Professional Services
Thesis defense opponent, University of Southern Denmark - 2015
Thesis defense opponent University of Oslo Norway - 2014
Editorial Board BBRC - 2014-Present
Editorial Board of Journal of Biological Chemistry - 2014-Present
Member on the International Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology - 2012-Present
Editorial Board, Annual Review of Nutrition - 2012-Present
Chair, of the American Heart Association Lipoprotein and Metabolism Basic Science-1 grant review panel - 2012-Present
Member of Institute of Medicine (IOM) Food and Nutrition Board - 2012-Present
Reviewer, American Institute of Biological Sciences - 2012-Present
Session Chair Frontiers in Lipid Biology Conference, Banff, Canada - 2012
Organizer of 34th Steenbock Symposium, on Metabolism of lipids: Implications in Human diseases, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI - 2011
Symposium chair ASBMB on enzymes, hormones, and obesity, Washington, DC - 2011
Reviewer, National Institutes of Health Diabetes, Digestive and kidney diseases (NIH DDK-B) subcommittee - 2011-Present
Board member Malaria Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD - 2011
Co-Chair and reviewer of the American Heart Association (AHA) Lipoprotein and Metabolism Basic science -1 grants - 2011
Reviewer, Mouse metabolic Phenotyping Centers Consortium, National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section - 2011
Reviewer, Fulbright African Regional Research Program - 2008-2010
Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action (XNDA) NIH study Section - 2008-2010
Member of cellular aspects of Diabetes and obesity (CADO) NIH study section - 2008-2010
Theme Chair of the 2008 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in San Diego, CA - 2008
Co-Chair of the Board of Examiners for the Graduate Record Examination in Biochemistry,
Cell and Molecular Biology - 2007
Reviewer, International Journal of Obesity - 2006-Present
Reviewer, Diabetes Journal - 2006-Present
Reviewer, American Journal of physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism - 2006-Present
Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Investigation - 2006-Present
Reviewer, Cell and Metabolism - 2006-Present
Reviewer, Journal of Lipid Research - 2006-Present
Reviewer, Biochemical Biophysical Research Communications (BBRC) - 2006-Present
Member of Cellular Aspects of Diabetes and Obesity (CADO) NIH Study section - 2006
Committee member NIH State of-the-Science Conference on Multivitamin/Mineral
Supplements and Chronic Disease - 2006
Chair of International Society for the study of fatty acids and lipids session on omega 3 fatty acids, Cairns, Australia - 2006
Chair of Federation of American Society for Biochemistry (FASEB) session of the metabolic regulatory circuits meeting, San Diego, CA - 2005
Grant Reviewer for Research Council of Norway - 2004
One of the organizers of the American Diabetes Association research symposium on Integrative Role of Fatty Acids in Metabolic Regulations for Obesity and Diabetes, Newport, RI - 2004
Member of MGC NIH Study section - 2004-2006
Member, the GRE Biochemistry, Cell and Mol. Biol. Committee of Examiners - 2002-2007
Member, NIAAA Board of Scientific Counselors - 2002-2007
Committee member Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences - 2001-2004
Member, NIH Physiological Chemistry Study section - 2001-2004
Chair, Nutrient and Gene Interactions Interest Research Section International Society of Nutritional Sciences - 2001-2002
Organizer and Chair of the FASEB minisymposium on Adipocyte Differentiation, Metabolism and Gene Expression, San Diego, CA - 2000
Member, NIH site visit team, Boston University - 1999-2000
Organizer and Chair of FASEB symposium on Lipid Metabolism and Gene Expression, Washington, DC - 1999
Organizer of the 27th Steenbock Symposium on Adipocyte Biology and Hormone Signaling, UW-Madison - 1999
Member, NIH site visit team, Boston University - 1998-Present
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences - 1998-Present
Grant Reviewer for American Heart Association - 1998-Present
Grant Reviewer for USDA - 1997-Present
Reviewer for Journal of Nutrition - 1997-Present
Reviewer for Journal of Lipid Research - 1997-Present
Reviewer for Biochim. Biophys. Acta - 1996-Present
Reviewer for Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry - 1996
Chairperson, The Biochemistry Roundtable Discussion Section for the 10th Annual Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Conference, UW-Madison - 1995
Reviewer for Journal of Lipid Research - 1995
Grant reviewer for the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences - 1995
Member, NIH site visit team, Hunter College, New York, New York - 1995
Reviewer The Journal of Biological Chemistry - 1994-Present
Reviewer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 1994-Present
Committee Member, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Grant Review Panel, Washington, DC - 1993
Consultant, ISTI and USAID's Agency Center for University Cooperation in Development, Washington, DC - 1991-1994
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda - 1990-Present
Member, NIH grant review committee - 1989-1992
Visiting Scientist, International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya - 1986
Resident Tutor/Warden/Associate Dean of Students, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda - 1978-1980