy and Lactationrdquo Indo-US International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Conference on Recent Scientific Developments in Vitamin D and Health Hyderabad India November

2009 Invited Speaker State-of-the-Art Nutrition amp Skeletal Health ldquoDoes Calcium Modify the Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2009 Invited Speaker Osteoporosis in Men How Far Have We Come Symposium ldquoHigh Rates of Bone Loss in Young Menrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2008 Invited Plenary Speaker ldquoActivity and Calcium Requirements for Optimal Bone Developmentrdquo 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions Cologne Germany May

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoDeterminants of Bone Geometry in Young Childrenrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Philadelphia September

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoActivity and Bone Health during Childhood Insights Using New Technologiesrdquo American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Denver June

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoBYPL Vanguard Centerrdquo The National Childrenrsquos Study Assembly Meeting Washington DC

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoThe Influence of Rapid Growth on Skeletal Adaptation to Exerciserdquo Harold Frost Memorial Meeting Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester England May

2004 Invited speaker ldquoPossible Revision of Vitamin D Dietary Reference Intakes ndash Why Nowrdquo Food amp Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences Symposium ldquoDietary Reference Intakes Framing the Next Generationrdquo Washington DC December

2004 Invited speaker ldquoEffect of Physical Activity and Calcium Intake on Bone Geometry during Growthrdquo Clinical Research Forum Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital Medical Center June

2003 Invited speaker ldquoImpact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralizationrdquo 54th

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Sao Paulo Brazil October 2003 Invited Speaker ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancyrdquo presented at an NIH Conference

ldquoVitamin D and Health in the 21st Century Bone and Beyondrdquo Washington DC October 2003 Invited Speaker Nutrition and Bone Health Working Group ldquoFactors Influencing Bone

Development from Infancy through Toddler Yearsrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Symposium Chair Concurrent State-of-the-Art Lecture on Optimizing Peak Bone Mass American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker as Chair of Working Group on Optimal Clinical Trial Design in Pediatric Bone Disease American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker 33rd International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop ldquoRole of Physical Activity on Bone Mineral Content in Young Childrenrdquo Idaho August

2003 Invited Speaker 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Feeding the Worldhellip Opportunities without Boundaries symposium on Feeding the Children ldquoBone Health in Childhoodrdquo Chicago July

2002 Invited Speaker USDA Human Nutrition Research Center Grand Forks ND ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Young Children October

2002 Pediatric Grand Rounds ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo University of New York at Syracuse May

2001 Invited Speaker 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Osteoporosis ldquoRole of Calcium in Bone Healthrdquo Osaka September

2001 Invited Speaker Avanelle Kirksey Lecture Series Purdue University February 2000 Moderator amp speaker Exercise amp Nutrition as Modulating Factors in Skeletal Development of

Children in Health amp Disease Pre-ASBMR Meeting on Pediatric Bone Toronto September 2000 Invited speaker 14th Annual Biologic Basis of Pediatric Practice Symposium ldquoThe Biology and

Genetics of Nutrition The Impact of Early Nutrition on Health and Developmentrdquo Deer Valley Utah September

4

2000 Invited speaker amp symposium chair 4th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis Lusanne Switzerland May

2000 Invited speaker Capitol Hill Briefing Series on Womenrsquos Health Society for Womenrsquos Health Research Washington DC April

2000 Invited speaker Northland Chapter American College of Sports Medicine ldquoThe Interaction of Activity and Diet During Childhood and the Prevention of Osteoporosisrdquo St Cloud MN April

1999 Symposium speaker ASNSASCN Public Information Committee Symposium ldquoYear 2000 Dietary Guidelines New Thoughts for a New Millenniumrdquo Washington DC April

1999 Invited speaker NIH National Nutrition Month Lecture 1999 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Mineral Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting Washington DC April 1998 Invited speaker 11th Annual LJ Filer Jr Memorial Lecture University of Iowa College of

Medicine December 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Dietary Recommended Intakes Just What Are Theyrdquo Minnesota

Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Brainerd May 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe New Calcium Recommendations for Childrenrdquo 1998 Annual Dairy

Councilrsquos Writers Conference St Louis MO April 1998 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting San Francisco April 1997 Invited symposium speaker ldquoReducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Young Service

Membersrdquo Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences December 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoDo Human Milk-Fed Infants Require Supplemental Vitamin Drdquo Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine Boston Massachusetts October 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoNutrition and Bone Developmentrdquo 41st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Puebla Mexico February 1997

1996 Symposium chair and invited speaker American College of Sports Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting Cincinnati Ohio May 1996

1993 Invited symposium speaker American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting Chicago September 1993

1993 Gerber Lecture entitled Factors affecting bone mineralization during infancy Pediatric Symposium at the American College of Nutrition Meeting Chicago October 1993

1993 Invited symposium speaker XI Latin American Congress of Clinical Chemistry Acapulco Mexico June 1993

1993 Invited symposium participant Recent Developments in Maternal Nutrition and their Implications for Practioners sponsored by Mead-Johnson Nutritional Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company New Harmony Illinois

1992 Invited symposium speaker Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition sponsored by Loma Linda University Washington DC

1992 Invited speaker Scholar Lecture Series - Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status Mead Johnson Nutritional Research Center Evansville Indiana

1990 Symposium chair and invited speaker Workshop on Mineral and Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation Are They Increased Bare Bones Nutrition Seminar Series sponsored by Carnation Nutritional Products Cincinnati Ohio

1987 Invited symposium speaker 72nd American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting Nashville Tenn

LocalRegional 2016 Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota 2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Surveyrdquo Computer Science amp Statistics Seminar October 2016 2015 Invited Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota Hospital Discharge Data on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Infant Drug Exposure and Maternal Use of Opiatesrdquo First 1000 Days Initiative Maternal and Child Health Resiliency Conference and Roundtable Great Plains Tribal Chairman Health Board and Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Rapid City June

5

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

6

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2009 Invited Speaker ldquoIssues of Vitamin D in At-Risk Populations Skin Pigmentation and Body Compositionrdquo amp ldquoVitamin D during Pregnancy and Lactationrdquo Indo-US International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Conference on Recent Scientific Developments in Vitamin D and Health Hyderabad India November

2009 Invited Speaker State-of-the-Art Nutrition amp Skeletal Health ldquoDoes Calcium Modify the Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2009 Invited Speaker Osteoporosis in Men How Far Have We Come Symposium ldquoHigh Rates of Bone Loss in Young Menrdquo International Society for Clinical Densitometry ndash International Osteoporosis Foundation Meeting Orlando March

2008 Invited Plenary Speaker ldquoActivity and Calcium Requirements for Optimal Bone Developmentrdquo 6th International Workshop for Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions Cologne Germany May

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoDeterminants of Bone Geometry in Young Childrenrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Philadelphia September

2006 Invited Symposium Speaker ldquoActivity and Bone Health during Childhood Insights Using New Technologiesrdquo American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Denver June

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoBYPL Vanguard Centerrdquo The National Childrenrsquos Study Assembly Meeting Washington DC

2005 Invited Speaker ldquoThe Influence of Rapid Growth on Skeletal Adaptation to Exerciserdquo Harold Frost Memorial Meeting Institute for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester England May

2004 Invited speaker ldquoPossible Revision of Vitamin D Dietary Reference Intakes ndash Why Nowrdquo Food amp Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences Symposium ldquoDietary Reference Intakes Framing the Next Generationrdquo Washington DC December

2004 Invited speaker ldquoEffect of Physical Activity and Calcium Intake on Bone Geometry during Growthrdquo Clinical Research Forum Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital Medical Center June

2003 Invited speaker ldquoImpact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralizationrdquo 54th

Nestle Nutrition Workshop Sao Paulo Brazil October 2003 Invited Speaker ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancyrdquo presented at an NIH Conference

ldquoVitamin D and Health in the 21st Century Bone and Beyondrdquo Washington DC October 2003 Invited Speaker Nutrition and Bone Health Working Group ldquoFactors Influencing Bone

Development from Infancy through Toddler Yearsrdquo American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Symposium Chair Concurrent State-of-the-Art Lecture on Optimizing Peak Bone Mass American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker as Chair of Working Group on Optimal Clinical Trial Design in Pediatric Bone Disease American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Minneapolis September

2003 Invited Speaker 33rd International Sun Valley Hard Tissue Workshop ldquoRole of Physical Activity on Bone Mineral Content in Young Childrenrdquo Idaho August

2003 Invited Speaker 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology Feeding the Worldhellip Opportunities without Boundaries symposium on Feeding the Children ldquoBone Health in Childhoodrdquo Chicago July

2002 Invited Speaker USDA Human Nutrition Research Center Grand Forks ND ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Young Children October

2002 Pediatric Grand Rounds ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo University of New York at Syracuse May

2001 Invited Speaker 3rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Osteoporosis ldquoRole of Calcium in Bone Healthrdquo Osaka September

2001 Invited Speaker Avanelle Kirksey Lecture Series Purdue University February 2000 Moderator amp speaker Exercise amp Nutrition as Modulating Factors in Skeletal Development of

Children in Health amp Disease Pre-ASBMR Meeting on Pediatric Bone Toronto September 2000 Invited speaker 14th Annual Biologic Basis of Pediatric Practice Symposium ldquoThe Biology and

Genetics of Nutrition The Impact of Early Nutrition on Health and Developmentrdquo Deer Valley Utah September

4

2000 Invited speaker amp symposium chair 4th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis Lusanne Switzerland May

2000 Invited speaker Capitol Hill Briefing Series on Womenrsquos Health Society for Womenrsquos Health Research Washington DC April

2000 Invited speaker Northland Chapter American College of Sports Medicine ldquoThe Interaction of Activity and Diet During Childhood and the Prevention of Osteoporosisrdquo St Cloud MN April

1999 Symposium speaker ASNSASCN Public Information Committee Symposium ldquoYear 2000 Dietary Guidelines New Thoughts for a New Millenniumrdquo Washington DC April

1999 Invited speaker NIH National Nutrition Month Lecture 1999 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Mineral Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting Washington DC April 1998 Invited speaker 11th Annual LJ Filer Jr Memorial Lecture University of Iowa College of

Medicine December 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Dietary Recommended Intakes Just What Are Theyrdquo Minnesota

Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Brainerd May 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe New Calcium Recommendations for Childrenrdquo 1998 Annual Dairy

Councilrsquos Writers Conference St Louis MO April 1998 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting San Francisco April 1997 Invited symposium speaker ldquoReducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Young Service

Membersrdquo Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences December 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoDo Human Milk-Fed Infants Require Supplemental Vitamin Drdquo Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine Boston Massachusetts October 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoNutrition and Bone Developmentrdquo 41st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Puebla Mexico February 1997

1996 Symposium chair and invited speaker American College of Sports Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting Cincinnati Ohio May 1996

1993 Invited symposium speaker American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting Chicago September 1993

1993 Gerber Lecture entitled Factors affecting bone mineralization during infancy Pediatric Symposium at the American College of Nutrition Meeting Chicago October 1993

1993 Invited symposium speaker XI Latin American Congress of Clinical Chemistry Acapulco Mexico June 1993

1993 Invited symposium participant Recent Developments in Maternal Nutrition and their Implications for Practioners sponsored by Mead-Johnson Nutritional Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company New Harmony Illinois

1992 Invited symposium speaker Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition sponsored by Loma Linda University Washington DC

1992 Invited speaker Scholar Lecture Series - Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status Mead Johnson Nutritional Research Center Evansville Indiana

1990 Symposium chair and invited speaker Workshop on Mineral and Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation Are They Increased Bare Bones Nutrition Seminar Series sponsored by Carnation Nutritional Products Cincinnati Ohio

1987 Invited symposium speaker 72nd American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting Nashville Tenn

LocalRegional 2016 Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota 2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Surveyrdquo Computer Science amp Statistics Seminar October 2016 2015 Invited Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota Hospital Discharge Data on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Infant Drug Exposure and Maternal Use of Opiatesrdquo First 1000 Days Initiative Maternal and Child Health Resiliency Conference and Roundtable Great Plains Tribal Chairman Health Board and Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Rapid City June

5

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

6

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2000 Invited speaker amp symposium chair 4th International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis Lusanne Switzerland May

2000 Invited speaker Capitol Hill Briefing Series on Womenrsquos Health Society for Womenrsquos Health Research Washington DC April

2000 Invited speaker Northland Chapter American College of Sports Medicine ldquoThe Interaction of Activity and Diet During Childhood and the Prevention of Osteoporosisrdquo St Cloud MN April

1999 Symposium speaker ASNSASCN Public Information Committee Symposium ldquoYear 2000 Dietary Guidelines New Thoughts for a New Millenniumrdquo Washington DC April

1999 Invited speaker NIH National Nutrition Month Lecture 1999 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Mineral Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting Washington DC April 1998 Invited speaker 11th Annual LJ Filer Jr Memorial Lecture University of Iowa College of

Medicine December 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Dietary Recommended Intakes Just What Are Theyrdquo Minnesota

Dietetic Association Annual Meeting Brainerd May 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe New Calcium Recommendations for Childrenrdquo 1998 Annual Dairy

Councilrsquos Writers Conference St Louis MO April 1998 Symposium co-chair ldquoCalcium and Bone Metabolismrdquo American Society for Nutritional

Sciences Annual Experimental Biology meeting San Francisco April 1997 Invited symposium speaker ldquoReducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Young Service

Membersrdquo Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences December 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoDo Human Milk-Fed Infants Require Supplemental Vitamin Drdquo Academy for Breastfeeding Medicine Boston Massachusetts October 1997

1997 Invited speaker ldquoNutrition and Bone Developmentrdquo 41st Nestle Nutrition Workshop Puebla Mexico February 1997

1996 Symposium chair and invited speaker American College of Sports Medicine 43rd Annual Meeting Cincinnati Ohio May 1996

1993 Invited symposium speaker American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting Chicago September 1993

1993 Gerber Lecture entitled Factors affecting bone mineralization during infancy Pediatric Symposium at the American College of Nutrition Meeting Chicago October 1993

1993 Invited symposium speaker XI Latin American Congress of Clinical Chemistry Acapulco Mexico June 1993

1993 Invited symposium participant Recent Developments in Maternal Nutrition and their Implications for Practioners sponsored by Mead-Johnson Nutritional Group Bristol-Myers Squibb Company New Harmony Illinois

1992 Invited symposium speaker Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy and Lactation Second International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition sponsored by Loma Linda University Washington DC

1992 Invited speaker Scholar Lecture Series - Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status Mead Johnson Nutritional Research Center Evansville Indiana

1990 Symposium chair and invited speaker Workshop on Mineral and Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation Are They Increased Bare Bones Nutrition Seminar Series sponsored by Carnation Nutritional Products Cincinnati Ohio

1987 Invited symposium speaker 72nd American Association of Cereal Chemists Annual Meeting Nashville Tenn

LocalRegional 2016 Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota 2014 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Surveyrdquo Computer Science amp Statistics Seminar October 2016 2015 Invited Speaker ldquoSouth Dakota Hospital Discharge Data on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Infant Drug Exposure and Maternal Use of Opiatesrdquo First 1000 Days Initiative Maternal and Child Health Resiliency Conference and Roundtable Great Plains Tribal Chairman Health Board and Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Rapid City June

5

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

6

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2014 Speaker ldquoEpidemiological Research in the Hutterite Community of South Dakotardquo Applied Global Health Epidemiology (EPID 6670) University of Colorado School of Public Health Denver October

2014 Speaker Creativity Seminar Series Brookings Humanities Council September 2014 SDSU Rural Health Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

(SD-PRAMS)rdquo EAM Program group presentation April 2014 Guest On-Call television show South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoKeeping Your Baby Saferdquo

April 2014 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoHey Baby Whatrsquos Happening An

Update on Maternal amp Child Health in South Dakotardquo 2013 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition amp Health Conference ldquoImplications of Vitamin D Deficiency in

Pregnancyrdquo March 2013 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU March 2013 Speaker 1st Annual Sanford Research Summit ldquoPediatric Origins of Osteoarthritisrdquo January 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD

ldquoGovernorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortalityrdquo June 2012 Speaker South Dakota Public Health Association Annual Meeting Sioux Falls SD ldquoUpdate on

the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo June 2012 Panel of Panelists Colleges of Education and Human Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences SDSU April 2012 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds Sanford USD School of Medicine February 2012 Speaker Science at the Pub ldquoIs Osteoarthritis a Disease of Childhoodrdquo January 2011 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D Recommendationsrdquo January 2010 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2010 Speaker SDSU Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoBone Loss in Young Menrdquo March 2009 Speaker Lions Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Study November 2009 Speaker USD LEND University Affiliated Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2009 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo September 2009 Speaker Altrusa Club ldquoSDSU amp The National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo July 2009 Guest KESD On-Call South Dakota Public Broadcasting ldquoChildrenrsquos Health Issuesrdquo April 2008 Speaker USD LEND Program Sanford ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo 2007 Speaker Pediatric Grand Rounds SanfordUSD ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Area Parkinson Group Meeting ldquoHealthy Bonesrdquo December 2007 Speaker Brookings Optimist Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Chamber of Commerce ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2007 Guest On-Call television show ldquoVitamin D and Bone Healthrdquo November 2007 Speaker Brookings Health System amp Third District Medical Society ldquoUpdate on the National

Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo October 2007 Speaker University Womenrsquos Week ldquoLife on a Hutterite Colonyrdquo June 2006 Speaker Sioux Falls Rotary Club ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo November 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo October 2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine Brookings and WSOO Radio Sioux Falls ldquoNational

Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo June 2006 Recorded two shows for Homespun Medical Tips to be broadcasted throughout South Dakota

later in 2006 ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Updaterdquo and ldquoImportance of Vitamin D during South Dakota Wintersrdquo

2006 Speaker (live) on Homespun Medicine WBRK Radio Brookings ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Update amp the SDSU Childrenrsquos Environmental Health Seminarrdquo

2005 Host National Childrenrsquos Study BYPL Vanguard Center Local Event Day Brookings December

2005 Speaker Brookings High School Nutrition and Foods class ldquoCalcium and Your Bonesrdquo December

6

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2005 Invited Speaker South Dakota Public Health Conference ldquoBone Density through a Lifetimerdquo Pierre June

2005 Invited Speaker Women and Giving South Dakota State University ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University June

2005 Invited Speaker Public Health Day ldquoChildhood Obesity Cause amp Consequencerdquo University of South Dakota April

2005 Invited Speaker SDSU 22nd Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoIs Lactation and Pregnancy Bad for Bonesrdquo March

2005 College of Pharmacy ldquoSouth Dakota ndash the Strong Bone Staterdquo South Dakota State University February

2005 Avera Symposium ndash Health Research ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Sioux Falls February 2005 Sigma Xi Seminar SDSU ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo South Dakota State University February 2005 3rd Medical District Seminar ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo Brookings February 2005 Biological Sciences Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Study ndash Current Findingsrdquo

South Dakota State University February 2004 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoAssessing Bone

Health in Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls December 2004 Symposium on Health Management Research ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Avera

Research Institute Brookings SD October 2004 North Central Cheese Industries Association ldquoBone Healthrdquo Brookings SD October 2004 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- Whatrsquos New with the Researchrdquo SDSU June 2004 Avera McKennan Hospital ldquoEffect of Sleep Deprivation on Bonerdquo Sioux Falls March 2004 Dairy Science Departmental Seminar Influence of Vitamin D and Calcium Status on Bone of

Young Children SDSU February 2004 Rotary Club presentation South Dakota Rural Bone Health Study Results Brookings February 2003 University Week for Women ldquoStrong Bones- A Result of Good Livingrdquo SDSU June 2003 Brookings District Nursersquos Association Meeting ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo

Brookings February 2003 Pediatric Grand Rounds University of South Dakota School of Medicine ldquoCalcium Modifies the

Bone Response to Physical Activity in Young Childrenrdquo Sioux Falls January 2003 Altrusa Presentation ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings January 2003 Beadle County Family and Community Extension Leaders Meeting ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Huron

January 2002 University of South Dakota Dietetic Internship Program presentation ldquoNutritional Researchrdquo

Sioux Falls November 2002 United Methodist Men presentation ldquoOsteoporosisrdquo Brookings November 2002 Eminent Farmer amp Homemaker Program ldquoSouth Dakota Rural Bone Health Studyrdquo Brookings

September 2002 University Week for Women 3 presentations ldquoStrong Bones- Strong Womenrdquo SDSU June 2002 Invited Speaker South Dakota Annual Cystic Fibrosis Family Days ldquoBone Healthrdquo Sioux Falls

April 2002 Invited Speaker SDSU 19th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoSouth Dakota Childrenrsquos Health Study

Resultsrdquo April 2001 Invited Speaker SDSU 18th Annual Nutrition Seminar ldquoActivity and Diet in Childrenrdquo March 2000 Invited speaker Sewrey Colloquium South Dakota State University February 1999 Invited speaker Brookings Hospital ldquoPediatric Approach to Osteoporosis Preventionrdquo

November 1998 Keynote speaker ldquoCalcium Activity and Bonerdquo Eighth Annual Pharmacy Research

Presentations South Dakota State University November 1998 Invited speaker ldquoThe Role of Todayrsquos Youth in Eradicating Osteoporosis in the Next

Millenniumrdquo Northern Plains Osteoporosis Seminar Sioux Falls May 1995 Invited symposium speaker Imaging modalities in bone mass assessment Child Abuse vs

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Symposium Childrens Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati

7

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

1995 Invited speaker Does physical activity in children affect bone mass 120th Reunion of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2014 ndash pres North American Society for Pediatric Exercise amp Medicine 2008 - pres International Society for Musculoskeletal amp Neuronal Interactions 2006 - pres American Pediatric Society senior member 2003 - pres International Bone and Mineral Society 1992 - pres American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1989 - 2006 Society for Pediatric Research member 1989 - pres American Society for Clinical Nutrition member 1989 - pres American Society for Nutrition (previously AIN and ASNS) member 1988-1994 Society for Pediatric Epidemiologic Research member 1987-1995 American College of Nutrition fellow 1983-1993 Society for Epidemiologic Research member

SERVICE StateNationalInternational Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2016 Participated in a CDC Epi-Aid Project on Substance Use During Pregnancy with Great Plains

Tribal Chairman Health BoardNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center August 2015 ndash pres External committee member for doctoral dissertation (Studies in nutritional quality of lactation

supplements and their relationship with metabolic syndrome and bone health of young women and infant growth Neha Kajale) Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute Pune India

2012 External opponent for doctoral dissertation (Cardiovascular risk factors and effect of body composition on bone parameters in 7-year-old Icelandic children) at the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences Reykjavik December

2011 ndash 2014 Appointed to the Governorrsquos Task Force on Infant Mortality for the State of South Dakota 2011 Reviewer Medical Research Council (UK) 2007 Grant reviewer Medical Council of Scotland 2006 Grant reviewer Thrasher Research Foundation 2006 ndash 2007 South Dakota State Epidemiological Outcomes Working Group 2005 ndash 2012 National Childrenrsquos Study Steering Committee NICHDNIH 2005 ndash 2008 Member National Dairy Council Nutrition Research Scientific Advisory Committee 2005 ndash 2006 Reviewer Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D University of Ottawa Evidence-Based

Practice Centre 2005 Invited Grant Reviewer for The Wellcome Trust London 2003 ndash 2004 South Dakota Department of Health Obesity Task Force 2003 Member of Task Force South Dakota Nutrition Council 2002 Invited Reviewer for World Health Organization document titled Nutrient Adequacy of

Exclusive Breastfeeding for the Term Infant during the First Six Months of Life by N Butte M Lopez-Alarcon B Garza

2001 Advisor Intermountain Center for Pediatric Nutrition Research University of Utah School of Medicine

2000 ndash 2002 American Society for Nutritional Sciences History of Nutrition Committee 2000 Organized Nutrition Symposium at MN ND amp SD Academy of Sciences meeting Moorhead

MN April 2000 Grant reviewer National Osteoporosis Foundation

University Committee Involvement amp Professional Activities 2012 Chair Search Committee for Associate Vice President for Research 2011 - pres SDSU Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009 SDSU working with the EHS College on the development of the Rural Child Well Being

Education and Research Center 2009 SDSU Search Committee for Veterinary Sciences

8

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2008 Co-Chair Health Education amp Research Discussion Group for merger of colleges 2008 SDSU Department of Statistics Institutional Review Committee 2004 - 2009 SDSU Statistics Advisory Committee 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Statistics faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Nutrition faculty 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Vice President for Research 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Asst Dean for Nursing Research amp Dept Head for Grad Nursing 2004 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2003 SDSU Search Committee for Dairy Sciences faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Biology Department faculty 2002 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality 2001 SDSU Task Force on Student Advising 2000 - 2001 SDSU Change Implementation Committee of the Lead Forward Land Grant Planning

Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering 1999 - pres SDSU NFSH Departmental Graduate Committee 1999 SDSU Search Committee for Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1998 - 2001 SDSU Human Subjects Committee 1998 - 2002 SDSU Research Advisory Council Graduate SchoolOffice of Research 1998 - 2001 SDSU Graduate Council 1998 - 1999 Chair SDSU Search Committee for Associate Dean of Sponsored Programs and Graduate

School 1997 - pres SDSU Graduate Faculty 1993 - 1997 All-University Graduate Faculty University of Cincinnati 1996 - 1997 MD-PhD Program Committee and Admissions Committee Univ of Cincinnati 1995 - 1997 Advisory Board Program in Dietetics and Nutrition Education Univ of Cincinnati 1994 - 1995 Injury Control Research Center Grant Review Committee CHMC 1994 - 1997 In-House Grant Review Committee CHMC 1993 - 1997 Scientific Advisory Committee Clinical Research Center CHMC 1993 - 1997 MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1988 - 1997 Co-Founder and Faculty Member for Clinical Investigation Sub-Fellowship at CHMC 1993 - 1995 Trauma Committee CHMC 1989 - 1991 Committee on the Revision of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure in the College of Medicine UC 1989 - 1994 Research Advisory Committee Nuclear Medicine Dept of Radiology Univ Cincinnati 1989 - 1990 Chairperson Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Dept Pediatrics Univ of

Cincinnati 1987 - 1990 Reappointment Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Pediatrics 1986 - 1995 Clinical Research Coordinator of Newborn ICUs Division of Neonatology CHMC 1986 - 1992 Associate Director NIH Perinatal Biology Training Grant Univ Cincinnati 1986 - 1993 Assistant Program Director NIH Diabetes in Pregnancy Program Project Grant Univ Cincinnati

Editorial Board Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004-2007) Nutrition Today (2005-pres) Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (2008-pres) Bone Research Frontiers in Endocrinology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (2014-pres)

First to Know newsletterwebsite for the North American Menopause Society ndash provide commentary on recent publications 2011 2012

Manuscript Review (approximately 10-12 articlesyear) Acta Paediatrica American Journal of Clinical Nutrition American Journal of Diseases in Children American Journal of Public Health

9

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

Bone British Journal of Obstetrics amp Gynecology British Medical Journal Journal of American College of Nutrition Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Journal Clinical Endocrinology amp Metabolism Journal of Nutrition Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry Journal Pediatric Gastroenterology amp Nutrition Journal of Pediatrics Lancet New England Journal of Medicine Obstetrics amp Gynecology Pediatrics Pediatric amp Perinatal Epidemiology Pediatric Research

Community Activities 2012 ndash pres Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) ndash South Dakota 3rd Circuit Court 2012 ndash 2014 Boys amp Girls Club Corporate Board of Directors and member of Corporate Finance Committee

Boys amp Girls Club Brookings Advisory Council and member of Strategic GrowthBuilding Committee

2011 ndash 2012 Board of Directors Brookings Boys amp Girls Club (member of Brookings Finance Committee Corporate Committee and Corporate Finance Committee jury moderator for Brookings County Teen Court)

2006 - 2009 Faculty Co-advisor SDSU Womenrsquos Hockey 2002 - 2004 Team Director Brookings Rangers Girlrsquos Varsity Hockey 2002 Judge Flandreau Science Fair amp Eastern SD Regional Science Fair 1999 - 2009 Judge Eastern SD Regional Science Fair (yearly) 1998 Participant in 2+2+2 Native American Summer Program SDSU 1998 - 1999 Altrusa Service Organization Brookings South Dakota 1997 Parent Administrator Cincinnati Classics Soccer Club 1995 - 1996 Secretary Parent Teacher Association Pierce Elementary School New Richmond Ohio 1995 - 1996 Treasurer Cincinnati Synchronized Swimming Team 1993 Needs Assessment and Research Subcommittee Cincinnatis All Kids Count Program City of

Cincinnati Board of Health 1986 - 1988 Westwood Civic Association Park Board 1978 - 1981 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board Tri-State Air Committee Southwestern Ohio Lung

Association

TEACHING Graduate Faculty South Dakota State University 1998-present All-University Graduate Faculty and MD-PhD Scholar Program Faculty Univ of Cincinnati 1993-97 Faculty participant on the Endocrinology Gastroenterology Nephrology Perinatal Biology and Rheumatology

training grants at CHMC

Courses 2016 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 13 students) 2016 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Apparelrdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2015 Spring Lecture on ldquoHutterite Liferdquo ndash AM 453 (Socio-Psychological Aspects of Dress) 2014 Spring Epidemiology (HNSBIOS 782 3 semester hours 6 students) 2014 Spring Independent Study Research Methods (BIOS 891 3 semester hours 1 student) 2014 Spring Independent Study Biostatistics (HNS 891 3 semester hours 2 students) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoCalcium Requirements during Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 (Nutrition Across the Life

Cycle) 2014 Spring Lecture on ldquoVitamin D Requirements during Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo ndash HNS 323 2012 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2012 Spring Analysis of Complex Surveys (NFS 792 ndash 3 credits co-taught with Howard Wey) 2012 Spring Lecture on ldquoChildhood Obesityrdquo ndash HON 303 (Honors College Numeracy Colloquium) 2011 Fall Lecture on ldquoPregnancy Lactation and Bone Healthrdquo ndash NFS 660 (Maternal Child Nutrition) 2011 Summer Lecture on ldquoInstrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved Populationsrdquo ndash NURS

845 2011 Spring Statistical Methods in Epidemiology ndash CSS 891 (2 semester hours) 2010 Fall Epidemiology (HSCNFSBIOS 782 3 semester hours) 2010 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Fall Meta-analysis (Independent Study) ndash CSS 891 (3 semester hours) 2009 Fall ldquoTopics Intro to Environmental Health (BIOS 792 3 semester hours) ndash assisted Drs Thiex amp

Wey

10

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2009 Fall ldquoVitamin D in High Risk Populationsrdquo ndash seminar presented in NFS 453 2009 Fall ldquoNutrition Seminar Seriesrdquo (NFS 453 1 semester hour) ndash co-coordinated with Dr Sergeev 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoLactation and Bone Healthrdquo to Maternal amp Child Nutrition (NFS 660) graduate class

SDSU 2009 Fall Lecture on ldquoMedia Experiences and the National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo ndash graduate course on

Science WritingJournalism 2009 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash 3 hour lecture at USD School of Medicine 2009 Summer ldquoIndividual Study Meta-Analysisrdquo (CSS 891 3 semester hours) 2009 Spring ldquoBiostatistics IIrdquo (HSC731) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Fall ldquoBiostatistics Irdquo (HSC 631) 3 semester hours (assisted Dr Wey with course) 2008 Spring ldquoTopics Epidemiologyrdquo (NFS 792 3 semester hours) 2007 Summer Lecture on ldquoWriting a Research Paperrdquo to students in the Prairie PhD Program 2007 Spring Lecture on ldquoMeasurement Issuesrdquo in Instrument Construction and Evaluation with Underserved

Populations (NURS 845) 2007 Spring Independent Study (NFS 791) 1 semester hour 2007 Spring PhD Biology Seminar (BIOS 890) 1 semester hour 2005 Fall ldquoCalcium amp Vitamin Requirements During Pregnancy amp Lactationrdquo amp ldquoVitamin B-12 in

Vegetarian Mothers and Infantsrdquo ndash guest lectures in Maternal amp Child Nutrition SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoSkeletal Agingrdquo ndash guest lecture in Nutrition of the Aged SDSU 2005 Spring ldquoEpidemiologyrdquo ndash (NFSBIOS 792) 3 semester hrs assisted Dr Wey 2004 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 792 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp SDSU

grad) 2003 Summer ldquoResearch Methods in the Health Sciencesrdquo ndash NFSH 593 3 semester hrs (UAPLEND amp Plains

PhD) 2002 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash FCS-700 amp University Affiliated Program (USD) (3 credits) 2001 Summer ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 2001 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo ndash University Affiliated Program USDSDSU 2001 Spring ldquoProblems in HPERrdquo (PE492592) 2 semester hrs taught with Dr Vukovich 2000 Fall ldquoTechniques in Food and Nutrition Researchrdquo (NFSH-643 3 semester hrs taught with Dr

Krishnan) 2000 Fall ldquoSeminar in Food and Nutritionrdquo (NFSH-490590 1 semester hr section for HPER students) 1999 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1999 Spring ldquoNutritional Epidemiologyrdquo (NFSH-593 2 semester hrs) 1998 Summer ldquoResearch Methodsrdquo (FCS-700 4 semester hrs) 1995 Fall Advanced Epidemiology Health Outcomes Research - grad course (26-904-893 2 hrs) 1994 Fall Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours) 1993 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1991-1993 International Health Course - team-taught course for UC International Health Program 1991-1994 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club 1991 Fall Applied Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows residents and staff 1991 Fall Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1990 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1989 Winter An Applied Approach to Biostatistics - 10 hour course for faculty fellows and staff 1989 Fall Clinical Decision Analysis - 10 hour course for Nuclear Medicine faculty and residents 1989 Fall Study Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1988 Winter Research Design and Biostatistics - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1987 Fall Designing and Doing Clinical Studies - team taught course for faculty and fellows 1986 Winter Nutritional Epidemiology - graduate course (26-904-892 2 credit hours)

Post-Doctoral Fellows 2013-pres Wei Bai PhD 2011-2014 Lee Weidauer PhD 2008-2012 Natalie Thiex PhD 1993-1994 Ruo-Wei Li MD PhD 1990-1993 H Kalkwarf PhD 1986-1987 Jie-Ying Li MD

PhD Qualifying Examination Committee 1996 T Hill PhD Student in Epidemiology 1994 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

11

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

1994 C Cassel PhD Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (nutrition epidemiology) 1992 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology 1989 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

PhD Advisor or Dissertation Committee 2016-present Seth Fopma PhD Student in Wildlife amp Fisheries SDSU (grad representative) 2015-present Sumdhuri Pamarthi PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015-present Valerie Bares PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2014-2016 Vivek Shrestha MS Student in BiologyMicrobiology SDSU (grad representative) 2012-present Khaleal Almusaylim PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Maggie Minett PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-present Amy Richards PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2010-present Kristin Lenertz PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2014 Emily Hansen PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2009-2013 Lacey Arneson PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoLongitudinal

Examination of Diet Physical Activity and Weight Changes in Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2009-2012 Lee Weidauer PhD Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative amp

research advisor) ldquoEffect of Participation in Different Types of Physical Activity and Age on Bone Mass Density and Geometric Propertiesrdquo

2009-2011 Ramu Sudhagoni PhD Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative dissertation co-advisor)

2005-2008 Sherry Barkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Aaron Harmon PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (graduate council representative) 2004-2008 Jane Oswoski PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (Advisor) 2003-2007 Haifa Abou-Samra PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoDeterminants of

Bone Mass and Size in Term Near-Term and Preterm Infantsrdquo 2003-2007 Teresa Binkley PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (advisor) ldquoThe Use of pQCT to

Obtain Bone and Muscle Measures in Childrenrdquo 2003-2004 Grant Pedersen MS Student in Animal amp Range Science SDSU (supporting area

representative) 2002-2004 Tasha Ballard PhD Student in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2000-2003 Karen Wosje PhD Student in Biological Sciences (Chairperson) ldquoLeptin and Regional Bone

Mass and Body Compositionrdquo 1989-1994 MK Brown PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson)

Humoral immunity and lead status of urban children 3-6 years of age Currently on faculty at University of Cincinnati

1992-1994 M Andriot PhD Student in Toxicology Development of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for lead during pregnancy Toxicologist at Exon Biomedical Sciences New Jersey

1993-1995 G Calkwell MD PhD Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) Environmental and disease-related predictors of bone mass in prepubertal patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Currently on faculty at University of South Florida

MS Advisor 2011-2013 Hussam Alwafi MD MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU ldquoRole of Early Sugar Intake

during Infancy on Adiposity and Sugar Intake at 2 and 3 Years of Agerdquo 2002-2008 Marcella Gilbert MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Role of Fruit and

Vegetable Consumption on Bone Mineral Densityrdquo 2002-2005 Maurin Larson MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Protein Intake and

Source on Body Compositionrdquo 2001-2004 Connie Pedersen MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffect of Truncal

Adiposity on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrationsrdquo 2001-2003 Annette Milbrath MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoSeasonal Comparisons

of Bone Density Among Rural and Non-Rural Populationsrdquo 2001-2003 Jana Johnson MS Student in Biological Sciences (Nutrition Emphasis) SDSU ldquoBioavailability

of Vitamin D from Fortified Process Cheese and Effects on Vitamin D Status in the Elderlyrdquo 2001-2002 Deb Ekanger MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoThe Timing of Introduction of

Solid Foods to the Infant Diet and Its Relationship to the Development of Allergy Precursorsrdquo

12

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

1999-2001 Darci DeRaad MS Student in Nutrition Food Science amp Hospitality SDSU ldquoRelationship of Childhood Adiposity to Parental Eating Behaviors and Feeding Practicesrdquo

1998-2000 K Wosje MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoRelationship between bone mass and lifelong calcium intake and activity levels in the Hutterite populationrdquo

1997-1999 M Rosene MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoEffects of glutamine supplementation on lean body mass in wrestlers during weight-lossrdquo

1997-1999 M Elder MS Student in Family and Consumer Sciences Nutrition and Food Science SDSU ldquoVariety and frequency of foods present in the diets of 12 month old infants and their translation to the presence of a variety and frequency of foods at 36 months of agerdquo

1994-1999 A Beck MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe validity of creatinine clearance as an estimate of glomerulofiltration rate in children under the influence of prednisone therapyrdquo Currently on faculty at Washington University St Louis

1993-1997 C Henderson MS Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoEnvironmental factors affecting physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controlsrdquo Currently on faculty at Georgia State University

1995-1997 P Haskes MD Student in Epidemiology UC ldquoThe prevalence of long-term methotrexate-induced liver fibrosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritisrdquo

1994-1996 MP Alfaro Student in Epidemiology (Chairperson) ldquoLifestyle and nutritional factors related to the development of coronary heart disease in the NHANES I Epidemiology Follow-up Study (NHEFS)rdquo

1994-1995 S Dellert MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Relationship between dental fluorosis and bone density in children Currently on faculty at Medical University of South Carolina

1993-1995 F Okah MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC The newborn skin A barrier to the environment Effects of an organic solvent on skin hydrophobicity barrier property Currently in practice and on faculty at the Kansas University

1991-1994 T Thorkelsson MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Extremely-low-birth weight infants Predictors of their developmental outcome and school performance Currently on faculty at Arsskyrsla Landspitala Reykjavik Iceland

1990-1992 M Cruz MD MS Student in Epidemiology UC Effects of infant nutrition on cholesterol synthesis rates Currently on faculty at University of the Philippines Manila

MS Committee 2016 Jonathan Kahler MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2015 Rhea Lawrence MS Student in Dairy Sciences SDSU (Oct graduate faculty representative) 2015 Duanyang Li MS Student in Civil Engineering SDSU (March graduate faculty representative) 2014-pres Jason Polreis MS Student in Nutritional Sciences SDSU (advisor) 2012-2013 Laura Winker MS Student in Plant Science SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2012-2013 Lori Sissing MS Student in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2010-2010 Sangjun Park MS in Computer Sciences SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2009-2010 Larissa Peterson MS in Statistics SDSU (department representative) 2008-2009 Matthew Wittry MS in Biological Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2008-2013 Russell Daly MS in Veterinary Sciences SDSU (department representative) 2007-2009 Minette Ridenour MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2007-2010 Ashley Smith MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2009 Jennifer Sneve MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2007 Kibbi Conti MS in Nutrition FCS SDSU (department representative) 2005-2006 Susanta Rakshit MS in Electrical Engineering SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2005-2009 Rebecca Jensen MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2004-2006 Teresa Pieper MS Student in Nutrition amp Food Science SDSU (department representative) 2002-2004 Shari Landmark MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2002-2003 Tami Hogie-Lorenzen MS Student in Nursing SDSU (supporting department representative)

13

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

2001-2002 Nicholas Frei MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2002 Justin Brink MS Student in HPER SDSU (supporting department representative) 2001-2001 Loretta Ann Myers MS Student in Nursing SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 2000-2002 Trisha Bergjord MS Student in Nutrition and Food Science SDSU (departmental

representative) 2000-2001 Howard Blalock MS Student in Animal and Range Sciences SDSU (minorsupporting area) 2000-2000 Mary L Tolle MS Student in Industrial Management SDSU (graduate faculty representative) 1999-2000 Lea Rempel MS Student in Animal and Range Science SDSU (graduate faculty

representative) 1999-2000 Patrick Rothschadl MS Student in Health Physical Education and Recreation SDSU

(minorsupporting area) ldquoA study of injury rates in 5-18 year old ice hockey playersrdquo 1994-1995 L Williams MS Student in Genetic Counseling

Vitamin D receptor locus and body size and bone density 1990-1992 E Feliciano MS Student in Nutrition

Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements

1990-1991 MA Meehan MS Student in Nutrition Dietary intake of antioxidants during pregnancy and their relationship to bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Undergraduate and Medical Students ndash Funded Research 2011 Brad Julius USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2010 Matt McDougal USD Medical Student Research Scholarship 2004 Brittany Gorres EPSCoR Undergraduate Summer Research Intern 1995 Sarah Ziebler Medical Science Scholars Program Summer Intern 1994 Nakita Furrell Undergraduate Student Howard Hughes Initiatives in Biology 1993 Mariska Lieuw Afa Medical Student Research Elective University of Amsterdam Netherlands 1991 Michael Benedict Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (awarded second place) 1991-1995 Group Leader for Year II Medical Student Journal Club

RESEARCH GRANTS amp CONTRACTS Nationally Peer Reviewed

Thrasher Research Foundation Vitamin D Requirements of Infants in Beijing China co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $61589

Thrasher Research Foundation International Fellowship in Infant Nutrition co-principal investigator 1987-1988 $25000

NIH HD11725 Program Project Grant Diabetes in Pregnancy Associate Program Director 20 effort 1988-1993 $5155420

NIH HD07200 Research Training in Perinatology Associate Director 1989-1994 $624320

NIH R01-AR40169 Effect of Race and Activity on Infant Calcium Status principal investigator 40 effort (years 1-3) amp 60 effort (year 4) 1991-1995 $757046

NIH R01-AR41366 Effect of Lactation and Weaning on Calcium Status principal investigator 30 effort 1991-1996 $741000

USDA-9201242 Intestinal Calcium Absorption During Lactation and Weaning principal investigator 10 effort 1992-1995 $186839

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Improving Participant Retention in Lactation Studies principal investigator 1992-1993 $17824

NIH IP20AR42632 Project 2 of Center Grant Determinants of bone mineralization in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis co-investigator 5 effort 1993-1996 $34080

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Vitamin D Receptor Genes and Bone Response to Lactation principal investigator 1994-1996 $81572

NIH R01-HD32436 A Randomized Calcium Trial in High Risk Pregnancies co-investigator 5 effort 1995-1996 $1420556

14

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

ORWH (Office on Research in Womens Health - Supplement to NIH R01-41366) Strategies for assessing ovarian function postpartum principal investigator 2 effort 1995-1996 $40851

NIH - MAMDC (EEHSR) Multipurpose Arthritis amp Musculoskeletal Disease Center Grant A trial of calcium supplementation for bone mineralization in JRA co-investigator 1995-1999 3 effort first year direct costs $164219

NIH R01-AR45310 ldquoCalcium Modifies Bone Response to Activity in Childrenrdquo principal investigator 60 effort 1997-2001 direct costs $951878

DOD N99-031 ldquoDietary and Exercise Intervention to Improve Readiness of Tri-Service Guard and Reserve Personnelrdquo consultant for Augustana College (K Dorn principal investigator) 1999-2002 direct costs $342740

NIH R01-DE12101 ldquoFluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Developmentrdquo consultant for University of Iowa (S Levy principal investigator) 1998-2008 direct costs $520761

NIH ldquoBone Density and Forearm Fractures in Injured Childrenrdquo consultant for Cincinnati Childrenrsquos Hospital (H Kalkwarf principal investigator 2000-2003 direct costs $725000

Department of Defense (DAMD17-01-1-0814) ldquoThe Effects of Protein Supplementation on IGF-1 IGF binding proteins and markers of bone turnover in 18 to 25 year oldsrdquo co-investigator (M Vukovich PI) 2001-2004 direct costs $141555

Dairy Management Inc ldquoEffect of Process Cheese With and Without Vitamin D on Vitamin D Status Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Turnover in the Elderlyrdquo co-investigator (V Mistry PI) 2001-2002 $51099

NIH R01-AR47852 ldquoBone Density and Later Bone Loss in Rural Populationsrdquo principal investigator 20 effort 2001-2006 direct costs $1100000

NIH 5R01-AR47852 Minority Graduate Research Assistantship 2002-2004 direct costs $31319

NIH HHSN27520063416C (N01-HD-6-3416) ldquoVanguard Center National Childrenrsquos Studyrdquo principal investigator 40 effort 2005-2010 direct costs $9496304

USDA NRI SA0800154 ldquoInfluences of Physical and Social Landscapes on the Health of Rural Communitiesrdquo co-investigator (Wimberly PI) 5 effort 2008-2011 direct costs $360000

NIH R03 AR055734 ldquoFSH as a Biomarker of Bone Strength in Younger Postmenopausal Womenrdquo consultant (Gourlay Univ North Carolina PI) 2008-2011 direct costs $221791

NIH-NCS-HHSN 2752011-00004C ldquoNational Childrenrsquos Study Vanguard Centerrdquo principal investigator 70 effort 2011-2012 direct costs $3095992

NIH-NIMHD Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health co-principal investigator of subproject ldquoPregnancy Health Survey for Parents of Newborns on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservationrdquo 5 effort 2015-2016 direct costs $30686

Locally Peer Reviewed

Bristol-Meyers Perinatal Research Award Effect of Lactation and Diet on Calcium Kinetics principal investigator 1988 $9000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Trustees Award Effect of Race on Calcium and Bone Status principal investigator 1990-1993 $60000

Childrens Hospital Research Foundation Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Effect of Activity on Calcium and Bone Status in Chronic Pediatric Diseases principal investigator 1990-1991 $15000

Arthritis Foundation Determinants of Bone Mineral Status in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis co-investigator 1991-1993 $52684

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoEffect of Supplemental Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Body Composition of Healthy Moderately Overweight Femalesrdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 1999-2000 $42367

South Dakota Beef Industry Council ldquoBody Composition and Protein Sourcerdquo co-principal investigator (K Wosje PI) 2002-2003 $17000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2010 ldquoDelayed Nighttime Feeding as a Prevention of Childhood Obesity Pilot Studyrdquo 2010 $7215

15

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

Sanford HealthSDSU Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ldquoYoga Improving Compliance and Long-term Weight Loss with Sanford Profile Programrdquo 2014-2016 $79190

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoCan Low Intensity Exercise Using a Vibration Platform Modify Bone Growth in Healthy Childrenrdquo co-investigator (Binkley PI) 2013-2014 $8000

SDSU ResearchScholarship Support Fund 2014 ldquoRole of Female Sex Hormones on Neuromuscular Factors Related to ACL Injuriesrdquo co-investigator (Weidauer PI) 2014-2015 $9000

Non-Peer Reviewed

Wyeth Laboratories Vitamin D Status and Ultraviolet Exposure in Breast-fed Infants co-principal investigator 1984-1985 $20000

Ross Laboratories Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio in Term Infants co-principal investigator 1986-1988 $30000

Mexican Council for Research (CONyACT) Effect of Air Pollution on Vitamin D Status of Infants in Mexico City co-principal investigator (funds awarded to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in pesos) 1988-1990

Carnation Nutritional Products Inc Total Body Bone Mineral Accretion in the First Year of Life principal investigator 1991-1994 $191000

Genentech Inc Effect of recombinant growth hormone (Protropin) on linear growth and bone mineralization in children and adolescents with collagen vascular disorders and growth failure D Lovell PI co-investigator 1993-1996

Gerber Products Co Effect of Infant Diet and Early vs Late Weaning on Body Composition and Bone Mineral Content in Infants principal investigator 1993-1998 $528758

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2013 (March-May) $76572

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo and conduct of the South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) principal investigator 2013-2014 $313080

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2014-2015 $358879

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -Translation Prioritization and Quality Improvement of the 2007 South Dakota PRAMSrdquo principal investigator 2014 $30456

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center -2015 PRAMS (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraska)rdquo principal investigator 2014-15 $57105

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2015-2016 $379074

DHHSIHS FPT Great Plains Tribal Chairmens Heath Board ldquoNorthern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center ndash Dissemination of 2015 PRAMS Results to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe Sak amp Fox of Iowa Ponca of Nebraskardquo principal investigator 2015-16 $9448

South Dakota Department of Health ldquoMaternal amp Child Health Epidemiologyrdquo principal investigator 2016-2017 $447773

SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PUBLICATIONS Specker B South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) August 2014

Bai W Binkley T Kightlinger L Specker B Suicides and suicide attempts in adolescents and adults aged 10 years and older South Dakota 2009-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin July 2015

Bai W Specker B Incidence and pattern of lethal congenital anomalies in South Dakota 2006-2013 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin September 2015

16

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

17

Bai W Specker B Kightlinger L Teen births in South Dakota 2006-2014 South Dakota Public Health Bulletin November 2015

Specker B Bai W Binkley T Beare T Koepp K Minett M Peterson L Weidauer L Wey H South Dakota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)-Like 2014 Data Report httpdohsdgovdocumentsstatistics2014-SD-PRAMSpdf

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1 Clark CS Meyer C Balistreri W Gartside P Elia V Majeti V Specker BL An environmental health

survey of drinking water contamination by leachate from a pesticide waste dump in Hardeman County TN Arch Environ Health 379-19 1982 PMID 7059235

2 Ho ML Yen H-C Tsang RC Specker BL Nichols BL Randomized study of sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in breast-fed infants in Beijing China J Pediatr 107 928-931 1985 PMID 4067751

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Hollis BW Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Amer J Dis Child 1391134-1137 1985 PMID 2998180

4 Specker BL Valanis B Hertzberg V Edwards N Tsang RC Sunshine exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 107372-376 1985 PMID 3839846

5 Saenger EL Buncher CR Specker BL McDevitt R Determination of clinical efficacy Nuclear medicine as applied to lung scanning J Nuc Med 26793-806 1985 PMID 4009289

6 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Buckley D Seasonal differences in serum vitamin D-binding protein in exclusively breast-fed infants Negative relationship to sunshine exposure and 25-hydroxyvitamin D J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 5290-294 1986 PMID 3958856

7 Lichtenstein P Specker BL Tsang RC Mimouni F Gormley C Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study I Effects of sex race age season and diet on vitamin D status Pediatrics 77883-890 1986 PMID 3487068

8 Specker BL Lichtenstein P Mimouni F Gormley C Tsang RC Calcium regulating hormones and minerals from birth to 18 months A cross sectional study II Effects of sex race age season and diet on serum minerals parathyroid hormone and calcitonin Pediatrics 77891-896 1986 PMID 3714383

9 Lichtenstein P Gormley C Poser J Tsang RC Specker BL Serum osteocalcin concentrations in infancy Lower values in cows milk formula versus human milk feeding J Pediatr 10910-911 1987 PMID 3495654

10 Daniels SR Specker BL Capannari TE Schwartz DC Burke MJ Kaplan S Correlates of coronary artery aneurysm formation and prevention in patients with Kawasaki disease Am J Dis Child 141205-207 1987 PMID 3812389

11 Specker BL Brazerol W Tsang RC Levin R Searcy J Steichen J Bone mineral content in children 1 to 6 years of age Detectable sex differences after 4 years of age Am J Dis Child 141343-344 1987 PMID 3492910

12 Specker BL Wey HE Miller D Differences in fatty acid composition in vegetarian and non-vegetarian women Long term effect of diet J Pediatr Gastroent Nutr 6764-7681987 PMID 2961862

13 Specker BL Saenger EL Buncher CR McDevitt RA Pulmonary embolism and lung scanning Cost-effectiveness and benefit risk J Nuc Med 281521-1530 1987 PMID 3116174

14 Specker BL Tsang RC Cyclical serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations paralleling sunshine exposure in exclusively breast-fed infants J Pediatr 110744-747 1987 PMID 3494833

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15 Shaul PW Mimouni F Tsang RC Specker BL The role of magnesium in neonatal calcium homeostasis Effects of magnesium infusion of calcitropic hormones and calcium Pediatr Res 22319-323 1987 PMID 3658552

16 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho M Miller D Effect of diet on serum 125-dihydroxyvitamin D concentrations during lactation Obstet Gynecol 70870-874 1987 PMID 3500439

17 Brazerol WF McPhee AJ Mimouni F Specker BL Tsang RC Serial ultraviolet B exposure and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D response in young adult blacks and whites No racial differences J Amer Coll Nutr 7111-118 1988 PMID 3361035

18 Specker BL Miller D Norman E Greene H Hayes KC Increased urinary methylmalonic acid excretion in breast-fed infants of vegetarian mothers and an identification of an acceptable dietary source of vitamin B12 Am J Clin Nutr 4789-92 1988 PMID 3337042

19 Heubi JE Hollis BW Specker B Tsang RC Bone disease in chronic childhood cholestasis I Vitamin D absorption and metabolism Hepatology 9258-264 1989 PMID 2783577

20 Maloney MJ McGuire J Daniels S Specker B A survey of dieting behavior and eating attitudes in children Pediatrics 84482-489 1989 PMID 2788865

21 Li JY Specker BL Ho ML Tsang RC Bone mineral content in black and white children 1 to 6 years of age Early appearance of race and sex differences Am J Dis Child 1431346-1349 1989 PMID 2816864

22 Specker BL Brazerol W Ho ML Norman EJ Urinary methylmalonic acid excretion in infants fed formula or human milk Am J Clin Nutr 51209-11 1990 PMID 2305705

23 Bucuvalas JC Heubi JE Specker BL Gregg DJ Yergey A Vieira N Calcium absorption in bone disease associated with chronic cholestasis during childhood Hepatology 121200-12051990 PMID 2227818

24 Greene HL Specker BL Smith R Murrell J Swift L Plasma riboflavin concentrations in infants fed human milk versus formula Comparison with cord blood and blood from rats made riboflavin deficient J Pediatr 117916-920 1990 PMID 2246692

25 Specker BL Black A Allen L Morrow F Vitamin B-12 low milk concentrations are related to low serum vitamin B-12 in vegetarian women and methylmalonic aciduria in their infants Amer J Clin Nutr 521073-1076 1990 Abstracted in 1992 Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Mosby-Yeark Book Inc PMID 2239784

26 Albert DM Garrett J Specker B Ho M The otologic significance of cleft palate in a Sri Lankan population Inter J Cleft Palate 27155-161 1990 PMID 2340635

27 Miller D Specker B Ho M Norman E Vitamin B-12 status of a macrobiotic community Amer J Clin Nutr 53524-529 1991 PMID 1989421

28 Daniels SR Specker BL Association of rug shampooing and Kawasaki disease J Pediatr 118485-488 1991 PMID 1999796

29 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho ML Changes in calcium homeostasis over the first year postpartum Effect of lactation and weaning Obstetr Gynecol 7856-62 1991 PMID 2047069

30 Specker BL Tsang RC Ho ML Landi TM Gratton TL Low serum calcium and high PTH in infants fed humanized cow milk based formula AJDC 145941-945 1991 Abstracted in 1992 Year Book of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Mosby-Year Book Inc PMID 1858733

31 Abrams SA Esteban NV Vieira NE Sidbury JB Specker BL Yergey AL Developmental changes in calcium kinetics in children assessed using stable isotopes J Bone Min Res 7289-295 1992 PMID 1585830

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32 Specker BL Ho ML Oestreich A Yin TA Shue QM Chen XC Tsang RC A prospective study of vitamin D supplementation and rickets in China J Pediatr 120 733-739 1992 PMID 1578308

33 Gelfand MJ Smith HS Ryckman FC Balistreri WF Specker B Caron KH Pedersen SH Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in pediatric liver transplant recipients Clin Nuc Med 17 542-549 1992 PMID 1638834

34 Namgung R Tsang RC Specker BL Sierra RL Ho ML Reduced serum osteocalcin and 125-dihydroxyvitamin D and low bone mineral content in small for gestational age infants Evidence for decreased bone formation rates J Pediatr 122269-275 1993 PMID 8429446

35 Argao E Specker B Heubi J Bone mineral content in infants and children with chronic cholestatic liver disease Pediatrics 911151-1154 1993 PMID 8502519

36 Sheils WE Kirks DR Keller GL Ryckman FR Daugherty CC Specker BL Summa DW John Caffey Award Colonic perforation by air and liquid enemas - Comparison study in young pigs Amer J Roentgenology 160931-935 1993 PMID 8470606

37 Guo SS Khoury PR Specker BL Campaigne BN Heubi J Chumlea WC Siervogel RM Morrison JA Prediction of fat-free mass in black and white preadolescent and adolescent girls from anthropometry and impedence Amer J of Human Biology 5735-745 1993

38 Feliciano E Ho M Specker B Falciglia G Shui QM Yin T Chen C Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements J Trop Pediatr 40162-165 1994 PMID 8078115

39 Specker BL Do North American women need supplemental vitamin D during pregnancy or lactation Am J Clin Nutr 59 484S-491S 1994 PMID 8304286

40 Specker BL Nutritional concerns of lactating women consuming vegetarian diets Am J Clin Nutr 59 1182S-1186S 1994 PMID 8172121

41 Specker BL Vieira NE OBrien KO Ho ML Heubi JE Abrams SA Yergey AL Calcium kinetics in lactating women with low and high calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 59593-599 1994 PMID 8116535

42 Specker BL Saenger EL Does radiation research in healthy children pose greater than minimal risk (letter) IRB A Review of Human Subjects Research 168-10 1994 PMID 11652793

43 Smith EP Boyd J Frank GR Takahashi H Cohen RM Specker B Williams TC Lubahn DB Korach KS Estrogen resistance caused by a mutation in the estrogen-receptor gene in a man New Engl J Med 3311056-1061 1994 PMID 8090165

44 Namgung R Tsang RC Specker BL Sierra RI Ho M Low bone mineral content and high serum osteocalcin and 125-dihydroxyvitamin D in summer versus winter born newborn infants An early fetal effect J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 19 220-227 1994 PMID 7815245

45 Morrison JA Khoury P Chumlea WC Specker B Campaigne BN Guo SS Body composition measures from underwater weighing and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in black and white girls A comparative study Amer J Human Biol 6481-490 1994

46 Li R OConnor L Buckley D Specker B Relationship of activity levels to body fat in infants 6 to 12 months of age J Pediatr 126 353-357 1995 PMID 7869191

47 Henderson CJ Lovell DJ Specker BL Campaigne BN Physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Quantification and evaluation Arthritis Care and Research 8114-119 1995 PMID 7794985

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48 Lieuw-A-Fa M Sierra RI Specker BL Carboxyterminal propeptide of human type I collagen and pyridinium crosslinks as markers of bone growth in infants 1 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 10849-853 1995PMID 7572307

49 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone mineral loss during lactation and recovery after weaning Obstet Gynecol 8626-32 1995 PMID 7784018

50 Demarini S Specker BL Sierra RI Miodovnik M Tsang RC Increased intrauterine bone resorption in infants of insulin-dependent diabetic mothers J Pediatr 126796-798 1995 PMID 7752009

51 Bien JP Bloom MD Evans RL Specker BL OBrien KP Intravenous theophylline in pediatric status asthmatics A prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial Clin Pediatr 34 475-481 1995 PMID 7586920

52 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Heubi JE Vieira NE Yergey AL Intestinal calcium absorption of women during lactation and after weaning Amer J Clin Nutr 63526-531 1996 PMID 8599316

53 Rupich RC Specker BL Lieuw A-Fa M Ho M Gender and race differences in bone mass during infancy Calcif Tissue Int 58395-397 1996 PMID 8661478

54 Mughal MZ Uetrecht G Specker BL Morrison J Langton CM Comparison between broadband ultrasound attenuation of calcaneum and total body bone mineral density measurement by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in children Acta Pediatrica 85663-665 1996 PMID 8816199

55 Okah FA Tsang RC Sierra R Brady KK Specker BL Bone turnover and mineral metabolism in the last trimester of pregnancy - Effect of multiple gestation Obstet Gynec 88168-173 1996 PMID 8692495

56 Specker BL Evidence for an interaction between calcium intake and physical activity on changes in bone mineral density J Bone Miner Res 111539-1544 1996 PMID 8889855

57 Cassell C Benedict M Specker B Bone mineral density in elite 7-9 year old female gymnasts and swimmers Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 281243-1246 1996 PMID 8897380

58 Guo SS Wisemandle WA Tyleshevski FE Roche AF Chumlea WC Siervogel RM Specker BL Heubi J Inter-machine and inter-method differences in body composition measures from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and hydrodensitometry Aging and Nutr 812-21 1997

59 Specker BL Beck A Kalkwarf H Ho M Randomized trial of varying mineral intake on total body bone mineral accretion over the first year of life Pediatrics 99e12 1997 (abstracted in Infant Nutrition Digest vol 2 PMSI Bugamor Publishers The Netherlands 1998) PMID 9164808

60 Sierra RI Specker BL Jimenez F Cruz C Pedraza-Chaverri J Biochemical bone markers bone mineral content and bone mineral density in rats with experimental nephrotic syndrome Renal Failure 19409-424 1997 PMID 9154658

61 Heubi JE Higgins JV Argao EA Sierra RI Specker BL The role of magnesium in the pathogenesis of bone disease in childhood cholestatic liver disease A preliminary report J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 25 301-306 1997 PMID 9285381

62 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bianchi DC Ranz J Ho M Effect of calcium supplementation on bone changes during lactation and after weaning New Engl J Med 337523-8 1997 PMID 9262495

63 Henderson C Cawkwell G Specker B Sierra R Wilmott R Campaigne B Lovell D Predictors of total body bone mineral density in non-corticosteroid treated pre-pubertal children with JRA Arthritis Rheumat 401967-1975 1997 PMID 9365085

64 Dellert SF Farrell MF Specker BL Heubi JE Bone mineral content in children with short bowel syndrome after discontinuation of parenteral nutrition J Pediatr 132516-519 1998 PMID 9544912

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65 Mehta KC Specker BL Bartholmey S Giddens J Ho ML Trial on timing of introduction and food type on infant growth Pediatrics 102569-573 1998 PMID 9738178

66 Sherman SI Brierley JD Sperling M Ain KB Bigos ST Cooper DS Haugen BR Ho M Klein I Ladenson PW Robbins J Ross DS Specker B Taylor T Maxon HR Prospective multicenter study of treatment of thyroid carcinoma Initial analysis of staging and outcome Cancer 831012-21 1998 PMID 9731906

67 Cooper DS Specker B Ho M Sperling M Ladenson PW Ross DS Ain KB Bigos ST Brierley JD Haugen BR Klein I Robbins J Sherman SI Taylor T Maxon III HR TSH suppression and disease progression in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Results from the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Registry Thyroid 8737-744 1998 PMID 9777742

68 Taylor T Specker B Robbins J Sperling M Ho M Ain K Bigos ST Brierley J Cooper D Haugen B Hay I Hertzberg V Klein I Klein H Ladenson P Nishiyama R Ross D Sherman S Maxon HR Outcome following treatment of high risk papillary and non-Hurthle follicular thyroid cancer Ann Intern Med 129622-627 1998 PMID 9786809

69 Mulligan L Specker BL Buckley D OConnor LS Ho M Environmental factors affecting motor development activity and body composition in infants in child care centers J Pediatr Phys Ther 10156-161 1998

70 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Ho ML Effects of calcium supplementation on calcium homeostasis and bone turnover in lactating women J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84464-470 1999 PMID 10022402

71 Specker BL Mulligan L Ho M Longitudinal study of calcium intake physical activity and bone mineral content in infants 6 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 14569-576 1999 PMID 10234578

72 Specker BL Should there be a Dietary Guideline for calcium intake No Amer J Clin Nutr 71661-664 2000 PMID 10702154

73 Henderson CJ Specker BL Sierra RI Campaigne BN Lovell DJ Total body bone mineral content in non-corticosteroid-treated postpubertal females with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis amp Rheumatism 43531- 540 2000 PMID 10728745

75 Binkley T Specker B pQCT measurement of bone parameters in young children Validation of a technique J Clin Densitometry 39-14 2000 PMID 10745298

76 Whitaker RC Deeks CM Baughcum AE Specker BL The relationship of childhood adiposity to parent body mass index and eating behavior Obesity Research 8234-240 2000 PMID 10832766

77 Wosje KS Binkley TL Fahrenwald NL Specker BL High bone mass in a female Hutterite population J Bone Mineral Res 151429-1436 2000 PMID 10934640

78 Finn K Specker B Comparison of Actiwatch motion sensor and Childrenrsquos Activity Rating Scale Med Sci Sports Exerc 321794-1797 2000 PMID 11039655

79 Wosje KS Specker BL Giddens J No difference in growth or body composition from age 12 to 24 months in 2 versus whole milk users J Am Diet Assoc 10153-56 2001 PMID 11209585

80 Morrison JA Guo SS Specker B Chumlea WC Yanovski SZ Yanovski JA Assessing the body composition of 6-17 year-old black and white girls in field studies Am J Human Biol 13249-254 2001 PMID 11460870

81 Kattelmann K Ho M Specker B Effect of timing of introduction of solids on iron and zinc status at 12 24 and 36 months of age J Am Diet Assoc 101443-447 2001 PMID 11320951

82 Wosje KS Binkley TL Specker BL Comparison of bone parameters by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in Hutterite versus Non-Hutterite females ages 35-60 years Bone 29192-197 2001 PMID 11502483

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83 Specker B Johannsen N Binkley T Finn K Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in preschool children J Bone Mineral Res 162298-2305 2001 PMID 11760845

84 Specker B Editorial The significance of high bone density in children J Pediatr 139473-475 2001 PMID 11598590

85 Adler M Specker B Atypical diets in infancy and early childhood Pediatric Annals 30693-680 2001 PMID 11723885

86 Finn K Johannsen N Specker B Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children J Pediatr 14081-85 2002 PMID 11815768

87 Binkley TL Specker BL Wittig TA Centile curves for bone densitometry measurements in healthy males and females ages 5-22 years J Clin Densit 5343-353 2002 PMID 12665634

88 Specker BL Binkley TL Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3-5 year old children J Bone Mineral Res 18885-892 2003 PMID 12733728

89 Johannsen N Binkley T Englert V Niederauer G Specker B Bone response jumping is site-specific in children a randomized trial Bone 33 533-539 2003 PMID 14555256

90 Specker BL Role of physical activity on bone mineral content in young children J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3338340 2003 PMID 15758317

91 Wosje K Binkley TL Kalkwarf H Specker B Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in Hutterites Bone 341017-1022 2004 PMID 15193548

92 Specker BL Nutritional influences on bone development from infancy through toddler years J Nutr 134691S-695S 2004 PMID 14988469

93 Specker BL Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy Amer J Clin Nutr 801740S-1747S 2004 PMID 15585798

94 Binkley T Specker B Increased periosteal circumference remains present 12 months after an exercise intervention in preschool children Bone 351383-1388 2004 PMID 15589220

95 Specker B Binkley T Fahrenwald N Rural vs non-rural differences in BMC volumetric BMD and bone size a population-based cross-sectional study Bone 351389-1398 2004 PMID 15589221

96 Ballard TLP Clapper A Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Effect of protein supplementation during a 6-mo strength and conditioning program on insulin-like growth factor I and markers of bone turnover in young adults Am J Clin Nutr 811442-1448 2005 PMID 15941900

97 Johnson J Mistry V Vukovich M Hogi-Lorenzen T Hollis B Specker B Bioavailability of vitamin D from fortified process cheese and effects on vitamin D status in the elderly J Dairy Sciences 882295-301 2005 PMID 15956292

98 Specker B Schoenau E Quantitative bone analysis in children Current methodologies and recommendations J Pediatr 146726-731 2005 PMID 15973307

99 Schroder BG Griffin IJ Specker BL Abrams SA Human intestinal calcium absorption from a carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than absorption from fat free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice Nutr Res 25737-742 2005

100 Klein GL Fitzpatrick LA Langman CB Beck TJ Carpenter TO Gilsanz V Holm IA Leonard MB Specker BL The state of pediatric bone Summary of the ASBMR pediatric bone initiative J Bone Miner Res 122075-2081 2005 PMID 16294260

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101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

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118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

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136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

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32 Specker BL Ho ML Oestreich A Yin TA Shue QM Chen XC Tsang RC A prospective study of vitamin D supplementation and rickets in China J Pediatr 120 733-739 1992 PMID 1578308

33 Gelfand MJ Smith HS Ryckman FC Balistreri WF Specker B Caron KH Pedersen SH Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in pediatric liver transplant recipients Clin Nuc Med 17 542-549 1992 PMID 1638834

34 Namgung R Tsang RC Specker BL Sierra RL Ho ML Reduced serum osteocalcin and 125-dihydroxyvitamin D and low bone mineral content in small for gestational age infants Evidence for decreased bone formation rates J Pediatr 122269-275 1993 PMID 8429446

35 Argao E Specker B Heubi J Bone mineral content in infants and children with chronic cholestatic liver disease Pediatrics 911151-1154 1993 PMID 8502519

36 Sheils WE Kirks DR Keller GL Ryckman FR Daugherty CC Specker BL Summa DW John Caffey Award Colonic perforation by air and liquid enemas - Comparison study in young pigs Amer J Roentgenology 160931-935 1993 PMID 8470606

37 Guo SS Khoury PR Specker BL Campaigne BN Heubi J Chumlea WC Siervogel RM Morrison JA Prediction of fat-free mass in black and white preadolescent and adolescent girls from anthropometry and impedence Amer J of Human Biology 5735-745 1993

38 Feliciano E Ho M Specker B Falciglia G Shui QM Yin T Chen C Seasonal and geographical variations in the growth rate of infants in China receiving increasing dosages of vitamin D supplements J Trop Pediatr 40162-165 1994 PMID 8078115

39 Specker BL Do North American women need supplemental vitamin D during pregnancy or lactation Am J Clin Nutr 59 484S-491S 1994 PMID 8304286

40 Specker BL Nutritional concerns of lactating women consuming vegetarian diets Am J Clin Nutr 59 1182S-1186S 1994 PMID 8172121

41 Specker BL Vieira NE OBrien KO Ho ML Heubi JE Abrams SA Yergey AL Calcium kinetics in lactating women with low and high calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 59593-599 1994 PMID 8116535

42 Specker BL Saenger EL Does radiation research in healthy children pose greater than minimal risk (letter) IRB A Review of Human Subjects Research 168-10 1994 PMID 11652793

43 Smith EP Boyd J Frank GR Takahashi H Cohen RM Specker B Williams TC Lubahn DB Korach KS Estrogen resistance caused by a mutation in the estrogen-receptor gene in a man New Engl J Med 3311056-1061 1994 PMID 8090165

44 Namgung R Tsang RC Specker BL Sierra RI Ho M Low bone mineral content and high serum osteocalcin and 125-dihydroxyvitamin D in summer versus winter born newborn infants An early fetal effect J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 19 220-227 1994 PMID 7815245

45 Morrison JA Khoury P Chumlea WC Specker B Campaigne BN Guo SS Body composition measures from underwater weighing and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in black and white girls A comparative study Amer J Human Biol 6481-490 1994

46 Li R OConnor L Buckley D Specker B Relationship of activity levels to body fat in infants 6 to 12 months of age J Pediatr 126 353-357 1995 PMID 7869191

47 Henderson CJ Lovell DJ Specker BL Campaigne BN Physical activity in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Quantification and evaluation Arthritis Care and Research 8114-119 1995 PMID 7794985

19

48 Lieuw-A-Fa M Sierra RI Specker BL Carboxyterminal propeptide of human type I collagen and pyridinium crosslinks as markers of bone growth in infants 1 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 10849-853 1995PMID 7572307

49 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone mineral loss during lactation and recovery after weaning Obstet Gynecol 8626-32 1995 PMID 7784018

50 Demarini S Specker BL Sierra RI Miodovnik M Tsang RC Increased intrauterine bone resorption in infants of insulin-dependent diabetic mothers J Pediatr 126796-798 1995 PMID 7752009

51 Bien JP Bloom MD Evans RL Specker BL OBrien KP Intravenous theophylline in pediatric status asthmatics A prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial Clin Pediatr 34 475-481 1995 PMID 7586920

52 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Heubi JE Vieira NE Yergey AL Intestinal calcium absorption of women during lactation and after weaning Amer J Clin Nutr 63526-531 1996 PMID 8599316

53 Rupich RC Specker BL Lieuw A-Fa M Ho M Gender and race differences in bone mass during infancy Calcif Tissue Int 58395-397 1996 PMID 8661478

54 Mughal MZ Uetrecht G Specker BL Morrison J Langton CM Comparison between broadband ultrasound attenuation of calcaneum and total body bone mineral density measurement by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in children Acta Pediatrica 85663-665 1996 PMID 8816199

55 Okah FA Tsang RC Sierra R Brady KK Specker BL Bone turnover and mineral metabolism in the last trimester of pregnancy - Effect of multiple gestation Obstet Gynec 88168-173 1996 PMID 8692495

56 Specker BL Evidence for an interaction between calcium intake and physical activity on changes in bone mineral density J Bone Miner Res 111539-1544 1996 PMID 8889855

57 Cassell C Benedict M Specker B Bone mineral density in elite 7-9 year old female gymnasts and swimmers Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 281243-1246 1996 PMID 8897380

58 Guo SS Wisemandle WA Tyleshevski FE Roche AF Chumlea WC Siervogel RM Specker BL Heubi J Inter-machine and inter-method differences in body composition measures from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and hydrodensitometry Aging and Nutr 812-21 1997

59 Specker BL Beck A Kalkwarf H Ho M Randomized trial of varying mineral intake on total body bone mineral accretion over the first year of life Pediatrics 99e12 1997 (abstracted in Infant Nutrition Digest vol 2 PMSI Bugamor Publishers The Netherlands 1998) PMID 9164808

60 Sierra RI Specker BL Jimenez F Cruz C Pedraza-Chaverri J Biochemical bone markers bone mineral content and bone mineral density in rats with experimental nephrotic syndrome Renal Failure 19409-424 1997 PMID 9154658

61 Heubi JE Higgins JV Argao EA Sierra RI Specker BL The role of magnesium in the pathogenesis of bone disease in childhood cholestatic liver disease A preliminary report J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 25 301-306 1997 PMID 9285381

62 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bianchi DC Ranz J Ho M Effect of calcium supplementation on bone changes during lactation and after weaning New Engl J Med 337523-8 1997 PMID 9262495

63 Henderson C Cawkwell G Specker B Sierra R Wilmott R Campaigne B Lovell D Predictors of total body bone mineral density in non-corticosteroid treated pre-pubertal children with JRA Arthritis Rheumat 401967-1975 1997 PMID 9365085

64 Dellert SF Farrell MF Specker BL Heubi JE Bone mineral content in children with short bowel syndrome after discontinuation of parenteral nutrition J Pediatr 132516-519 1998 PMID 9544912

20

65 Mehta KC Specker BL Bartholmey S Giddens J Ho ML Trial on timing of introduction and food type on infant growth Pediatrics 102569-573 1998 PMID 9738178

66 Sherman SI Brierley JD Sperling M Ain KB Bigos ST Cooper DS Haugen BR Ho M Klein I Ladenson PW Robbins J Ross DS Specker B Taylor T Maxon HR Prospective multicenter study of treatment of thyroid carcinoma Initial analysis of staging and outcome Cancer 831012-21 1998 PMID 9731906

67 Cooper DS Specker B Ho M Sperling M Ladenson PW Ross DS Ain KB Bigos ST Brierley JD Haugen BR Klein I Robbins J Sherman SI Taylor T Maxon III HR TSH suppression and disease progression in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Results from the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Registry Thyroid 8737-744 1998 PMID 9777742

68 Taylor T Specker B Robbins J Sperling M Ho M Ain K Bigos ST Brierley J Cooper D Haugen B Hay I Hertzberg V Klein I Klein H Ladenson P Nishiyama R Ross D Sherman S Maxon HR Outcome following treatment of high risk papillary and non-Hurthle follicular thyroid cancer Ann Intern Med 129622-627 1998 PMID 9786809

69 Mulligan L Specker BL Buckley D OConnor LS Ho M Environmental factors affecting motor development activity and body composition in infants in child care centers J Pediatr Phys Ther 10156-161 1998

70 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Ho ML Effects of calcium supplementation on calcium homeostasis and bone turnover in lactating women J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84464-470 1999 PMID 10022402

71 Specker BL Mulligan L Ho M Longitudinal study of calcium intake physical activity and bone mineral content in infants 6 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 14569-576 1999 PMID 10234578

72 Specker BL Should there be a Dietary Guideline for calcium intake No Amer J Clin Nutr 71661-664 2000 PMID 10702154

73 Henderson CJ Specker BL Sierra RI Campaigne BN Lovell DJ Total body bone mineral content in non-corticosteroid-treated postpubertal females with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis amp Rheumatism 43531- 540 2000 PMID 10728745

75 Binkley T Specker B pQCT measurement of bone parameters in young children Validation of a technique J Clin Densitometry 39-14 2000 PMID 10745298

76 Whitaker RC Deeks CM Baughcum AE Specker BL The relationship of childhood adiposity to parent body mass index and eating behavior Obesity Research 8234-240 2000 PMID 10832766

77 Wosje KS Binkley TL Fahrenwald NL Specker BL High bone mass in a female Hutterite population J Bone Mineral Res 151429-1436 2000 PMID 10934640

78 Finn K Specker B Comparison of Actiwatch motion sensor and Childrenrsquos Activity Rating Scale Med Sci Sports Exerc 321794-1797 2000 PMID 11039655

79 Wosje KS Specker BL Giddens J No difference in growth or body composition from age 12 to 24 months in 2 versus whole milk users J Am Diet Assoc 10153-56 2001 PMID 11209585

80 Morrison JA Guo SS Specker B Chumlea WC Yanovski SZ Yanovski JA Assessing the body composition of 6-17 year-old black and white girls in field studies Am J Human Biol 13249-254 2001 PMID 11460870

81 Kattelmann K Ho M Specker B Effect of timing of introduction of solids on iron and zinc status at 12 24 and 36 months of age J Am Diet Assoc 101443-447 2001 PMID 11320951

82 Wosje KS Binkley TL Specker BL Comparison of bone parameters by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in Hutterite versus Non-Hutterite females ages 35-60 years Bone 29192-197 2001 PMID 11502483

21

83 Specker B Johannsen N Binkley T Finn K Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in preschool children J Bone Mineral Res 162298-2305 2001 PMID 11760845

84 Specker B Editorial The significance of high bone density in children J Pediatr 139473-475 2001 PMID 11598590

85 Adler M Specker B Atypical diets in infancy and early childhood Pediatric Annals 30693-680 2001 PMID 11723885

86 Finn K Johannsen N Specker B Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children J Pediatr 14081-85 2002 PMID 11815768

87 Binkley TL Specker BL Wittig TA Centile curves for bone densitometry measurements in healthy males and females ages 5-22 years J Clin Densit 5343-353 2002 PMID 12665634

88 Specker BL Binkley TL Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3-5 year old children J Bone Mineral Res 18885-892 2003 PMID 12733728

89 Johannsen N Binkley T Englert V Niederauer G Specker B Bone response jumping is site-specific in children a randomized trial Bone 33 533-539 2003 PMID 14555256

90 Specker BL Role of physical activity on bone mineral content in young children J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3338340 2003 PMID 15758317

91 Wosje K Binkley TL Kalkwarf H Specker B Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in Hutterites Bone 341017-1022 2004 PMID 15193548

92 Specker BL Nutritional influences on bone development from infancy through toddler years J Nutr 134691S-695S 2004 PMID 14988469

93 Specker BL Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy Amer J Clin Nutr 801740S-1747S 2004 PMID 15585798

94 Binkley T Specker B Increased periosteal circumference remains present 12 months after an exercise intervention in preschool children Bone 351383-1388 2004 PMID 15589220

95 Specker B Binkley T Fahrenwald N Rural vs non-rural differences in BMC volumetric BMD and bone size a population-based cross-sectional study Bone 351389-1398 2004 PMID 15589221

96 Ballard TLP Clapper A Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Effect of protein supplementation during a 6-mo strength and conditioning program on insulin-like growth factor I and markers of bone turnover in young adults Am J Clin Nutr 811442-1448 2005 PMID 15941900

97 Johnson J Mistry V Vukovich M Hogi-Lorenzen T Hollis B Specker B Bioavailability of vitamin D from fortified process cheese and effects on vitamin D status in the elderly J Dairy Sciences 882295-301 2005 PMID 15956292

98 Specker B Schoenau E Quantitative bone analysis in children Current methodologies and recommendations J Pediatr 146726-731 2005 PMID 15973307

99 Schroder BG Griffin IJ Specker BL Abrams SA Human intestinal calcium absorption from a carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than absorption from fat free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice Nutr Res 25737-742 2005

100 Klein GL Fitzpatrick LA Langman CB Beck TJ Carpenter TO Gilsanz V Holm IA Leonard MB Specker BL The state of pediatric bone Summary of the ASBMR pediatric bone initiative J Bone Miner Res 122075-2081 2005 PMID 16294260

22

101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

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118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

48 Lieuw-A-Fa M Sierra RI Specker BL Carboxyterminal propeptide of human type I collagen and pyridinium crosslinks as markers of bone growth in infants 1 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 10849-853 1995PMID 7572307

49 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone mineral loss during lactation and recovery after weaning Obstet Gynecol 8626-32 1995 PMID 7784018

50 Demarini S Specker BL Sierra RI Miodovnik M Tsang RC Increased intrauterine bone resorption in infants of insulin-dependent diabetic mothers J Pediatr 126796-798 1995 PMID 7752009

51 Bien JP Bloom MD Evans RL Specker BL OBrien KP Intravenous theophylline in pediatric status asthmatics A prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial Clin Pediatr 34 475-481 1995 PMID 7586920

52 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Heubi JE Vieira NE Yergey AL Intestinal calcium absorption of women during lactation and after weaning Amer J Clin Nutr 63526-531 1996 PMID 8599316

53 Rupich RC Specker BL Lieuw A-Fa M Ho M Gender and race differences in bone mass during infancy Calcif Tissue Int 58395-397 1996 PMID 8661478

54 Mughal MZ Uetrecht G Specker BL Morrison J Langton CM Comparison between broadband ultrasound attenuation of calcaneum and total body bone mineral density measurement by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in children Acta Pediatrica 85663-665 1996 PMID 8816199

55 Okah FA Tsang RC Sierra R Brady KK Specker BL Bone turnover and mineral metabolism in the last trimester of pregnancy - Effect of multiple gestation Obstet Gynec 88168-173 1996 PMID 8692495

56 Specker BL Evidence for an interaction between calcium intake and physical activity on changes in bone mineral density J Bone Miner Res 111539-1544 1996 PMID 8889855

57 Cassell C Benedict M Specker B Bone mineral density in elite 7-9 year old female gymnasts and swimmers Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 281243-1246 1996 PMID 8897380

58 Guo SS Wisemandle WA Tyleshevski FE Roche AF Chumlea WC Siervogel RM Specker BL Heubi J Inter-machine and inter-method differences in body composition measures from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and hydrodensitometry Aging and Nutr 812-21 1997

59 Specker BL Beck A Kalkwarf H Ho M Randomized trial of varying mineral intake on total body bone mineral accretion over the first year of life Pediatrics 99e12 1997 (abstracted in Infant Nutrition Digest vol 2 PMSI Bugamor Publishers The Netherlands 1998) PMID 9164808

60 Sierra RI Specker BL Jimenez F Cruz C Pedraza-Chaverri J Biochemical bone markers bone mineral content and bone mineral density in rats with experimental nephrotic syndrome Renal Failure 19409-424 1997 PMID 9154658

61 Heubi JE Higgins JV Argao EA Sierra RI Specker BL The role of magnesium in the pathogenesis of bone disease in childhood cholestatic liver disease A preliminary report J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 25 301-306 1997 PMID 9285381

62 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bianchi DC Ranz J Ho M Effect of calcium supplementation on bone changes during lactation and after weaning New Engl J Med 337523-8 1997 PMID 9262495

63 Henderson C Cawkwell G Specker B Sierra R Wilmott R Campaigne B Lovell D Predictors of total body bone mineral density in non-corticosteroid treated pre-pubertal children with JRA Arthritis Rheumat 401967-1975 1997 PMID 9365085

64 Dellert SF Farrell MF Specker BL Heubi JE Bone mineral content in children with short bowel syndrome after discontinuation of parenteral nutrition J Pediatr 132516-519 1998 PMID 9544912

20

65 Mehta KC Specker BL Bartholmey S Giddens J Ho ML Trial on timing of introduction and food type on infant growth Pediatrics 102569-573 1998 PMID 9738178

66 Sherman SI Brierley JD Sperling M Ain KB Bigos ST Cooper DS Haugen BR Ho M Klein I Ladenson PW Robbins J Ross DS Specker B Taylor T Maxon HR Prospective multicenter study of treatment of thyroid carcinoma Initial analysis of staging and outcome Cancer 831012-21 1998 PMID 9731906

67 Cooper DS Specker B Ho M Sperling M Ladenson PW Ross DS Ain KB Bigos ST Brierley JD Haugen BR Klein I Robbins J Sherman SI Taylor T Maxon III HR TSH suppression and disease progression in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Results from the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Registry Thyroid 8737-744 1998 PMID 9777742

68 Taylor T Specker B Robbins J Sperling M Ho M Ain K Bigos ST Brierley J Cooper D Haugen B Hay I Hertzberg V Klein I Klein H Ladenson P Nishiyama R Ross D Sherman S Maxon HR Outcome following treatment of high risk papillary and non-Hurthle follicular thyroid cancer Ann Intern Med 129622-627 1998 PMID 9786809

69 Mulligan L Specker BL Buckley D OConnor LS Ho M Environmental factors affecting motor development activity and body composition in infants in child care centers J Pediatr Phys Ther 10156-161 1998

70 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Ho ML Effects of calcium supplementation on calcium homeostasis and bone turnover in lactating women J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84464-470 1999 PMID 10022402

71 Specker BL Mulligan L Ho M Longitudinal study of calcium intake physical activity and bone mineral content in infants 6 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 14569-576 1999 PMID 10234578

72 Specker BL Should there be a Dietary Guideline for calcium intake No Amer J Clin Nutr 71661-664 2000 PMID 10702154

73 Henderson CJ Specker BL Sierra RI Campaigne BN Lovell DJ Total body bone mineral content in non-corticosteroid-treated postpubertal females with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis amp Rheumatism 43531- 540 2000 PMID 10728745

75 Binkley T Specker B pQCT measurement of bone parameters in young children Validation of a technique J Clin Densitometry 39-14 2000 PMID 10745298

76 Whitaker RC Deeks CM Baughcum AE Specker BL The relationship of childhood adiposity to parent body mass index and eating behavior Obesity Research 8234-240 2000 PMID 10832766

77 Wosje KS Binkley TL Fahrenwald NL Specker BL High bone mass in a female Hutterite population J Bone Mineral Res 151429-1436 2000 PMID 10934640

78 Finn K Specker B Comparison of Actiwatch motion sensor and Childrenrsquos Activity Rating Scale Med Sci Sports Exerc 321794-1797 2000 PMID 11039655

79 Wosje KS Specker BL Giddens J No difference in growth or body composition from age 12 to 24 months in 2 versus whole milk users J Am Diet Assoc 10153-56 2001 PMID 11209585

80 Morrison JA Guo SS Specker B Chumlea WC Yanovski SZ Yanovski JA Assessing the body composition of 6-17 year-old black and white girls in field studies Am J Human Biol 13249-254 2001 PMID 11460870

81 Kattelmann K Ho M Specker B Effect of timing of introduction of solids on iron and zinc status at 12 24 and 36 months of age J Am Diet Assoc 101443-447 2001 PMID 11320951

82 Wosje KS Binkley TL Specker BL Comparison of bone parameters by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in Hutterite versus Non-Hutterite females ages 35-60 years Bone 29192-197 2001 PMID 11502483

21

83 Specker B Johannsen N Binkley T Finn K Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in preschool children J Bone Mineral Res 162298-2305 2001 PMID 11760845

84 Specker B Editorial The significance of high bone density in children J Pediatr 139473-475 2001 PMID 11598590

85 Adler M Specker B Atypical diets in infancy and early childhood Pediatric Annals 30693-680 2001 PMID 11723885

86 Finn K Johannsen N Specker B Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children J Pediatr 14081-85 2002 PMID 11815768

87 Binkley TL Specker BL Wittig TA Centile curves for bone densitometry measurements in healthy males and females ages 5-22 years J Clin Densit 5343-353 2002 PMID 12665634

88 Specker BL Binkley TL Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3-5 year old children J Bone Mineral Res 18885-892 2003 PMID 12733728

89 Johannsen N Binkley T Englert V Niederauer G Specker B Bone response jumping is site-specific in children a randomized trial Bone 33 533-539 2003 PMID 14555256

90 Specker BL Role of physical activity on bone mineral content in young children J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3338340 2003 PMID 15758317

91 Wosje K Binkley TL Kalkwarf H Specker B Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in Hutterites Bone 341017-1022 2004 PMID 15193548

92 Specker BL Nutritional influences on bone development from infancy through toddler years J Nutr 134691S-695S 2004 PMID 14988469

93 Specker BL Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy Amer J Clin Nutr 801740S-1747S 2004 PMID 15585798

94 Binkley T Specker B Increased periosteal circumference remains present 12 months after an exercise intervention in preschool children Bone 351383-1388 2004 PMID 15589220

95 Specker B Binkley T Fahrenwald N Rural vs non-rural differences in BMC volumetric BMD and bone size a population-based cross-sectional study Bone 351389-1398 2004 PMID 15589221

96 Ballard TLP Clapper A Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Effect of protein supplementation during a 6-mo strength and conditioning program on insulin-like growth factor I and markers of bone turnover in young adults Am J Clin Nutr 811442-1448 2005 PMID 15941900

97 Johnson J Mistry V Vukovich M Hogi-Lorenzen T Hollis B Specker B Bioavailability of vitamin D from fortified process cheese and effects on vitamin D status in the elderly J Dairy Sciences 882295-301 2005 PMID 15956292

98 Specker B Schoenau E Quantitative bone analysis in children Current methodologies and recommendations J Pediatr 146726-731 2005 PMID 15973307

99 Schroder BG Griffin IJ Specker BL Abrams SA Human intestinal calcium absorption from a carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than absorption from fat free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice Nutr Res 25737-742 2005

100 Klein GL Fitzpatrick LA Langman CB Beck TJ Carpenter TO Gilsanz V Holm IA Leonard MB Specker BL The state of pediatric bone Summary of the ASBMR pediatric bone initiative J Bone Miner Res 122075-2081 2005 PMID 16294260

22

101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

23

118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

65 Mehta KC Specker BL Bartholmey S Giddens J Ho ML Trial on timing of introduction and food type on infant growth Pediatrics 102569-573 1998 PMID 9738178

66 Sherman SI Brierley JD Sperling M Ain KB Bigos ST Cooper DS Haugen BR Ho M Klein I Ladenson PW Robbins J Ross DS Specker B Taylor T Maxon HR Prospective multicenter study of treatment of thyroid carcinoma Initial analysis of staging and outcome Cancer 831012-21 1998 PMID 9731906

67 Cooper DS Specker B Ho M Sperling M Ladenson PW Ross DS Ain KB Bigos ST Brierley JD Haugen BR Klein I Robbins J Sherman SI Taylor T Maxon III HR TSH suppression and disease progression in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer Results from the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Registry Thyroid 8737-744 1998 PMID 9777742

68 Taylor T Specker B Robbins J Sperling M Ho M Ain K Bigos ST Brierley J Cooper D Haugen B Hay I Hertzberg V Klein I Klein H Ladenson P Nishiyama R Ross D Sherman S Maxon HR Outcome following treatment of high risk papillary and non-Hurthle follicular thyroid cancer Ann Intern Med 129622-627 1998 PMID 9786809

69 Mulligan L Specker BL Buckley D OConnor LS Ho M Environmental factors affecting motor development activity and body composition in infants in child care centers J Pediatr Phys Ther 10156-161 1998

70 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Ho ML Effects of calcium supplementation on calcium homeostasis and bone turnover in lactating women J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84464-470 1999 PMID 10022402

71 Specker BL Mulligan L Ho M Longitudinal study of calcium intake physical activity and bone mineral content in infants 6 to 18 months of age J Bone Miner Res 14569-576 1999 PMID 10234578

72 Specker BL Should there be a Dietary Guideline for calcium intake No Amer J Clin Nutr 71661-664 2000 PMID 10702154

73 Henderson CJ Specker BL Sierra RI Campaigne BN Lovell DJ Total body bone mineral content in non-corticosteroid-treated postpubertal females with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis amp Rheumatism 43531- 540 2000 PMID 10728745

75 Binkley T Specker B pQCT measurement of bone parameters in young children Validation of a technique J Clin Densitometry 39-14 2000 PMID 10745298

76 Whitaker RC Deeks CM Baughcum AE Specker BL The relationship of childhood adiposity to parent body mass index and eating behavior Obesity Research 8234-240 2000 PMID 10832766

77 Wosje KS Binkley TL Fahrenwald NL Specker BL High bone mass in a female Hutterite population J Bone Mineral Res 151429-1436 2000 PMID 10934640

78 Finn K Specker B Comparison of Actiwatch motion sensor and Childrenrsquos Activity Rating Scale Med Sci Sports Exerc 321794-1797 2000 PMID 11039655

79 Wosje KS Specker BL Giddens J No difference in growth or body composition from age 12 to 24 months in 2 versus whole milk users J Am Diet Assoc 10153-56 2001 PMID 11209585

80 Morrison JA Guo SS Specker B Chumlea WC Yanovski SZ Yanovski JA Assessing the body composition of 6-17 year-old black and white girls in field studies Am J Human Biol 13249-254 2001 PMID 11460870

81 Kattelmann K Ho M Specker B Effect of timing of introduction of solids on iron and zinc status at 12 24 and 36 months of age J Am Diet Assoc 101443-447 2001 PMID 11320951

82 Wosje KS Binkley TL Specker BL Comparison of bone parameters by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral quantitative computed tomography in Hutterite versus Non-Hutterite females ages 35-60 years Bone 29192-197 2001 PMID 11502483

21

83 Specker B Johannsen N Binkley T Finn K Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in preschool children J Bone Mineral Res 162298-2305 2001 PMID 11760845

84 Specker B Editorial The significance of high bone density in children J Pediatr 139473-475 2001 PMID 11598590

85 Adler M Specker B Atypical diets in infancy and early childhood Pediatric Annals 30693-680 2001 PMID 11723885

86 Finn K Johannsen N Specker B Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children J Pediatr 14081-85 2002 PMID 11815768

87 Binkley TL Specker BL Wittig TA Centile curves for bone densitometry measurements in healthy males and females ages 5-22 years J Clin Densit 5343-353 2002 PMID 12665634

88 Specker BL Binkley TL Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3-5 year old children J Bone Mineral Res 18885-892 2003 PMID 12733728

89 Johannsen N Binkley T Englert V Niederauer G Specker B Bone response jumping is site-specific in children a randomized trial Bone 33 533-539 2003 PMID 14555256

90 Specker BL Role of physical activity on bone mineral content in young children J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3338340 2003 PMID 15758317

91 Wosje K Binkley TL Kalkwarf H Specker B Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in Hutterites Bone 341017-1022 2004 PMID 15193548

92 Specker BL Nutritional influences on bone development from infancy through toddler years J Nutr 134691S-695S 2004 PMID 14988469

93 Specker BL Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy Amer J Clin Nutr 801740S-1747S 2004 PMID 15585798

94 Binkley T Specker B Increased periosteal circumference remains present 12 months after an exercise intervention in preschool children Bone 351383-1388 2004 PMID 15589220

95 Specker B Binkley T Fahrenwald N Rural vs non-rural differences in BMC volumetric BMD and bone size a population-based cross-sectional study Bone 351389-1398 2004 PMID 15589221

96 Ballard TLP Clapper A Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Effect of protein supplementation during a 6-mo strength and conditioning program on insulin-like growth factor I and markers of bone turnover in young adults Am J Clin Nutr 811442-1448 2005 PMID 15941900

97 Johnson J Mistry V Vukovich M Hogi-Lorenzen T Hollis B Specker B Bioavailability of vitamin D from fortified process cheese and effects on vitamin D status in the elderly J Dairy Sciences 882295-301 2005 PMID 15956292

98 Specker B Schoenau E Quantitative bone analysis in children Current methodologies and recommendations J Pediatr 146726-731 2005 PMID 15973307

99 Schroder BG Griffin IJ Specker BL Abrams SA Human intestinal calcium absorption from a carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than absorption from fat free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice Nutr Res 25737-742 2005

100 Klein GL Fitzpatrick LA Langman CB Beck TJ Carpenter TO Gilsanz V Holm IA Leonard MB Specker BL The state of pediatric bone Summary of the ASBMR pediatric bone initiative J Bone Miner Res 122075-2081 2005 PMID 16294260

22

101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

23

118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

83 Specker B Johannsen N Binkley T Finn K Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in preschool children J Bone Mineral Res 162298-2305 2001 PMID 11760845

84 Specker B Editorial The significance of high bone density in children J Pediatr 139473-475 2001 PMID 11598590

85 Adler M Specker B Atypical diets in infancy and early childhood Pediatric Annals 30693-680 2001 PMID 11723885

86 Finn K Johannsen N Specker B Factors associated with physical activity in preschool children J Pediatr 14081-85 2002 PMID 11815768

87 Binkley TL Specker BL Wittig TA Centile curves for bone densitometry measurements in healthy males and females ages 5-22 years J Clin Densit 5343-353 2002 PMID 12665634

88 Specker BL Binkley TL Randomized trial of physical activity and calcium supplementation on bone mineral content in 3-5 year old children J Bone Mineral Res 18885-892 2003 PMID 12733728

89 Johannsen N Binkley T Englert V Niederauer G Specker B Bone response jumping is site-specific in children a randomized trial Bone 33 533-539 2003 PMID 14555256

90 Specker BL Role of physical activity on bone mineral content in young children J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 3338340 2003 PMID 15758317

91 Wosje K Binkley TL Kalkwarf H Specker B Relationships between bone mass and circulating leptin concentrations in Hutterites Bone 341017-1022 2004 PMID 15193548

92 Specker BL Nutritional influences on bone development from infancy through toddler years J Nutr 134691S-695S 2004 PMID 14988469

93 Specker BL Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy Amer J Clin Nutr 801740S-1747S 2004 PMID 15585798

94 Binkley T Specker B Increased periosteal circumference remains present 12 months after an exercise intervention in preschool children Bone 351383-1388 2004 PMID 15589220

95 Specker B Binkley T Fahrenwald N Rural vs non-rural differences in BMC volumetric BMD and bone size a population-based cross-sectional study Bone 351389-1398 2004 PMID 15589221

96 Ballard TLP Clapper A Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Effect of protein supplementation during a 6-mo strength and conditioning program on insulin-like growth factor I and markers of bone turnover in young adults Am J Clin Nutr 811442-1448 2005 PMID 15941900

97 Johnson J Mistry V Vukovich M Hogi-Lorenzen T Hollis B Specker B Bioavailability of vitamin D from fortified process cheese and effects on vitamin D status in the elderly J Dairy Sciences 882295-301 2005 PMID 15956292

98 Specker B Schoenau E Quantitative bone analysis in children Current methodologies and recommendations J Pediatr 146726-731 2005 PMID 15973307

99 Schroder BG Griffin IJ Specker BL Abrams SA Human intestinal calcium absorption from a carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than absorption from fat free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice Nutr Res 25737-742 2005

100 Klein GL Fitzpatrick LA Langman CB Beck TJ Carpenter TO Gilsanz V Holm IA Leonard MB Specker BL The state of pediatric bone Summary of the ASBMR pediatric bone initiative J Bone Miner Res 122075-2081 2005 PMID 16294260

22

101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

23

118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

101 Specker B Binkley T High parity is associated with increased bone size and strength Osteoporosis Internat 161969-1974 2005 PMID 16091837

102 Binkley T Johnson J Vogel L Kecskemethy H Henderson R Specker B Bone measurements by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) J Pediatr 147791-796 2005 PMID 16356433

103 Niederauer CM Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of truncal adiposity on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations J Nutr Health Aging 10154-160 2006 PMID 16554953

104 Specker B Influence of rapid growth on skeletal adaptation to exercise J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 6147-153 2006 PMID 16849824

105 Ballard TL Specker BL Binkley TL Vukovich MD Effect of protein supplementation during 6-month strength and conditioning program on areal and volumetric bone parameters Bone 38898-904 2006 PMID 15941900

106 Johannsen D Johannsen N Specker B Influence of parentrsquos eating behaviors and child-feeding practices on childrenrsquos weight status Obesity Res 14431-439 2006 PMID 16648614

107 DeJongh E Binkley T Specker B Fat mass gain is lower in calcium-supplemented than in un-supplemented preschool children with low dietary calcium intakes Amer J Clin Nutr 841123-1127 2006 PMID 17093165

108 Specker B Binkley T Vukovich M Beare T Volumetric bone density and bone size in sleep-deprived individuals Osteoporosis Internat 1893-99 2007 PMID 16909195

109 Havill L Mahaney M Binkley TL Specker BL Effects of genes sex age and activity on BMC bone size and areal and volumetric BMD J Bone Miner Res 22737-746 2007 PMID 17444815

110 Abou-Samra H Specker B Walking age does not explain term versus preterm difference in bone geometry J Pediatr 15161-66 2007 PMID 17586192

111 Osowski J Beare T Specker B Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessment of dietary calcium intake in rural populations J Amer Diet Assoc 1071349-1355 2007 PMID 17659902

112 Bischoff-Ferrari HA Dawson-Hughes B Baron JA Burckhardt P Li R Spiegelman D Specker B Orav JE Wong JB Stehelin HB OrsquoReilly E Kiel DP Willett WC Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials Am J Clin Nutr 861780-1790 2007 PMID 18065599

113 Abou-Samra H Beare T Specker B Pedometer readings and self-reported walking distances in a rural population J Rural Health 2499-100 2008 PMID 18257878

114 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle area muscle mass and muscle power in a pre-pubertal and an elderly population J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 833-34 2008 (abstract only) PMID 18398262

115 Zemel B Bass S Binkley T Ducher G Macdonald H McKay H Moyer-Mileur L Shepherd J Specker B Ward K Hans D Peripheral quantitative computed tomography in children and adolescents The 2007 ISCD pediatric official positions J Clin Densit 1159-74 2008 PMID 18442753

116 Smith EP Specker B Bachrach BE Kimbro KS Li XJ Young MF Fedarko NS Abuzzahab MJ Frank GF Cohen RC Lubahn DB Korach KS Impact on bone of an estrogen receptor-alpha gene loss of function mutation J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 933088-3096 2008 PMID 18505767

117 Grimsrud C Binkley T Specker B The effect of menarcheal age on anthropometric limb length and bone measures in Hutterite and non-Hutterite women Am J Hum Biol 20693-699 2008 PMID 18491408

23

118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

118 Binkley TL Specker B Muscle-bone relationships in the lower leg of healthy pre-pubertal females and males J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 8239-243 2008 PMID 18799856

119 Wey CL Beare T Biskeborn K Binkley T Arneson L Specker B High bone density in young Hutterite children Bone 44454-460 2009 PMID 19095089

120 Martin A Beare T Thiex NW Holm R Specker B South Dakotarsquos role in the National Childrenrsquos Study South Dakota Medicine May212-214 2009 PMID 19650279

121 Dreiling K Trushenski S Kayong-Male D Specker B Comparing household listing techniques in a rural Midwestern Vanguard Center of the National Childrenrsquos Study Public Health Nursing 26192-201 2009 PMID 19261158

122 Abou-Samra HA Stevens D Binkley T Specker B Determinants of bone mass and size in 7-year old former term late-preterm and preterm boys Osteoporosis Intl 201903-1910 2009 PMID 19308302

123 Smith EP Specker B Korach KS Recent experimental and clinical findings in the skeleton associated with loss of estrogen hormone or estrogen receptor activity J Steroid Biochem Mol Bio 118264-272 2010 PMID 19900547

124 Specker B Wey H Binkley T Beare T Smith E Rauch F Higher BMC and areal BMD in children and grandchildren of individuals with hip or knee replacement Bone 461000-1005 2010 PMID 20056177

125 Specker B Wey H Smith E Rates of bone loss in young adult males Int J Clin Rheumatol 5215-228 2010 PMID 20625439

126 Wimberly MC Michimi A Specker BL Rural health and rural landscapes An ecological approach to the study of obesity Rural Connections Sept 15-20 2010

127 Wey H Binkley TL Beare TM Wey CL Specker BL Cross-sectional versus longitudinal associations of lean and fat mass with pQCT bone outcomes in children J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 96106-114 2011 PMID 20926531

128 Specker B Does Vitamin D during pregnancy impact offspring growth and bone Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 7138-45 2012 PMID 21861949

129 McCormack LA Binkley TL Specker BL Effect of level of farm mechanization early in life on bone later in life J Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions 127-15 2012 PMID 22373946

130 Gourlay ML Specker BL Li C Hammett-Stabler CA Renner JB Rubin JE Follicle stimulating hormone is independently associated with lean mass but not BMD in younger postmenopausal women Bone 50311-316 2012 PMID 22086136

131 Sudhagoni R Wey HE Djira G Specker B Longitudinal effects of fat and lean mass on bone accrual in infants Bone 50638-642 2012 PMID 22154840

132 Weidauer LA Eilers MM Binkley TL Vukovich MD Specker BL Effect of different collegiate sports on cortical bone in the tibia J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1268-73 2012 PMID 22647279

133 Weidauer LA Binkley TL Specker BL Variation in cortical density within the cortical shell of individuals across a range in densities and age J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1389-96 2013

134 Bracken MB Baker D Cauley JA Chambers C Culhane J Dabelea D Dearborn D Drews-Botsch CD Dudley DJ Durkin M Entwisle B Flick L Hale D Holl J Hovell M Hudak M Paneth N Specker B Wilhelm M Wyatt S New models for large prospective studies Is there a risk of throwing out the baby with the bathwater Amer J Epidemiol 175859-866 2013

135 Fahrenwald N Wey B Martin A Specker B Community outreach and engagement to prepare for household recruitment of National Childrenrsquos Study participants in a rural setting J Rural Health 29(1)61-68 2013 DOI 101111j1748-0361201200418x

24

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

25

136 Specker B Minett M Can physical activity improve peak bone mass Curr Osteoporos Rep 11229-236 2013 DOI 101007s11914-013-0152-5

137 McCormack LA Friedrich C Fahrenwald N Specker B Feasibility and acceptability of alternate methods of postnatal data collection Matern Child Health J 18852-857 2013 DOI 101007s10995-013-1310-1

138 Nichenametla SN Weidauer LA Wey HE Beare TM Specker BL Dey M Resistant starch type 4-enriched diet lowered blood cholesterols and improved body composition in a double-blind controlled crossover intervention Mol Nutr Food Res 581365-1369 2014 DOI 101002mnfr201300829

139 Specker B Wey B Fuller J Sandoval MN Durkin M Dole N Walter Jr EB 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza immunization among pregnant women A comparison of different sources of immunization information Matern Child Health J 18(3)681-687 2014 DOI 101007s10995-013-1293-y

140 Kalkwarf H Abrams SA DiMeglio LA Koo WW Specker BL Weiler H Bone densitometry in infants and young children The 2013 ISCD Pediatric Official Positions J Clin Densit 17243-257 2014

141 Weidauer L Minett M Negus C Binkley T Vukovich M Wey H Specker B Odd-impact loading results in increased cortical area and moments of inertia in collegiate athletes Euro J Appl Physiol 1141429-1438 2014 DOI 101007s00421-014-2870-5

142 Binkley TL Thiex NW Specker B Validation of drinking water disinfection by-product exposure assessment for rural areas in the National Childrenrsquos Study J Exp Sci Environ Epidemiol 25303-307 2014 DOI101038jes201451

143 Weidauer L Wey H Slater H Moyer-Mileur L Specker B Estimation of length or height in infants and young children using ulnar and lower leg length with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry validation Dev Med Child Neurol 56995-1000 2014 DOI 101111dmcn12491

144 Binkley TL Parupsky E Kleinsasser B Weidauer L Specker B Feasibility compliance and efficacy of a randomized controlled trial using vibration in pre-pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 14294-302 2014

145 Weidauer L Binkley T Vukovich M Specker B Greater polar moment of inertia at the tibia in athletes who develop stress fractures Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2(7) 2014 doi 1011772325967114541411

146 Weidauer L Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M McCormack L Wey A Specker B Do sex differences exist in rates of falls and fractures in Hutterite rural and non-rural populations aged 20 to 66 years Clin Orthop Relat Res 4732514-2520 2015 DOI 101007s11999-015-4248-3 PMID 25762018

147 Boyle EB Deziel NC Specker BL Collingwood S Weisel CP Dellarco MJ Feasibility and informative value of environmental sample collection in the National Childrenrsquos Vanguard Study Environmental Research 140345-353 2015 DOI101016jenvres201504006

148 Specker BL Wey HE Binkley TL Beare TM Minett M Weidauer L Rural vs non-rural differences and longitudinal bone changes by DXA and pQCT in men aged 20-66 years A population-based study Bone 7979-87 2015 DOI101016jbone201504045

149 Specker BL Thiex NW Sudhagoni RG Does Exercise Influence Pediatric Bone A Systematic Review Clin Orthop Relat Res 4733658-3672 2015 DOI101007s11999-015-4467-7

150 Bai W Binkley TL Wallace JW Carver TW Specker BL Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) bone measurements in children with cystic fibrosis J Pediatr Pulmonol 5128-33 2015

151 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl

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Khadgawat Pludowski Maddock Hyppoumlnen Oduwole Frew Aguiar Tulchinsky Butler Houmlgler Global consensus recommendations on prevention and management of nutritional rickets J Clin Endocrinol Metab 101394-415 2016

152 Mughal MZ Thacher TD Specker BL Shaw NJ Kiely M Munns CF Hogler W Response to the letter by Sugiyama and Oda J Clin Endocrinol Metabol 101(10) 2016 DOI 101210jc2016-3059

153 Munns Shaw Kiely Specker Thacher Ozono Michigami Tiosano Mughal Maumlkitie Ramos-Abad Ward DiMeglio Atapattu Cassinelli Braegger Pettifor Seth Idris Bhatia Fu Goldberg Saumlvendahl Khadgawat Pludowski Maddock Hyppoumlnen Oduwole Frew Aguiar Tulchinsky Butler Houmlgler Global consensus recommendations on prevention and management of nutritional rickets Hormone Res Paediatr 8583-106 2016 (published simultaneously with above)

154 Fuller JE Walter EB Dole N OrsquoHara R Herring A Durkin M Specker B Wey B State-level Immunization Information Systems Potential for childhood immunization data linkages Matern Child Health J 2016 DOI 101007s10995-016-2090-1

155 Upadhyaya B McCormack L Fardin-Kia AR Juenemann R Nichenametla S Clapper J Specker B Dey M Gut microbial modulation by resistant starch type 4 is associated with immunometabolic improvements in adults with metabolic syndrome Scientific Reports 628797 2016 DOI 101038srep28797

156 Binkley T Specker B The negative effect of sitting time on bone is mediated by lean mass in pubertal children J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 1618-23 2016

157 McCormack L Meendering J Specker B Binkley T Associations between sedentary time physical activity and DXA measures of total body android and gynoid fat mass J Clin Densitom 19368-374 2016 DOI 101016jjocd201603008

158 Binkley T Beare T Minett M Koepp K Wey H Specker B Response to an online version of a PRAMS-like survey in South Dakota Matern Child Health J 2016 DOI 101007s10995-016-2118-6

159 Weidauer L McCormack L Gorres-Martens B Specker B High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in northern farming and non-farming populations in the United States Associations with parathyroid hormone body fat and bone density Top Clin Nutr 31(3)204-212 2016

160 McDougall MA Holm R Specker B Increased activity in unstructured vs structured gym time in an after-school program South Dakota Medicine in press

161 McCormack LA Meendering J Specker B A cross-sectional examination of diet physical activity and body composition in rural and non-rural children submitted

162 Bai W Wey H Specker B Interaction of pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain on pregnancy outcomes submitted

BOOKS CHAPTERS AND INVITED PAPERS 1 Gartside P Specker BL Harlow P Clark S Interim report on a mortality study of former employees of

the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago IN Wastewater Aerosols and Disease EPA 6009-80-028 December 1980 Presented at USEPA Symposium on Wastewater Aerosols and Disease Cincinnati OH September 1979 (invited speaker B Specker)

2 Clark CS Bjorson H Holland J Elia V Majeti V Meyer C Balistreri W Van Meer G Gartside P Specker B Linneman C et al Project Summary Evaluation of the health risks associated with the treatment and disposal of municipal wastewater and sludge EPA 600S1-81-030 May 1981

3 Specker BL Tsang RC Vitamin D in infancy and childhood Factors determining vitamin D status Advances in Pediatrics 331-22 1986 PMID 3541527

26

4 Specker BL Tsang RC Bone mineralization IN Calcium and phosphorus metabolism in children Annales Nestle 4518-25 1987

5 Specker BL Saenger EL Efficacy and cost effectiveness of lung scans IN Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine MK Loken editor Appleton-Century-Crafts Connecticut 1987 pg 133-142

6 Specker BL Greer FR Tsang RC Vitamin D IN Nutrition Conception to Weaning Tsang and Nichols eds Hanley and Belfus Publishing Philadelphia 1988 pp 264-276

7 Specker BL Tsang RC Vitamin D in infancy Cereal Foods World 33(9)788-791 1988

8 Tsang RC Cruz M Specker B Vitamin D in infancy 25-Hydroxyvitamin D an important bioactive principle in vivo in infancy IN Vitamin D Gene regulation structure-function analysis and clinical application Norman AW Bouillon R amp Thomasset M Eds DeGruyter Press New York 1991 pp 739-744

9 Specker BL Kalkwarf H Mineral and vitamin requirements during lactation Are they increased IN Carnation Nutrition Education Series vol 3 Tsang and Mimouni Eds Raven Press Ltd New York 1992 pp 77-88

10 Specker BL DeMarini S Tsang RC Vitamin and mineral requirements IN Effective Care of the Newborn Sinclair and Bracken Eds Oxford University Press New York 1992 pp 161-177

11 Chesney RW Specker BL Mimouni F McKay CP Mineral metabolism during pregnancy and lactation IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism Coe and Favus Eds Raven Press New York 1992 pp 383-384

12 McKay CR Specker BL Tsang RC Chesney RW Mineral metabolism during childhood IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism Coe and Favus Eds Raven Press New York 1992 pp 395-416

13 Specker BL Nutritional Requirements IN Perinatal and Pediatric Pathophysiology A Clinical Perspective Gluckman and Heymann eds Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd 1993 pp 440-449

14 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Calcium and magnesium in human lactation IN Calcium and Magnesium Metabolism in Early Life RC Tsang ed CRC Press Boca Raton 1995 pp 91-104

15 Specker BL Nutritional Requirements IN Pediatrics and Perinatology The Scientific Basis Second Edition Gluckman and Heymann eds Arnold Publishers Ltd 1996 pp 672-680

16 Mughal MZ Wilmshurst S Ward K Adams JE Specker BL Broadband ultrasound attenuation at the calcaneum in children with cerebral palsy ndashrelationship to mobility status and dietary calcium intake IN Paediatric Osteology Prevention of Osteoporosis ndash A Paediatric Task Schoenau and Matkovic eds Elsevier Publishers 1998 pp203-207

17 Specker BL Factors affecting bone mass in infants and toddlers IN Nutrition and Bone Development edited by JP Bonjour and RC Tsang Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series Vol 41 Lippincott-Raven Publishers Philadelphia 1999

18 Specker BL The vegetarian family IN Answers to More than 500 Questions Yoursquore Likely to Hear About Infant Nutrition edited by RC Tsang Wyeth Nutritionals Philadelphia 1999

19 Specker BL Why does my baby need vitamin D IN Answers to More than 500 Questions Yoursquore Likely to Hear About Infant Nutrition edited by RC Tsang Wyeth Nutritionals Philadelphia 1999

20 Wosje K Specker B Role of Calcium in Bone Health during Childhood Nutrition Reviews 58253-268 2000 PMID 11060996

27

21 Specker BL Namgung R Tsang RC Bone Acquisition In Utero and During Infancy and Childhood (Chapter 24) IN Osteoporosis edited by R Marcus D Feldman J Kelsey Academic Press San Diego 2001 pg 599-620

22 Specker B Wosje K A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Relating Calcium and Dairy Intake to Bone Health Early in Life IN Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis edited by Burkhardt Dawson-Hughes Heaney Academic Press San Diego pg 107-123 2001

23 Specker BL Are Activity and Diet Really Important for Childrenrsquos Bonerdquo Nutrition Today 3744-49 2002 PMID 11984432

24 Chesney RW Specker BL McKay CP Mineral Metabolism During Pregnancy and Lactation IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 347-359

25 McKay CR Specker BL Chesney RW Bone and Mineral Metabolism during Childhood IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 360-380

26 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone Mineral Changes during Pregnancy and Lactation Endocrine 1749-53 2002 PMID 12014704

27 Specker BL The Role of Calcium in Bone Health During Childhood IN Osteoporosis Japan 1011-16 2002

28 Specker BL Determinants of Bone Mineral Content in Children IN Calcium in Childhood Annales Nestle Vol 60 2002

29 Specker BL Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health Holick and Dawson-Hughes eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 2004 pp 139-156

30 Specker BL Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralization IN Micronutrient Deficiencies during the Weaning Period and the First Years of Life edited by S Zlotkin and J Pettifor Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series Vol 54 Krager Publishing Basel Switzerland 153-172 2004

31 Vukovich M Specker B Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone IN Calcium and Bone Health Weaver and Heaney eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 227-246 2005

32 Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 2nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 2005

33 Specker B Vukovich M Evidence for an Interaction between Exercise and Nutrition for Improved Bone Health during Growth IN Physical Activity Nutrition and Bone Health during Growth Daly and Petit eds Krager Basel 50-63 2007 PMID 17505119

34 Binkley TL Berry R Specker BL Methods for Measurement of Pediatric Bone Rev Endocrin Metab Disord 2008 DOI 101007S11154-008-9073-5 PMID 18247119

35 Specker B Sudhagoni R Thiex N Calcium Influences the Bone Response to Exercise in Children IN Diet Nutrition and Bone JJ Anderson ed Taylor amp Francis Chicago 301-324 2011

36 Thiex N Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D Metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 3nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 679-694 2011

37 Specker B Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health 2nd Edition MF Holick and J Nieves eds Springer New York 161-182 2015

28

38 Specker BL Binkley TL DXA Evaluation of Infants and Toddlers IN Bone Health Assessment in Pediatrics Guidelines for Clinical Practice 2nd edition Fung EB Sawyer AJ Bachrach LK eds Springer New York 151-178 2016

ABSTRACTS Over 200 abstracts presented at national or international meetings

29

• Structure Bookmarks

4 Specker BL Tsang RC Bone mineralization IN Calcium and phosphorus metabolism in children Annales Nestle 4518-25 1987

5 Specker BL Saenger EL Efficacy and cost effectiveness of lung scans IN Pulmonary Nuclear Medicine MK Loken editor Appleton-Century-Crafts Connecticut 1987 pg 133-142

6 Specker BL Greer FR Tsang RC Vitamin D IN Nutrition Conception to Weaning Tsang and Nichols eds Hanley and Belfus Publishing Philadelphia 1988 pp 264-276

7 Specker BL Tsang RC Vitamin D in infancy Cereal Foods World 33(9)788-791 1988

8 Tsang RC Cruz M Specker B Vitamin D in infancy 25-Hydroxyvitamin D an important bioactive principle in vivo in infancy IN Vitamin D Gene regulation structure-function analysis and clinical application Norman AW Bouillon R amp Thomasset M Eds DeGruyter Press New York 1991 pp 739-744

9 Specker BL Kalkwarf H Mineral and vitamin requirements during lactation Are they increased IN Carnation Nutrition Education Series vol 3 Tsang and Mimouni Eds Raven Press Ltd New York 1992 pp 77-88

10 Specker BL DeMarini S Tsang RC Vitamin and mineral requirements IN Effective Care of the Newborn Sinclair and Bracken Eds Oxford University Press New York 1992 pp 161-177

11 Chesney RW Specker BL Mimouni F McKay CP Mineral metabolism during pregnancy and lactation IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism Coe and Favus Eds Raven Press New York 1992 pp 383-384

12 McKay CR Specker BL Tsang RC Chesney RW Mineral metabolism during childhood IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism Coe and Favus Eds Raven Press New York 1992 pp 395-416

13 Specker BL Nutritional Requirements IN Perinatal and Pediatric Pathophysiology A Clinical Perspective Gluckman and Heymann eds Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd 1993 pp 440-449

14 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Calcium and magnesium in human lactation IN Calcium and Magnesium Metabolism in Early Life RC Tsang ed CRC Press Boca Raton 1995 pp 91-104

15 Specker BL Nutritional Requirements IN Pediatrics and Perinatology The Scientific Basis Second Edition Gluckman and Heymann eds Arnold Publishers Ltd 1996 pp 672-680

16 Mughal MZ Wilmshurst S Ward K Adams JE Specker BL Broadband ultrasound attenuation at the calcaneum in children with cerebral palsy ndashrelationship to mobility status and dietary calcium intake IN Paediatric Osteology Prevention of Osteoporosis ndash A Paediatric Task Schoenau and Matkovic eds Elsevier Publishers 1998 pp203-207

17 Specker BL Factors affecting bone mass in infants and toddlers IN Nutrition and Bone Development edited by JP Bonjour and RC Tsang Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series Vol 41 Lippincott-Raven Publishers Philadelphia 1999

18 Specker BL The vegetarian family IN Answers to More than 500 Questions Yoursquore Likely to Hear About Infant Nutrition edited by RC Tsang Wyeth Nutritionals Philadelphia 1999

19 Specker BL Why does my baby need vitamin D IN Answers to More than 500 Questions Yoursquore Likely to Hear About Infant Nutrition edited by RC Tsang Wyeth Nutritionals Philadelphia 1999

20 Wosje K Specker B Role of Calcium in Bone Health during Childhood Nutrition Reviews 58253-268 2000 PMID 11060996

27

21 Specker BL Namgung R Tsang RC Bone Acquisition In Utero and During Infancy and Childhood (Chapter 24) IN Osteoporosis edited by R Marcus D Feldman J Kelsey Academic Press San Diego 2001 pg 599-620

22 Specker B Wosje K A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Relating Calcium and Dairy Intake to Bone Health Early in Life IN Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis edited by Burkhardt Dawson-Hughes Heaney Academic Press San Diego pg 107-123 2001

23 Specker BL Are Activity and Diet Really Important for Childrenrsquos Bonerdquo Nutrition Today 3744-49 2002 PMID 11984432

24 Chesney RW Specker BL McKay CP Mineral Metabolism During Pregnancy and Lactation IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 347-359

25 McKay CR Specker BL Chesney RW Bone and Mineral Metabolism during Childhood IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 360-380

26 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone Mineral Changes during Pregnancy and Lactation Endocrine 1749-53 2002 PMID 12014704

27 Specker BL The Role of Calcium in Bone Health During Childhood IN Osteoporosis Japan 1011-16 2002

28 Specker BL Determinants of Bone Mineral Content in Children IN Calcium in Childhood Annales Nestle Vol 60 2002

29 Specker BL Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health Holick and Dawson-Hughes eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 2004 pp 139-156

30 Specker BL Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralization IN Micronutrient Deficiencies during the Weaning Period and the First Years of Life edited by S Zlotkin and J Pettifor Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series Vol 54 Krager Publishing Basel Switzerland 153-172 2004

31 Vukovich M Specker B Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone IN Calcium and Bone Health Weaver and Heaney eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 227-246 2005

32 Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 2nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 2005

33 Specker B Vukovich M Evidence for an Interaction between Exercise and Nutrition for Improved Bone Health during Growth IN Physical Activity Nutrition and Bone Health during Growth Daly and Petit eds Krager Basel 50-63 2007 PMID 17505119

34 Binkley TL Berry R Specker BL Methods for Measurement of Pediatric Bone Rev Endocrin Metab Disord 2008 DOI 101007S11154-008-9073-5 PMID 18247119

35 Specker B Sudhagoni R Thiex N Calcium Influences the Bone Response to Exercise in Children IN Diet Nutrition and Bone JJ Anderson ed Taylor amp Francis Chicago 301-324 2011

36 Thiex N Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D Metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 3nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 679-694 2011

37 Specker B Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health 2nd Edition MF Holick and J Nieves eds Springer New York 161-182 2015

28

38 Specker BL Binkley TL DXA Evaluation of Infants and Toddlers IN Bone Health Assessment in Pediatrics Guidelines for Clinical Practice 2nd edition Fung EB Sawyer AJ Bachrach LK eds Springer New York 151-178 2016

ABSTRACTS Over 200 abstracts presented at national or international meetings

29

• Structure Bookmarks

21 Specker BL Namgung R Tsang RC Bone Acquisition In Utero and During Infancy and Childhood (Chapter 24) IN Osteoporosis edited by R Marcus D Feldman J Kelsey Academic Press San Diego 2001 pg 599-620

22 Specker B Wosje K A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Relating Calcium and Dairy Intake to Bone Health Early in Life IN Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis edited by Burkhardt Dawson-Hughes Heaney Academic Press San Diego pg 107-123 2001

23 Specker BL Are Activity and Diet Really Important for Childrenrsquos Bonerdquo Nutrition Today 3744-49 2002 PMID 11984432

24 Chesney RW Specker BL McKay CP Mineral Metabolism During Pregnancy and Lactation IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 347-359

25 McKay CR Specker BL Chesney RW Bone and Mineral Metabolism during Childhood IN Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 2nd edition Coe and Favus eds Lippincott Williams amp Wilkins New York 2002 pp 360-380

26 Kalkwarf HJ Specker BL Bone Mineral Changes during Pregnancy and Lactation Endocrine 1749-53 2002 PMID 12014704

27 Specker BL The Role of Calcium in Bone Health During Childhood IN Osteoporosis Japan 1011-16 2002

28 Specker BL Determinants of Bone Mineral Content in Children IN Calcium in Childhood Annales Nestle Vol 60 2002

29 Specker BL Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health Holick and Dawson-Hughes eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 2004 pp 139-156

30 Specker BL Impact of Micronutrient Deficiencies on Bone Growth and Mineralization IN Micronutrient Deficiencies during the Weaning Period and the First Years of Life edited by S Zlotkin and J Pettifor Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series Vol 54 Krager Publishing Basel Switzerland 153-172 2004

31 Vukovich M Specker B Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone IN Calcium and Bone Health Weaver and Heaney eds Humana Press Inc Totowa 227-246 2005

32 Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 2nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 2005

33 Specker B Vukovich M Evidence for an Interaction between Exercise and Nutrition for Improved Bone Health during Growth IN Physical Activity Nutrition and Bone Health during Growth Daly and Petit eds Krager Basel 50-63 2007 PMID 17505119

34 Binkley TL Berry R Specker BL Methods for Measurement of Pediatric Bone Rev Endocrin Metab Disord 2008 DOI 101007S11154-008-9073-5 PMID 18247119

35 Specker B Sudhagoni R Thiex N Calcium Influences the Bone Response to Exercise in Children IN Diet Nutrition and Bone JJ Anderson ed Taylor amp Francis Chicago 301-324 2011

36 Thiex N Kalkwarf H Specker B Vitamin D Metabolism in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Vitamin D 3nd ed Feldman Pike and Glorieux eds Elsevier Inc 679-694 2011

37 Specker B Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation IN Nutrition and Bone Health 2nd Edition MF Holick and J Nieves eds Springer New York 161-182 2015

28

38 Specker BL Binkley TL DXA Evaluation of Infants and Toddlers IN Bone Health Assessment in Pediatrics Guidelines for Clinical Practice 2nd edition Fung EB Sawyer AJ Bachrach LK eds Springer New York 151-178 2016

ABSTRACTS Over 200 abstracts presented at national or international meetings

29

• Structure Bookmarks

38 Specker BL Binkley TL DXA Evaluation of Infants and Toddlers IN Bone Health Assessment in Pediatrics Guidelines for Clinical Practice 2nd edition Fung EB Sawyer AJ Bachrach LK eds Springer New York 151-178 2016

ABSTRACTS Over 200 abstracts presented at national or international meetings

29

• Structure Bookmarks