https://llu.edu/academics/faculty/rajaram-sujatha?rsource=home.llu.edu/academics/faculty/rajaram-sujatha
Dr. Rajaram comes to Loma Linda University by way of her native country India. She completed her undergraduate work at Madras University in India and obtained her Master of Science degree from Home Science University in Coimbatore, India. She received a Research Assistantship from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana where she obtained her PhD in Foods and Nutrition. She was able to gain considerable teaching and research experience during her doctoral program and went on to a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN. In 1994, she came to Loma Linda University where she is currently a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and the Director of the doctoral program in nutrition.
Dr. Rajaram has a significant role in the research activities of the department. She was the co-principle investigator of the feeding study comparing the effects of walnuts and fish on blood lipids and fatty acids, and a co-investigator in a number of nutrition studies including various nut studies and one multi-center trial on avocados. She is currently the Principal investigator for a study on peanuts and their effects on the cognition of the elderly population. She served on the Scientific Committee of the 4th (co-chair), 5th, and 6th (chair) International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, held in 2002, 2008, and 2011, respectively.
Short Biography
https://llu.edu/academics/faculty/rajaram-sujatha?rsource=home.llu.edu/academics/faculty/rajaram-sujatha
Dr. Rajaram comes to Loma Linda University by way of her native country India. She completed her undergraduate work at Madras University in India and obtained her Master of Science degree from Home Science University in Coimbatore, India. She received a Research Assistantship from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana where she obtained her PhD in Foods and Nutrition. She was able to gain considerable teaching and research experience during her doctoral program and went on to a post doctoral fellowship at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN. In 1994, she came to Loma Linda University where she is currently a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and the Director of the doctoral program in nutrition.
Dr. Rajaram has a significant role in the research activities of the department. She was the co-principle investigator of the feeding study comparing the effects of walnuts and fish on blood lipids and fatty acids, and a co-investigator in a number of nutrition studies including various nut studies and one multi-center trial on avocados. She is currently the Principal investigator for a study on peanuts and their effects on the cognition of the elderly population. She served on the Scientific Committee of the 4th (co-chair), 5th, and 6th (chair) International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, held in 2002, 2008, and 2011, respectively.
Well done!
