Jessy Hayek, PhD, LD Address: Baabda, Mount Lebanon Email: jelhayek@ndu.edu.lb Languages: English, French & Arabic Phone: 76307370 WORK EXPERIENCE & TRAINING Notre Dame University, (Zouk Mosbeh, LEBANON) October 2014-Present Chairperson and Assistant Professor Managing the department of Nursing & Health Sciences Teaching: o NTR 201: Basic Human Nutrition (elective for non-major students) o NTR 435: Nutrition in the Lifecycle o NTR 653: Advanced Nutrition through the lifecycle Advising graduate and undergraduate students Mentoring graduate students through the theses Member of the Faculty and University Curriculum Committee Member of the Faculty graduate, personnel and outcome assessment committees Notre Dame University, (Zouk Mosbeh, LEBANON) October 2012-Spetember 2014 Assistant Professor Teaching: o NTR 201: Basic Human Nutrition (elective for non-major students) o NTR 210: Human Nutrition o NTR 215: Food and Nutrition of World Cultures (elective for nonmajor students) o NTR 330: Community Nutrition o NTR 435: Nutrition in the Lifecycle o NTR 633: Community & Public Health Nutrition Coordinating and implementing regular nutrition awareness campaigns on and off campus Advising graduate and undergraduate students Member of the Faculty and University Curriculum Committee Assisting in colloquium preparation of students Jury member of the Lebanese colloquium for Nutrition and Dietetics students Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, (Kaslik, LEBANON) February-August 2012 Assistant Professor Teaching NUT 325: Inborn Error of Metabolism Coordinating NUT 688: Graduate Seminar in Nutrition Managing and reviewing MSc. proposals and theses Mentoring MSc. students about scientific writing Developing a research ethics booklet for MSc. students and their supervisors
Jury and board member of the Lebanese colloquium for Nutrition and Dietetics students Notre Dame University, (Zouk Mosbeh, LEBANON) February-June 2012 Part-time instructor Teaching NTR 330: Community Nutrition McGill University, (Québec, CANADA), November 2011 Invited lecturer in the course entitled Introduction to Nutrition Presentation of two lectures on vitamin D, calcium and bone health McGill University, (Québec, CANADA), September-December 2010 Teaching Assistant in the course entitled Nutrition in Society Grading assignments, term papers and exams Responding to students questions during office hours Université de Montréal, (Québec, CANADA), May-July 2007 Research Assistant in the Metabolic Unit Laboratory work (preparing material for hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp, dosage of certain hormones, including leptin and ghrelin, use of centrifuge machine and glucose analyzers (Beckman and YSI) EDUCATION McGill University (Québec, CANADA), March 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow in Nutrition & Dietetics Data entry, auditing, cleaning, management and analysis using SAS Writing main manuscript of a daycare study assessing vitamin D status of Canadian preschoolers (n=509) in Montreal area Co-authoring two manuscripts answering secondary questions about the general health of Canadian preschoolers in Montreal area Mentoring MSc. students in scientific writing (thesis and manuscripts) McGill University (Québec, CANADA), September 2011 PhD Candidate in Nutrition & Dietetics Recruitment of participants in the Inuit Health Survey (n=2595) and in the Child Inuit Health Survey (n=388) Collection of dietary (using 24 hour recalls and food frequency questionnaires), biochemical and socio-economic data Measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone in blood samples of Inuit preschoolers and adults using chemiluminesent technology Jessy El Hayek 2 jelhayek@ndu.edu.lb
Data entry, cleaning, management and analysis using Stata Writing of three scientific articles Université De Montréal (Québec, CANADA), November 2007 Masters Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics Development of a post-intervention questionnaire assessing the satisfaction of overweight and obese post-menopausal women engaged in a 6 month weight loss program Providing laboratory assistance in the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp Data entry, cleaning, management and analysis using SPSS Writing of one scientific article American University of Beirut (LEBANON), July 2005 Bachelor Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics PUBLICATIONS El Hayek J, Pham T, Finch SL, Hazell TJ, Vanstone C, Weiler H. Validity and reproducibility of a short food frequency questionnaire in assessing calcium and vitamin D intake in Canadian preschoolers. EC Nutrition 2014; 1.1: 9-18. Hazell TJ, Pham TT, Philippe SJ, Finch SL, El Hayek J, Vanstone C, Agellon S, Rodd C, and Weiler H. Vitamin D status is associated with bone mineral density and bone mineral content in preschool aged children. J Clinical Densitometry 2014 May 28. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2014.04.121. El Hayek J, Pham TT, Finch S, Philippe SJ, Vanstone C, Agellon S, Hazell TJ, Rodd C, Rauch F, Weiler H. Vitamin D status in Montréal preschoolers is satisfactory despite low vitamin D intake. Journal of Nutrition 2013; Feb;143(2):154-160. El Hayek J, Egeland G, Weiler H. Higher body mass, lower latitude and higher monounsaturated fatty acids reflect better bone mineral density in Inuit preschoolers: International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey, 2007-2008. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2012; 71: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18999. El Hayek J, Pronovost A, Morin S, Egeland G, Weiler H. Forearm bone mineral density in Inuit women varies as a function of age and weight during the vitamin D synthesizing period. Calcified Tissue International 2012;90(5):384-395 El Hayek J, Egeland G, Weiler H. Older age and lower adiposity predict better 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in Inuit adults: International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey, 2007-2008. Archives of Osteoporosis 2011; 6:167-177 El Hayek J, Egeland G, Weiler H. Vitamin D status of Inuit preschoolers reflects season and vitamin D intake. Journal of Nutrition 2010; 140(10):1839-1845 Messier V*, Hayek J*, Karelis AD, Messier L, Doucet E, Prud'homme D, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Strychar I. Anthropometric, metabolic, psychosocial and dietary factors associated with dropout in overweight and obese postmenopausal women Jessy El Hayek 3 jelhayek@ndu.edu.lb
engaged in a 6-month weight loss programme: a MONET study. British Journal of Nutrition 2010;103(8):1230-1235 *Equal authorship PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G, Qanuippitali Steering Committee for Nunavut (2009). Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of vitamin D deficiency among Inuit children, preliminary results. The 14 th International Congress on Circumpolar Health- July 11-16 2009; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G, Qanuippitali Steering Committee for Nunavut (2009). Vitamin D Status of Inuit preschool children: Consequences and Risk Factors. The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) Conference- November 24 26 2009; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G, Qanuippitali Steering Committee (2010). Prevalence and risk factors of low vitamin D status among Inuit adults, preliminary results. The International Polar Year (IPY) Oslo Science Conference- June 8-12 2010; Oslo, Norway. (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G, Qanuippitali Steering Committee (2010). Prevalence and risk factors of low vitamin D status among Inuit adults. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Density (ASBMR) 32 nd Annual Meeting- October 15-19 2010; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G. (2010) Older age and lower adiposity protects against low vitamin D status in Inuit adults. Arcticnet 17 th Annual Scientific Meeting-December 14-17 2010; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Oral Presentation) El Hayek, J, Weiler H, Egeland G. (2011). Correlates of higher bone mineral density in Inuit preschoolers living in the Arctic. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Density (ASBMR) 33 rd Annual Meeting-September 16-20 2011; San Diego, California, United States. (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G. (2012). Lower 25(OH)D concentration and vitamin D intake among Inuit premenopausal women suggest a greater risk for osteoporosis with aging compared to previous generations The International Polar Year (IPY) Conference- April 22-27 2012; Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Poster) El Hayek J, Weiler H, Egeland G. (2012). Younger Inuit adults and preschoolers have lower traditional food and vitamin D intake which reflects in a lower vitamin D status compared to older adults.15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health. August 5-10, 2012. Fairbanks, Alaska, USA (Oral Presentation) El Hayek J. (2012). Nutritional management of specific medical conditions: obesity and diabetes type 2. Lebanese Society of Family Medicine 11 th Annual Conference-October 5-7 2012; Beirut, Lebanon (Workshop) Jessy El Hayek 4 jelhayek@ndu.edu.lb
El Hayek J (2013). Calcium and vitamin D supplementation and risk for cardiovascular disease. Notre Dame University, Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences Biannual Conference May 14-15, 2013; Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon ACADEMIC AWARDS AND FUNDING Student scholarship from the International Polar Year grant by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research-Fall 2008-Summer 2011 GREAT Travel Award: School of Dietetics & Human Nutrition, McGill University for the 32 nd ASBMR annual meeting- Fall 2010 Third place award in the students poster competition in the International Polar Year, Oslo Scientific Conference- Summer 2010 Jessy El Hayek 5 jelhayek@ndu.edu.lb