Isabel Paraga, PhD, RD, LD

Associate Professor

• Director: MS in Public Health Nutrition Dietetic Internship Program
  

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (below)

 

all PUBLICATIONS via PubMed

BACKGROUND
Dr. Parraga completed her education at Eastern Michigan University and Case Western Reserve University. She has a doctorate in anthropology and maintains secondary appointments in the Department of Anthropology and Center for International Health, Division of General Medical Sciences at CWRU in addition to her position in the Department of Nutrition.

Dr. Parraga is currently the Director of the Master of Science in Public Health Nutrition Internship Program.  She is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. She has been recognized for her achievements by the U.S. Army, the Ohio Dietetic Association, American Heart Association and received the Carl F. Wittke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching at CWRU. She has conducted research in South America and Africa.

EDUCATION

Link to Dr. Parraga CV

1975     BS - Dietetics
             Eastern Michigan University

1976     Dietetic Internship Public Health Nutrition
             Louis Stokes Cleveland - Veterans Affairs Medical Center
             Case Western Reserve University

1978     MS - Maternal & Child Specialty
             Case Western Reserve University

1992     PhD - Medical Anthropology
             Case Western Reserve University

AREAS of RESEARCH INTERESTS

                      Public Health Nutrition Education

                      Maternal and Child Nutrition

                      International Nutrition

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


       1. Olds GR, King C, Hewlett J, Olveda R, Wu G, Ouma J, Peters P, McGarvey S, Odhiambo O, Koech D, Liu CY, Aligui G, Gachihi G, Kombe Y, Parraga IM, Ramirez B, Whalen C, Horton RJ, and Reeve P.   Double-blind placebo-controlled study of concurrent administration of albendazole and praziquantel in schoolchildren with schistosomiasis and geohelminths.   J. Infect. Dis. 1999;  179: 996-1003.

       2. Assis AM, Barreto ML, Prado MS, Reis MG, Parraga IM, and Blanton RE.   Schistosoma mansoni infection and nutritional status in schoolchildren: a randomized, double-blind trial in northeastern Brazil.  Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 Dec; 68(6): 1247-53.

       3. Parraga IM, Assis AM, Prado MS, Barreto ML, Reis MG, King CH and Blanton RE.  (1996)  Gender differences in growth of school-aged children with schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection.  Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Aug; 55(2): 150-6. Full Text PDF

       4. Greksa LP, Parraga IM, and Clark CA.  (1995)  The dietary adequacy of edentulous older adults.  J Prosthet Dent. 1995 Feb; 73(2): 142-5.  Full Text PDF

       5. Parraga IM.   Determinants of Food Consumption.   J Am Diet Assoc. 1990 May; 90(5): 661-3. (No abstract available).

       6. Parraga IM, Weber MA, Reeb K, Engel A, and Lerner E.  (1988)  Feeding patterns of urban black infants.  J Am Diet Assoc. 1988 Jul; 88(7): 796-800.

       6. Parraga IM.  (1985)  Nutrition services at a university student health center.  J Am Diet Assoc. 1985 Aug; 85(8): 970-1. (No abstract available).

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