Sina Gallo, R.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition and Food Studies College of Health and Human Services George Mason University 4400 University Drive, MS 1FB Fairfax, VA 22030 Tel: (703) 993-5814 Email: sgallo2@gmu.edu EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Dissertation: An examination of parental compliance with vitamin D recommendations and the physiological responses to vitamin D isoform and dosage in breastfed infants from Greater Montréal 2007 M.Sc., Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Dissertation: The determinants of adiponectin in female adolescents: offspring of gestational diabetes and non-diabetes affected pregnancies 2003 B.Sc., Honors, Dietetics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec Completed dietetics internship RESEARCH INTERESTS Maternal, infant and child nutrition Early life obesity interventions Clinical trials Vitamin D and iron Body composition Dietary assessment methods RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Coordination of clinical trials in infant nutrition (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT00381914, NCT01190137) Assessment and interpretation of body composition in adults and pediatrics using different techniques (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, peripheral quantitative computed tomography, bioelectrical impedance) Vitamin D biochemical assessment techniques (high performance liquid, gas chromatography, radio/enzyme/ chemiluminescent immunoassays, mass spectrometry) Collection and interpretation of dietary assessment methods during pregnancy, lactation and childhood (Food frequency questionnaires, 24-hour recalls, weighed food records) RESEARCH FUNDING 2009-11 Canadian Foundation for Dietetics Research (CFDR) grant: Biological equivalency of vitamin D 2 and vitamin D 3 in infants ($5,000), Role: Coapplicant 2010-13 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant: Three year follow up of vitamin D supplementation in infancy ($123,192), Role: Co-applicant
TEACHING & MENTORING EXPERIENCE Curriculum Vitae Sina Gallo 2011 Co-Instructor, NUTR436: Nutritional Assessment. McGill University. Intensive 1 month format (3-hr lectures 3 times/week) for ~70 upper level dietetic students. 2008- Invited Lecturer. NUTR-200: Contemporary Nutrition. McGill University. ~100 non-science undergraduate students during the summer session, 3 hour lecture format. 2008- Teaching Fellow. Macdonald Innovations for Teaching Improvement, McGill University. Developed and presented teaching modules (examples: formulative evaluations, asking questions, grading, etc.) with an interdisciplinary group of graduate students for teaching assistants within the faculty. 2008-11 Mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. Mary Emily Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, McGill University. Supervised 4 Master s applied and thesis students. Supervised 2 undergraduate dietetics student completing summer and independent study projects. Trained 4 dietetic interns completing community rotations. 2006- Teaching Assistantships, McGill University. NUTR-217: (Applications of Food Fundamentals). Winter 2006. NUTR-403: (Nutrition and Society). Fall 2006, 2007 NUTR-436: (Nutritional Assessment). Winter 2007, 2008, 2010. NUTR- 445: (Clinical Nutrition II). McGill University. Fall 2007, 2011, 2012. NUTR-208 (Dietetics Stage Level I) and NUTR-311 (Dietetics Stage Level 1B). Winter/Summer 2007. AWARDS AND HONORS Fonds de la Recherché en Santé du Québec, Doctoral Bursary Dietitians of Canada, Graduate Student Award Canadian Nutrition Society, 1 st place Nestlé Graduate Student Oral Competition Foundation of Stars, Graduate Student Prize of Excellence McGill University, Principal s Graduate Fellowship Canadian Italian Business Professionals Association Bursary Dairy Farmers of Canada, Undergraduate Student Award 8 travel grants to attend conferences PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition Dietitians of Canada Canadian Nutrition Society American Society of Nutrition Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program International Society for Clinical Densitometry (Bone Densitometry Technologist) Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management Certificate in Training (AND, CDR) Updated August 2013 Page 2 of 5
JOURNAL PEER-REVIEWER Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions Canadian Medical Association Journal Journal of the American Medical Association COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 2012 Volunteer, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education annual conference 2010-12 Volunteer, McGill University annual open house 2010- Co-organizer, Dietetic Rounds Sessions. McGill University. Secured funding from industry to hold 2 sessions/year in which clinical dietitians present case studies to undergraduate students in dietetics. Prepared a video library of the sessions to be available for future students. 2009- Student Representative, Dietetics and Human Nutrition Teaching Assistant Committee 2010 Student Representative, Committee for the Selection of a Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 2008 Student Representative, Council on Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Updated August 2013 Page 3 of 5
PUBLICATIONS S Gallo, C Rodd, H Weiler. Vitamin D supplementation during first 12 months of life--reply. JAMA. 2013 Aug;310(8):853-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.124272. Rodd, H Weiler. Randomized dose-response trial of oral vitamin D supplementation with 400, 800, 1200 or 1600 IU/day in breastfed infants: a Canadian experience. JAMA. 2013 May;309(17):1785-92. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.3404. S Gallo, A Phan, C Vanstone, C Rodd, HA Weiler. The change in plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D did not differ between breastfed infants that received a daily supplement of ergocalciferol or cholecalciferol for 3 months. J Nutr. 2013 Feb;143(2):148-53. doi: 10.3945/jn.112.167858. S Gallo, CA Vanstone, HA Weiler. Normative data for bone mass in healthy term infants from birth to 1 year of age. J Osteoporos. 2012. 2012: 672403. doi:10.1155/2012/672403. S Gallo, S Jean-Philippe, C Rodd, H Weiler. Vitamin D supplementation of Canadian infants: practices of Montréal mothers. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2010 Jun;35(3):303-9. S Gallo, G Egeland, S Meltzer, L Legault, S Kubow. Plasma fatty acids and desaturase activity are associated with circulating adiponectin in healthy adolescent girls. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May;95(5):2410-7. CONFERENCES ORAL PRESENTATIONS Rodd, H Weiler. Bone mineral accretion is not different among breastfed infants receiving 400, 800 or 1200 IU/d of vitamin D 3 from 1 to 12 months of age. Canadian Nutrition Society. May 2012. (1 st place, Nestle graduate student oral competition) S Gallo, C Rodd, HA Weiler. Vitamin D in Infancy: Recommendations and Progress. Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds. Montreal Children s Hospital. April 2012. Rodd, H Weiler. Vitamin D dose-response study in breast fed infants from Montréal, Canada: 400 IU/day is sufficient to meet the plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D threshold of 50 nmol/l but not 75 nmol/l by 12 months of age. FASEB J 2012 26:41.4/Paediatr Child Health May June 2012. S Gallo, C Rodd, C Vanstone, S Agrellon, M L Abbé A Khamessan, H Weiler. Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density Is enhanced in breast fed infants receiving 800 or 1200 IU of vitamin D daily from 4 to 20 weeks of age. J Bone Min Res 2011; Suppl 1 (#1140). S Gallo. Vitamin D dose response study in Canadian infants: 25-hydroxy-vitamin D status during a 20 week intervention. Future of Food and Nutrition: A Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference. Tufts University. 2011. Updated August 2013 Page 4 of 5
S Gallo. Vitamin D dose response study in Canadian infants: preliminary results. McGill Nutrition & Food Science Centre s 22nd Annual Research Day. 2010. S Gallo, S Jean-Philippe, HA Weiler. Are vitamin D supplementation recommendations for breastfed Canadian infants being adequately followed? A survey of Montreal mothers. Canadian Nutrition Society. 2009. S Gallo, S Meltzer, L Legault, G Egeland. The determinants of adiponectin in female adolescents. Can J of Diabetes 2007;31Suppl:9 (#30) POSTERS S Gallo, CA Vanstone, C Rodd, HA Weiler. Infant dietary intake is associated with weight gain from 1 to 12 months of age. FASEB J 2013 27:1060.16. S Gallo, K Comeau, CA Vanstone, A Sharma, S Agellon, M L'Abbé, A Khamessan, G Jones, HA Weiler, C Rodd. Redefining normal mineral and calcitropic hormone status in healthy infants. Clinical Chemistry. June 2012. S Gallo, C Rodd, S Agellon, CA Vanstone, HA Weiler. Normative bone mass for healthy, breast fed infants followed longitudinally during the first year of life. J Bone Miner Res. 2010; 25: Suppl 1 (#MO0005). S Gallo, CA Vanstone, K Comeau, S Agellon, C Rodd, A Sharma, HA Weiler. Vitamin D dose response study in Canadian infants: 25-hydroxy-vitamin D status during a 20 week intervention. FASEB J. 2010 24:537.11. S Gallo, S Agellon, CA Vanstone, HA Weiler, C Rodd. Methodological issues in assessing 25- hydroxy-vitamin D levels in newborns. FASEB J. 2010 24:537.1. S Gallo, C Rodd, CA Vanstone, A Shehab-El-Deen and HA Weiler. Body fat is a predictor of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels in breast fed newborns. Paediatr Child Health. Vol 14 Suppl A May June 2009: 38A (#86). S Gallo, HA Weiler, K Trussler, CA Vanstone, A Sharma, J Mitchell, A Khamessan, M L Abbé, C Rodd. Is it time to update normative values for ionized calcium and urine calcium:creatinine ratios in healthy Canadian infants? J Bone Miner Res. 2008;23;Suppl:S368 (#487). S Gallo, CA Vanstone, HA Weiler. Normative data for whole body, femur and lumbar spine bone mineral content in healthy term infants from birth to 1 year of age. FASEB J. 2008;22:461.7. (2 nd place poster competition) S Gallo, S Meltzer, G Egeland. Plasma fatty acids are associated with circulating adiponectin in at risk and overweight adolescent girls. FASEB J. 2007;21(6):834.10 S Gallo, Y Zhou, S Meltzer, G Egeland. Plasma fatty acids are related to insulin resistance in healthy adolescent girls. Diabetes. 2007;56:A258 (#987-P). Updated August 2013 Page 5 of 5