Biomedicine
Edmund Bernauer, Ph.D. Dr. Bernauer graduated from University of Illinois, Urbana with Master's in Physical Education (1951), Master's in Physiology (1959), and Ph.D. in Physiology and Physical Education (1962). Dr. Bernauer is a highly respected teacher and scientist as well, having directed the development of research programs as well as publishing over 76 scientific papers on his research, over 100 abstracts and limited distribution papers and videos, and supervising 39 master's and doctoral theses. Dr. Bernauer's particular interest is exercise physiology and, more broadly, the study of metabolic physiology in man.
Elizabeth Chen Christenson, MD, L.Ac. Dr. Christenson graduated from University of Sienna School of Medicine, Siena, Italy with a M.D. Degree (1981) and is licensed to practice in Hawaii and Ohio. She also earned her B.S. in Biology (1973) from Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. Master degree in Bacteriology (1973) from Wagner College Graduate School, New York, NY. Dr. Christenson graduated with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine (2006) from the Institute of Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Honolulu, HI. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine.
Nancy Lamport-Hughes, Ph.D. Dr. Lamport-Hughes received her Bachelor's Degree in History and Social Science from the University of Minnesota in 1969, and then studied at the University of South Dakota, where she earned her Master's Degree in History and Social Science in 1970, and a Master's in Educational Psychology and Guidance in 1971. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Institute in 1991, where she also received the Fetzer/Saybrook Research Scholarship. Dr. Lamport-Hughes is currently a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Hawaii, and works as a staff psychologist with the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific since 1993, and with the Queen's Medical Center since 1997.
L. Martin Johnson, MBA, PsyD. Dr. Johnson received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the American School of Professional Psychology (1999) - Honolulu Campus. He earned his Master of Business Administration from Columbia Graduate School of Business (1982) - New York, NY. Dr. Johnson completed his clinical internship at the ASPP Clinical Consortium and his Post Doctoral Fellowship at CARE Hawaii. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, and has served on the board of the Hawaii Psychological Association.
Vin Nayyar, Ph.D. Professor Nayyar have extensive teaching and related experience at the college level. He received his M.S. and P.hD. in Botany (major in Microbiology and Biochemistry) at Utah State University, Lohan, Utah (1972). Professor Nayyar was nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching Award" at Kapiolani Community College in 2002. He was General Secretary of the Delhi Blood Bank Association, New Delhi, India (1997-1998), served as vice-president of the Delhi Microbiology Society (1993-1996), and was vice-president of the Graduate Student association at Utah State University (1970-1972).
Cynthia Rajani, Ph.D. Dr. Rajani earned her M.S. and PhD. in Chemistry at Marquette University, Wisconsin, 1994-98. In addition, she has a M.S. in Analytical Clinical Chemistry at University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983. She is an Assistant Professor with the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii and is responsible for the lecture and writing focus laboratory sections for junior level Chem 333 and Chem 333L, Chemical Instrumentation. In November 1998 to July 2002, as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at UWM-Milwaukee she conducted research on Raman spectroscopy of drug-DNA interactions. She has experience in DNA synthesis and purification procedures.
Robert Smith, Ph.D. Dr. Smith earned his B.S.(Engineering), California Institute of Technology 1951; Ph.D. (Physiology and Biophysics), University of Washington, Seattle, 1962. Professor Emeritus of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1968-present. Dept. Physiology & Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, 1963-1967. Various academic administrative positions, University of California, 1970-1992. Fogarty Senior International Fellow, ARC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge, England, 1975-76. University Visiting Lecturer, Godfrey Higgins School of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Salisbury, Zimbabwe, 1980.