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Cal Poly Pomona

Douglas S. Lewis

Douglas Lewis Title: Professor and Associate Dean

Department: Dean's Office

Room: 2-216

Phone: (909) 869-2203

Fax: (909) 869-4074

E-Mail: dslewis@csupomona.edu

Tenure: 2002, Human Nutrition & Food Science Department

 

Education:

BS, Biochemistry, University of Georgia, 1973
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Michigan State University, 1978
Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1978-1980

 

Biography:

After spending time as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Edward Masoro, Dr. Lewis spent one year as a lecturer/researcher in the Department of Physiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Lewis taught several recitation sections for Medical students in medical physiology. Dr. Lewis started his career as a Research Scientist at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio Texas. At the Foundation Dr. Lewis focused on developing nonhuman primate animals as models for humans to study the effect of early nutrition on the development of chronic disease. This work focused on infant nutrition and fat cell development and cholesterol metabolism. After 12 years as a biomedical researcher he moved to Iowa State University to continue his research interests and to teach. At Iowa State University Dr. Lewis developed an interest in education and functional foods as approaches to prevent the development of chronic disease by lowering risks factors in young adults. Dr. Lewis accepted the challenge of becoming Department Chair at Cal Poly and started his tenure at Cal Poly on January 1, 2002. Dr. Lewis is continuing his research interests and enjoys teaching as well as leading a vibrant enthusiastic faculty in educating tomorrows nutritionist and food scientists.

 

Teaching Areas/Expertise:

  • Animal growth and nutrient utilization--Identification of physiologic and molecular mechanisms that control fat and cholesterol metabolism during development (animal studies, cell culture).
  • Nutrition and Education interventions to lower the risk for young adults to develop chronic diseases (obesity and atherosclerosis) in adulthood (human studies).
  • Development and testing functional foods to improve serum lipid profiles in young adults. Current studies are focused on phytosterols in nutritious foods, high and low glycemic foods, and high beta glucan barley.

 

Awards:

Magna Cum Laude - University of Georgia, 1973; Iowa State College-University Professor of the Year (Student Body Government), 1994; Iowa State University College Advisor of the Year, 1995; Hilton LeBaron Teaching Excellence Award College of Consumer Sciences, Iowa State University, 1998.

 

Major Research Grants Awarded:

A novel plant sterol to improve plasma lipid profiles in mildly hypercholesterolemic college men. ConAgra, Inc.1/100 to 12/31/02, $55,253: Accelerating Bile Acid Synthesis in Developing Swine. NRI, USDA 12/1/99-11/30/02 $200,000: Fatty Acid Oxidation in Lean and Obese Cats. Friskies Research. 2/1/96 - 1/31/99, $40,000; Nutritional Programming of Obesity. (Continuation) National Institutes of Health 9/1/86-8/31/96 $ 900,000: American Heart Association (Texas Affiliate). Effect of infant diet on lipoprotein metabolism. American Heart Association (Texas Affiliate) 7/1/86-6/30/88 $55,000; Post-translational regulation of lipoprotein lipase activity. National Institutes of Health 1 PO1-HL - 28972 Project-C 4/1/82-3/31/85 $225,000.

 

Recent Publications (total 48):

Matvienko, O., Lewis, D.S. Swanson, M., Arndt, B., Rainwater, D.L., Stewart, J. and Alekel, D.L. "A single daily dose of soybean plant sterols in ground beef decreases serum total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in young mildly hypercholesterolemic men." Am. J. Clin. Nutr. In Press, 2002.

Matvienko, O., Lewis, D.S., and Schafer, E. "Basic science: an intervention to prevent weight gain in college freshman." Nutrition J. Education 33:95-101, 2001

Lester, T., Czarnecki-Maulden, G. and Lewis D. "Nutrition factors influencing weight control in cats. Part 1. Do cats increase fatty acid oxidation when isocalorically fed carnivore diets with increasing dietary fat content." Vet. International 12:19-24, 2001.

Lewis, D.S., Oren, S., Wang, X., Moyer, M.L., Beitz, D.C. and Mott, G.E. Development of cholesterol 7 - and sterol 27 hydroxylases in the Piglet. J. Animal Sci. 78:943-951, 2000.

Lester, T., Czarnecki-Maulden, G, and Lewis, D.S. Cats increase fatty acid oxidation when isocalorically fed carnivore diets with increasing dietary fat content. Am. J. Physiol. 277:R878-R886, 1999

 

Recent Abstracts Presented at National Meetings:

Carnagey, J. Stewart, D. Beitz and D. Lewis. Regulation of Bile Acid Metabolism in Piglets: Fecal and circulation levels of hydrophilic and hydrophobic bile acids in suckling and weaned piglets. New Orleans Fed Proc. In Press, 2002.

J. Mao, J. Stewart, R. Sharp, MJ Oakland and D. Lewis, Optimizing the food guide pyramid to increase fat oxidation in young adult men. New Orleans Fed Proc. In Press, 2002,

Lee, S., Smith, V., Richer, D., Hu, J., Reuber, M., Hanson, K., Zheng, V., Lehepe, S., Johnson, L., Alekel, L., Lewis, D., Hendrich, S. and Murphy P. Beta conglycinin deficient in isoflavones and saponins did not lower plasma concentrations of lipoproteins and cholesterol over time in moderately hypercholesterolemic women. Fed. Proc. 15: A274, 2001

Matvienko, O., Lewis, D.S. Swanson, M., Arndt, B., Rainwater, D.L., Stewart, J. and Alekel, D.L. "A single daily dose of soybean plant sterols in ground beef decreases serum total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in young mildly hypercholesterolemic men." FASEB J. 15: A275, 2001

Lewis, D., Crowe, T.D. and Crowe T.W. Occurrence of overweight in a natural cat population from 2 to 9 years of age. FASEB J. 14: A501, 2000.

Matvienko, O., Lewis, D.S., and Schafer, E. Basic science: an intervention to prevent weight gain in college freshman. FASEB J. 14: A480, 2000.

Lewis, D.S., Moyer, M.L., Oren, S. And Mott, G.E. Developmental changes in cholesterol 7 -hydroxylase mRNA are associated with enzyme activity in piglets. FASEB J. 13: A736, 1999.

 

Invited Presentations:

Lewis, D.S. Weight, The Truth and Your Life, Feburary 28, 2000. Central Iowa Dietetics Association
Lewis, D.S. "Diet and Genetic Determinants of Atherosclerosis." Waterloo, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1996.
Lewis, D.S. "Genetic Basis of Obesity." Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1996.
Lewis, D.S. "Genes and Nutrition: What is the relationship?" Iowa State University Extension Workshop, June 4, 1996.
Lewis, D.S. "The role of diet in the progression of atherosclerosis in youth. Carroll Area Dietetic Association." Carroll, Iowa, Jan. 12, 1996.
Lewis, D.S. "Newly discovered obesity genes." Modern Views of Nutrition Seminar Series, Iowa State University, March 27, 1996.
Lewis, D.S. "Infant feeding and body composition in later life." The 10th Nutricia Symposium-Recent Advances in Infant Nutrition, The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 30, 1995.

 

Professional Memberships:

2002-present Member, Institute of Food Technologists
1996-present Member, American Society for Nutritional Science
1983-present Member, American Physiological Society

 

Grant Reviews:

2001 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, NIH:
Minority Training Grants
2000 Member, Special Emphasis Panel, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, NIH:
Protease Inhibitors and Atherosclerosis in HIV Patients.
1998-2001 USDA- Ad hoc reviewer- Animal growth and development and nutrient utilization

 

Manuscript Reviews:

Growth, Gerontology, International Journal of Obesity, Metabolism, BBA, International Journal of Obesity; Pediatric Research, Journal of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry