Dr. Gail Frank, RD CHES is a writer/speaker/researcher having served 19 years as a media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association (ADA).   A Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a chronic disease Epidemiologist, Dr. Frank designed and directed the dietary studies of the Bogalusa Heart Study from 1972-1988.   Since 1989, she has been a Professor of Nutrition and Director of an ADA-Accredited Dietetic Internship at California State University Long Beach.   http://www.csulb.edu/dieteticinternship.   Gail served as a consultant for numerous national research projects including the USDA National Evaluation of the School Breakfast and School Lunch programs. In New Orleans, she was President of the New Orleans Dietetic Association holding private contracts with child care providers, long term care centers and congregate meal programs; and President-Elect of the New Orleans Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, 1988-1989, prior to her move to California.  Gail was Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Heart Association in Long Beach, CA from 1995-1996.

      Relocating to California in 1989, Gail developed 'The Healthy Kids Club' which focuses on nutrition education and training of overweight youth, seniors and school food service staff.   She worked with private pediatricians and clinics implementing programs for weight management of preschoolers and youth and was Director of the CA Dept. Of Education's first contracted "Program Management Center for Child Nutrition" from 1990-1995.   Gail was Co-Principal Investigator for the 'Women's Health Initiative' at the University of California: Irvine, from 1994 to 2005.   In 2000, she founded a multi-disciplinary "Students Active in Community Health" (SACH) organization at California State University Long Beach.  She currently serves as Co-Project Director (2010-2016) for a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded grant developing a graduate certificate program for nutrition and health science students who wish skills in health promotion and disease prevention among the Latino population.  Since 2003, Gail has been on the Academy Weight Management Certificate Program Faculty, training on Motivational Interviewing and Cultural Competence. Gail is an active member of Orange County Am Academy of Pediatrics School Health Committee.   From 2004-2010, she served on the Editorial Board of the journal, Obesity Management, and periodically wrote reviews and Q & A columns.   She serves on several scientific advisory boards for health promotion and disease prevention.

      Gail contributes to and is a source for local and regional newspapers and T.V., non-profit and community-based organizations. She has published or co-authored 120 manuscripts in peer-review journals and is the single author of the 2nd Edition of a community nutrition book, Community Nutrition: Applying Epidemiology to Contemporary Practice, http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763730628/

Date	Major Field	Degree	Institution
1970	Foods and Nutrition	B.S.	Texas Tech. University
1971	Dietetics	R.D.	Touro Infirmary, New Orleans
1972	Public Health Nutrition	M.P.H.	Tulane University, New Orleans
1984	Epidemilogy	Dr.P.H.	Tulane University, New Orleans
1988	Dietetics	L.D.N.	L.A. State Board of Examiners
1991	Health Education	C.H.E.S.	National Commission on Health	C.H.E.S. is Certified Health Education Specialist	Education
1993	Child and Adolescent Obesity	Certificate	Center for Child and Adolescent	Obesity	University of C.A.: San Francisco

DISSERTATION;

A Study of the Influence of Compliance to a Medical and Dietetic Regimen for Blood Pressure Reduction in Children

Current:
'Eat Healthy' - G. Frank, Consultant to Business/Industry/Education/Research	2005-date
The Academy Weight Management Certificate Program, Child and Adolescent - Faculty	2003-date
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - LONG BEACH
Professor of Nutrition (Tenured 1995)	1989-date
Prior:
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
Visiting Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences	Fall, 2003
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - IRVINE
Co-Principal Investigator, Women's Health Initiative	1994-2005
Adjunct Professor of Primary Care and Internal Medicine	2001-2005
Clinical Research Center, Nutrition Studies Director	2000-2001
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics	1990-2001
Adjunct Professor of Medicine	1993-2001
Consultant R.D. in Acute Care, Mammoth Hospital, Mammoth Lakes, CA	1997-1999
Plaquemines Parish Council on Aging, Port Sulphur, LA	1989-1993
Private Practice: Gail C. Frank & Associates, Ltd.	1983-1993
Plaquemines Parish Hospital, Port Sulphur, LA	1988-1990
Clinical Research Center, Inc., New Orleans	1988-1990
Allied Health Medical Staff, St. Jude Hospital, Kenner, LA	1986-1989
President, Greater New Orleans Nutrition Specialists, Inc.	1986-1988
Diabetes Treatment Center, Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans	1985-1986
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER:
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, National Research &
Demonstration Center--Arteriosclerosis(NRDC-A), LSU Medical Center	1982-1987
Head, Nutrition Core and Co-Principal Investigator, C-V Health Promotion in Children	1984-1986
Co-Principal Investigator for Post High School Study	1972-1987
Instructor, Department of Medicine, Specialized Center of Research--(SCOR-A)	1975-1982
Research Associate, Department of Medicine, LSU Medical Center	1972-1975
Faculty, Nutrition Education Training for Day Care Administrators
& Food Service Supervisors, Louisiana State Dept. of Ed.	4/82-7/82
Preceptor to Medical Enrichment Fellows (PhD), Tulane University	1980-1988
Coordinator, Dietetic Internship/Nutrition Research Affiliation
for LSU and Touro Infirmary and Ochsner Research Hospital	1973-1985
Part-time Instructor - William Carey College, School of Nursing	1974 &
Hattiesburg, MS (affiliated with Baptist Hospital, New Orleans)	Summer 1979

CONSULTATIONS IN GERIATRICS
Rossmoor Regency Senior Residence, Irvine CA	1991-1993
Plaquemines Parish COuncil on Aging, Louisiana	1989-1993
Willowwood Home for the Jewish Aged, New Orleans	1988-1989
Covenant Home for the Elderly & Bethany Home for the Elderly, New Orleans	4/81-11/82