Joy Emilie Swanson
Work Address
Cornell University
Division of Nutritional Sciences
402A Savage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 254-6449
Email: jes21@cornell.edu
Home Address
44 Catherine Dr.
Dryden, NY 13053
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Lecturer and
Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies
Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
6/10 to
present
 Primary responsibilities include: Administrative – teaching, advising, budget, program evaluation,
personnel evaluation; applicant recruitment and program marketing; developing and maintaining
program webpage content; design and implement program evaluation; and staff supervision.
Academic - development and updating of the core program curriculum with program academic
staff and clinical co-directors; establishing and coordinating with clinical co-directors the clinical
learning experiences between post-baccalaureate students and area healthcare providers; coinstructing program core courses (see below); advising and counseling post-baccalaureate
students in design of individual programs of study, course selection, health professional school
application process;.
 Direct supervision of 4 program staff: two lecturers, two clinical co-directors and two graduate
teaching assistants. Cultivate and maintain communication between program director and all staff
for continual evaluation and improvement of didactic and experiential learning content of
program core courses; organize and lead staff meetings; mentor program graduate teaching
assistants.
 Co-Instructor NS 5000 Preparation for Professional Studies. Instruct Post-Bac students on study
skills and strategies, professional development and leadership skills as well on preparation for
applying to professional school.
 Co-Instructor NS 5200 Health & Humanities. For Post-Bac students only. Explores the values
art, botanicals, cultures, and literature offer to develop emotional intelligence, mindfulness and
humanism in one’s life and in medicine.
 NS 5410 & 5411 Integrative Health Studies I & II. For Post-Bac students only. Clinical case
studies are used to integrate physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, and applied clinical skills to
develop foundational skills in clinical problem solving through incorporation of differential
diagnosis assessment, treatment plans and follow-up with an inclusion of medical nutrition
therapy.
 Completion of Cornell University CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) Faculty
Leadership Workshop, January 2011.
 Completion of Cornell University – New Supervisor Certification, Fall 2011.
 Completion of Cornell University- Management Institute for Academic Professional Program,
Fall 2013.
 Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies Nontransplant Tissue Bank, Oct. 2014.
 Faculty advisor for: Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering (EYH). A STEM
outreach program for young girls that has been organized and held on the Cornell Campus since
1987.
Lecturer and
Co-Director of Cornell/DNS Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Health Studies
Division of Nutritional Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
8/08 to
6/10
 Primary Instructor for NS 3420 Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Course at Cornell
University. Spring 2008 and 2009. Updated laboratory manual for this course, developed casebased clinical scenarios to stimulate deep learning in endocrinology and muscle physiology.
Managed class administrative as well as instructional needs, supervised graduate and
undergraduate teaching assistants for a class size of about 120 students each semester.
 Updated laboratory manual for NS 3320 Method in Nutritional Sciences. Due to increasing
enrollment the structure of this course was re-designed to one laboratory session per week rather
than two. This required the experiments to be re-developed and updated to meet more current
experimental techniques used in Nutritional Sciences research.
 Primary Instructor for NS 4030 Undergraduate Teaching Experience for NS 1150. Instruct 20 to
25 undergraduate TAs in various pedagogical techniques to help increase their effectiveness as
instructors for NS 1160 a supplemental section for NS 1150. NS 1160 is taught by the
Undergraduate TAs. Also provide instruction in exam question writing, grading of assignments
and in understanding the importance of confidentiality of student grades.
 Co-Instructor NS 1150 Nutrition, Health and Society. Dr. David Levitsky, primary instructor for
this course. Responsibilities include, developing syllabus, course description packet, course
assignment instructions, supervising teaching team, providing announcements to students to help
ensure students keep track of assignment and exam timelines, developing each exam with the
entire teaching team and David, maintaining gradebook, assisting students in NS 1150 and 1160.
 Co-Instructor NS 5000 Preparation for Professional Studies. Instruct Post-Bac students on study
skills and strategies.
 Co-Instructor NS 5200 Health & Humanities. For Post-Bac students only. Explores the
influences of art, plants, cultures, and technology in medicine.
 NS 5410 & 5411 Integrate Health Studies I & II. For Post-Bac students only. Problem-based
case studies in medicine are used to integrate physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, math and
physics.
 Faculty advisor for: Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering (EYH). A STEM
outreach program for young girls that has been organized and held on the Cornell Campus since
1987.
Research Associate III, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
9/92 to
Present
 Co-Investigator on several NIH and USDA funded research grants.
 Provided expertise in analytical instrument analyses, data reporting, grant writing, methods
development.
 Developed and optimized all synthetic organic experimentation in current research program.
 Supervised and individualized research projects for undergraduates enrolled in undergraduate
research credit.
 Supervised human pharmacokinetic studies involving overnight and same day antecubital vein
catheter insertion for sequential blood draws over a 24 to 48 period.
 Managed day-to-day operation of research laboratory, increased productivity by active
participation in research projects, initiated group meetings, reduced expenditures by consolidating
lab supply orders.
 CIBT (Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers) Mentor, 1997. Developed, in partnership with
high school biology/chemistry teachers, three Regents or Honors level laboratory experiments
along with accompanying supplementary materials for both teachers and students.
 Faculty Advisor for the Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering Program,
1997 to present. Re-instituted this program at Cornell after a year and a half absence due to a
lack of leadership and financial support. Since 1997 EYH has grown by 20 to 25 participants
each year from 100 in 1998 to over 200 in 2003, expanded recruitment to more rural school
districts and actively recruited minority girls to come to Cornell to participate in EYH. Raise
$15,000 - $20,000 annually to finance this program.
 Course coordinator for NS 115 "Nutrition, Health and Society" an introductory level nutrition
course. Enrollment is 400+ students, 20+ undergraduate and 6 graduate teaching assistants.
Direct and supervise all teaching assistants and provide lecture support to Prof. David Levitsky.
 Course Instructor for NS 403 “Teaching Apprenticeship”, a teaching experience for
undergraduate students who want to gain teaching/educational training.
Visiting Scientist, Steacie Institute of Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario
8/96-8/97
Sabbatical collaboration with Dr. Graham Burton. Highlights:
 Resulted in expanding research program to include organic synthesis of deuterium labeled
tocopherols and metabolites, cell culture experimentation evaluating the mechanism(s) of
tocopherol metabolism and additional pharmacokinetic trials in humans.
 Developed expertise in GC-MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR.
Visiting Scholar, Inter-University Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Institut Pertanian
At Bogor, Indonesia
11/92-12/92
A World Bank funded project brought experts from developed countries to Indonesia to update
the analytical and experimental knowledge of staff, students and faculty at institutions of higher
learning. Highlights:
 Conducted training modules to improve analytical skills of students and faculty using handson/participatory instruction in gas chromatography and HPLC.
 Conducted seminars on manufacturing, processing and storage factors that alter food nutrient
composition and content.
 Instructed and trained students, staff and faculty on surgical procedures to obtain blood and other
tissues from laboratory animals.
Research Associate II, Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
 Advised undergraduate and graduate students involved in research.
 Developed and optimized model systems of cell membrane lipid bilayers.
10/90-12/91
 Investigated the affect of ionic strength, lipid concentration and mixtures of choline (PC) and
serine (PS) phospholipids with varying fatty acyl composition on the thermodynamic behavior of
PS molecules within artificial lipid bilayers.
 Developed a general laboratory reference manual on safety and methods for the entire research
team.
 Supervised the day-to-day laboratory activities during Dr. Feigenson's sabbatical leave in Japan.
 Co-chair, Expanding Your Horizons in Math, Science & Engineering, 1991. Organized, directed,
raised funds and led volunteers in the implementation of the annual EYH outreach conference for
girls in grades 6 thru 8th to increase their awareness of the various careers that are open to them
and to encourage the young girls to continue to take math and science in high school.
Post-Doctoral Research Trainee, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY
11/87-10/90
National Institute of Health (NIH) Post-Doctoral Research Scholar. Highlights:
 Conducted research that resulted in a publication, in a peer-reviewed journal, which showed for
the first time, that phospholipid molecules of similar negative charge could aggregate into
domains within a bilayer.
 Developed computer simulated models, as part of a team, of various phospholipid mixing
scenarios within a lipid bilayer showing the formation of domains enriched in negatively charged
PS molecules and thus providing support of the physical-chemical possibility of lipid membrane
channels.
 Acquired expertise in micro-scale organic synthesis, preparation of multilamellar dispersions and
spectrophotometric measurements.
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
8/82-8/87
Doctoral research investigated the effects of dietary fish oils on cardiac lipid and fatty acid
composition, enzyme activity, calcium transport and susceptibility to iron-ascorbate induced lipid
peroxidation.
 Doctoral research resulted in the publication of four manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
 Acquired expertise in the design and implementation of animal studies with a dietary component
as the variant, in GC analysis of fatty acids, in the surgical excision of animal tissues, in kinetic
experiments and in the development of methods for the analysis of fat-soluble vitamins in fish oil,
tissues and subcellular membranes.
 Top three finalist in the American Institute of Nutrition Graduate Student Research Paper
Competition, 1987
 Honorable mention, National SeaGrant Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, 1986.
 Vice President of Cornell Food Science IFT Club, 1986 and President, 1987.
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Food Science & Technology, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon
9/79-2/82
 Masters' degree research focused on the effects of cyclopropenoid fatty acids on the expression
and infectivity of oncogenic viruses and fatty acid composition of chick plasma and red blood
cells.
 Gained expertise in transmission electron microscopy, gas chromatography, liquid-liquid
extraction, subcellular membrane and virus particle isolation and purification, spectrophotometry,
and in the design and implementation of animal experimental studies.
 Provided academic support to faculty as a graduate teaching assistant in undergraduate courses:
Sensory Evaluation of Foods, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Protein Chemistry.
EDUCATION
BSc.
Consumer Food Science, with Honors, University of Minnesota, St.Paul, MN.
 Recipient of the University of Minnesota President's Recognition Award for
Student Leadership and Community Service, 1978.
 Awarded the Stokly Van Camp Award for Academic Excellence in
Food Science, 1979.
 Mortar Board, initiated May, 1978.
MSc. Food Science and Technology, minor in Biochemistry, Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR.
1979
1982
Ph.D. Food Science/Chemistry, minors in Organic Chemistry and Nutrition,
1988
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
 American Institute of Nutrition, Graduate Student Research Paper Competition
Finalist and Award Winner (1987): Effects of dietary lipid on the fatty acid composition
of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) phosphoglycerides (PL) and activity of Ca2+ Mg2+-ATPase and NADPH cytochrome C reductase.
 National SeaGrant Graduate Student Research Paper Competition, Honorable Mention.
AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
Cornell University – HealthCare Advisors Network (HCAN)
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Phi Kappa Phi
Mortar Board
PUBLICATIONS
Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1986. Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: modification of rat
cardiac lipids and fatty acid composition. J. Nutr. 166: 514-523.
Swanson, J.E., Black, J.M. & Kinsella, J.E. 1987. Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: rate and
extent of modification of fatty acyl composition of lipid classes of mouse lung, and kidney. J. Nutr.
117:824-832.
Swanson, J.E., Black, J.M. & Kinsella, J.E. 1988. Dietary menhaden oil effect on the rate and
magnitude of modification of phospholipid fatty acid composition of mouse heart and brain. Br. J.
Nutr. 59: 535-545.
Swanson, J.E., Lokesh, B.R. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Ca2+ - Mg2+ ATPase of mouse cardiac
sarcoplasmic reticulum is affected by membrane n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content. J.
Nutr. 119: 364-372.
Croset, M, Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Dietary docosahexaenoic acid in mouse cardiac
tissue. Effect on cardiac ATPase activities and Ca2+ transport in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles.
Biomembranes & Nutr. 195: 249-258.
Croset, M., Black, J.M., Swanson, J.E. & Kinsella, J.E. 1989. Effects of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated
fatty acids in phospholipid composition and Ca++ transport in mouse cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum.
Lipids. 24:278-286.
Swanson, J.E. & Feigenson, G.W. 1990. Thermodynamics of mixing of
phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine multilayers from measurement of high-affinity Calcium
binding. Biochem. 29:8291-8297.
Huang, J., Swanson, J.E., Dibble, A.R.G., Hinderliter, A.M. & Feigenson, G.W. 1993. Non-ideal
mixing of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylcholine in the fluid lamellar phase. Biophys. J.
64:413-425.
Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Marmor, B., Goodman, K.J., Spielman, A.B., Brenna, J.T., Viereck,
S.M. & Cnafield, W.K. 1993. Study of -carotene metabolism in humans using 13C--carotene and
high precision isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Annals of the NY Acad. Sci. 691:86-95.
You, C-S, Parker, R.S., Goodman, K.J., Swanson, J.E. & Corso, T.N. 1996. Evidence of cis-trans
isomerization of 9-cis-carotene during absorption in humans. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 64:177-183.
Zhu, Y., Hsieh, W-C, Herraiz, L., Parker, R.S., Haas, J.D., Swanson, J.E. & Roe, D.A. 1996.
Evidence of a role for fat-free body mass in modulation of plasma carotenoid concentrations in older
men: studies with hydrodensitometry. J. Nutr. 127:321-326.
Herraiz, L.A., Hsieh, W-C., Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Bendich, A. & Roe, D.A. 1998. Effect of
UV exposure and -carotene supplementation on delayed-type hypersensitivity response in healthy
older men. J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 17:617-624.
Swanson, J.E., Ben, R.N., Burton, G.W. & Parker, R.S. 1998. Measurement of the 2,7,8-trimethyl-2(-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman metabolite of -tocopherol in human urine: Evidence for urinary
excretion as a major route of elimination of -tocopherol. J. Lipid Res. 40:665-671.
Parker, R.S. Swanson, J.E., You, C-S., Edwards, A.J. & Huang, T. 1999. Bioavailability of
carotenoids in humans. Proc. Nutr. Soc. 58:155-162.
Parker, R.S. & Swanson, J.E. 1999. A novel 5'-carboxychroman metabolite of -tocopherol secreted
by HepG2 cells and excreted in human urine. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 269:580-583.
Parker, R.S., Sontag, T.J. & Swanson, J.E. 2000. Cytochrome P450-3A-dependent metabolism of
tocopherols and inhibition by sesamin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 277:531-534.
Edwards, A.J., You, C-S, Swanson, J.E. and Parker, R.S. 2001. A novel extrinsic reference method
for assessing the vitamin A value of plant foods. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 74:348-355.
Edwards, A.J., Nguyen, C.H., You, C-S., Swanson, J.E., Emenhiser, C. & Parker, R.S. 2002. - and
-Carotene from a commercial carrot puree are more bioavailable to humans than from boiledmashed carrots, as determined using an extrinsic stable isotope reference method. J. Nutr. 123:159167.
You, CS, Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E. 2002. Bioavailability & Vitamin A value of carotenes from
red palm oil assessed by an extrinsic isotope reference method. Asia Pacific J. of Clinical Nutrition.
11 (S7):S438-442.
Frank, J., Lundh, T., Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Vessby, B and Kamal-Eldin, A. 2003. Dietary (+)catechin and BHT markedly increase -tocopherol concentrations in rats by  tocopherol-hydroxylase-independent mechanism. J. Nutr. 133 (10), 3195-3199.
Ross, A.B., Chen, Y., Frank, J. Swanson, J.E., Parker, R.S., Kozubek, A. Lundh, T., Vessby, B.,
Aman, P. and Kamal-Eldin, A. 2004. Cereal alkylresorcinols elevate -tocopherol levels in male
Sprague-Dawley rats and inhibit -tocopherol metabolism in vitro. J. Nutr. 134: 506-510.
Soo C. C-Y, Haqqani, A.S., Hidiraglou, N., Swanson, J.E., Parker, R.S. & Birnboim, H.C. 2004.
Dose-dependent effect of dietary alpha and gamma tocopherol on genetic instability in mutatect
mouse tumors. JNCI. 96(10): 796-800.
Parker RS, Sontag TJ, Swanson JE, McCormick CC. (2004) Discovery, characterization and
significance of the cytochrome P450 omega-hydroxylase pathway of vitamin E catabolism. In:
Vitamin E and Health, Vol. 1031:13-21, F. Kelly, M. Meydani, and L. Packer, eds. Annals Online,
www.annalsnyas.org
You, C-S, Sontag, T.J., Swanson, J.E. & Parker, R.S. 2005. Long chain carboxychromanols are the
major metabolites of tocopherols & tocotrienols in A459 lung epithelial cells but not HepG2 cells. J.
Nutrition. 135:227-232.
Frank, J., Budek, A., Lundh, T., Parker, R.S., Swanson, J.E., Lourenco, E.F., Gago, B., Jaranjinha, J.,
Vessby, B. & Kamal-Eldin, A. 2006. Dietary flavonoids with a catechol structure increases alphatocopherol in rats and protect the vitamin from oxidation in vitro. J. Lipid Res. 47(12):2718-2725.
Williams, I.O., Parker, R.S. Swanson, J.E. 2009. Vitamin A content of southeastern Nigerian
vegetables dishes, their consumption pattern and contribution to Vitamin A requirement of pregnant
women in Calabar Union, Nigeria. Pakistan J. of Nutrition. 8(7): 1000-1004.
Bardowell SA, Duan F, Manor D, Swanson JE, Parker RS. 2012. Disruption of mouse cytochrome
P450 4f14 (CYP4f14 gene) causes severe perturbations in vitamin E metabolism. J Biol Chem
287:26077-26086.
Chapters in Books
Swanson, J.E., Wang, Y-Y., Goodman, K.J. & Parker, R.S. 1996. Experimental approaches to the
study of -carotene and high precision isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Adv. Food Nutr. Res. 40:5579.
Swanson, J.E. & Parker, R.S. 1994. Biological effects of carotenoids in humans. IN: Handbook of
Food Antioxidants. Eds. L. Packer & E. Cadenas. Marcel Dekker, Inc., Ny NY pp. 337-367.
Swanson, J.E. 2003. Bioactive Food Components. IN: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Ed. by
Katz, S.H. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY Vol. 1, Acceptance to Food Politics. Pg.201-205.
Abstracts
A selection of published abstracts of research presentations presented at various scientific meetings is
shown below. Complete citation details available upon request.
Marmor, B., R.S. Parker, J.E. Swanson, C-S. You, Y. Wang, K. Goodman, J.T. Brenna, and
W.K. Canfield. "Metabolism of 13C -carotene in a human subject as a function of carrier lipid".
FASEB Journal, 1994, 8, A192.
Swanson, J.E, Ben, R. Burton, G.W. and Parker, R.S. 1998. Urinary excretion of 2,7,8-trimethyl-2(ß-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman (-CEHC) represents a major pathway of elimination of tocopherol in humans. FASEB J.
Swanson, J, You, C-Y, and Parker, R. 2004. Tocopherol metabolism by Caco-2 cells and inhibition
by sesamin and the polyphenols genistein and resveratrol. FASEB J 18(4), A160.