Judith Ashley
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Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition
University of Nevada/Mail Stop 142
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno,  Nevada   89557

Office: (775) 784-6487
Lab: 784-6444
Fax: 327-5828
Email: jashley@cabnr.unr.edu
Building: Sarah Fleischmann,  Office 110

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EDUCATION

B.S.Loyola Marymount University, 1975
M.S.P.H. University of California - Los Angeles, 1979
Ph.D. University of California - Los Angeles, 1989

 
 
COURSES & TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Nutrition 426/626 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
  • Nutrition 427/627 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II

 
 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Registered Dietitian (R.D.), California Community College Instructor

 
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Book & Book Chapters
  • Ashley J, Brown R. HIGH FIBER DIET PLAN. Carnation Health Services: Van Nuys, CA 1981.
  • Ashley J, Brown R. HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA DIET PLAN. Carnation Health Services: Van Nuys, CA 1981.
  • Pennington and Church. BOWES AND CHURCH'S FOOD VALUES OF PORTIONS COMMONLY USED. J.B. Lippincott. Philadelphia, PA, 1985. (invited reviewer).
  • Alfin-Slater RB, Aftergood LA, Ashley JM. NUTRITION & MOTHERHOOD. P.M., Inc: Van Nuys, CA 1982, 1986.
  • Ashley J, Turner C. SCHICK RECIPE COLLECTION. Schick Laboratories, Inc.: Los Angeles, CA 1983.
  • Ashley, JM, Lowe NJ, Ellis C. "Retinoids and Alterations in Lipid Metabolism" In: PSORIASIS (Second Edition) Marcel Dekker: New York, 1991.
  • Ashley J. “American Attitudes About Food” In: ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, Medical and Health Annual, 1996.
  • Ashley J. Harrison G. “Dietary Supplements, Medical and Functional Foods” In: Nutritional Oncology, Raven Press, 1998.
  • St. Jeor ST, Ashley JM, Schrage JP. “Dietary Management of the Obese Patient” In: MEDICINE, EXERCISE, NUTRITION and HEALTH. Blackwell Science, 1999.
  • St. Jeor ST, Ashley JM, Schrage JP. “The Importance of Diet in Obesity Management” In: LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: OBESITY, (ed) J. P. Foreyt, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2000.
  • Ashley JM, Grossbauer S. “Computerized Nutrient Analysis Systems” In: CRC HANDBOOK OF NUTRITION AND FOODS, CRC Press:Washington, 2001.
  • Ashley J. Part II: Food (contributing author). In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOODS: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition. Academic Press, San Diego, California, 2002.
  • St. Jeor ST, Ashley JM, Schrage JP. “Dietary Managementof the Obese Patient” In: LIFESTYLE OBESITY MANAGEMENT (ed) J.P. Foreyt, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2003.
  • Ashley J, Bovee V. “Dietary Intake: Recording and Analyzing” In: Obesity: Etiology, Assessment, Treatment and Prevention (ed) R. E. Andersen, Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., 2003.
Journal Articles
  • Merritt RJ, Hays D, Siegel SE, Sinatra FR, Thomas DW, Ashley J.M.. Caloric and Protein Requirements of Pediatric Patients with Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 5(1):20-23, 1981.
  • Fabius R, Merritt RJ, Fleiss P, Ashley J. Malnutrition Associated with a Barley Water Formula. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 135(7):615-617, 1981.
  • Hays D, Merritt R, White L, Ashley J, Siegel SE. Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Marrow Recovery During Induction Therapy for Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia in Childhood. Medical and Pediatric Oncology, 11(2):134-140, 1983.
  • Andrassy RJ, Patterson RS, Ashley J, Patrissi G, Mahour GH. Long-Term Nutritional Assessment of Patients with Esophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 18(4):431-435, 1983.
  • Merritt RJ, Kalsch M, Roux LD, Ashley J, Siegel SS. Significance of Hypoalbuminemia in Pediatric Oncology Patients. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 9(3):303-306, 1985.
  • Lowe NJ, Borok ME, Ashley J.M., Alfin-Slater RB. Fish Oil Consumption Reduces Hypertriglyceridemia in Psoriatic Patients Receiving Etretinate Therapy. Archives Dermatology, 124(2):177-178, 1988.
  • Ashley J.M., Lowe NJ, Borok ME, Alfin-Slater RB. Fish Oil Supplementation Results in Decreased Hypertriglyceridemia in Patients with Psoriasis on Etretinate or Acitretin Therapy. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology 19(1 Pt 1):76-82, 1988.
  • Ashley J.M., Alfin-Slater RB. Position Paper of the American Dietetic Association: "Identifying Food and Nutrition Misinformation." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 88(12):1589, 1988.
  • Heber D, McCarthy WJ, Ashley J.M., Byerley LO. Weight Reduction for Breast Cancer Prevention by Restriction of Dietary Fat and Calories: Rationale, Mechanisms and Intervention. Nutrition 5(3):149-154, 1989.
  • Heber D, Ashley J.M., McCarthy WJ, Elashoff R. Weight Reduction for the Prevention and Control of Breast Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 54:23; 1991.
  • Heber D, Ashley J, Leaf DA, Barnard JA. Reduction of Serum Estradiol in Postmenopausal Women Given Free Access to a Low-Fat High-Carbohydrate Eiet. Nutrition, 7(2):137-139, 1991
  • Heber D, Ashley J.M., McCarthy WJ, Solares ME, Leaf DA, Chang LJ, Elashoff RM. Assessment of Adherence to a Low Fat Diet for Breast Cancer Prevention. Preventive Medicine, 21(2):218-227, 1992.
  • Heber, D, Ashley J.M., Solares ME, Wang H-J, Alfin-Slater RB. The Effects of a Palm-Oil Diet on Plasma Lipids and Lipoproteins in Healthy Young Men. Nutrition Research 12(Suppl1): S53-S59, 1992.
  • Tchekmedyian NS, Halpert C, Ashley J, Heber D. Nutrition in Advanced Cancer: Anorexia as an Outcome Variable and Target of Therapy. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 16(6 Suppl); 88S-92S,1992.
  • Ashley J.M.. Dietary Guidelines for Cancer Prevention. Oncology, 7, Suppl 1: 27-31, 1993.
  • Heber D, Bagga D, Ashley J.M., Elashoff RM. Nutritional Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention. Oncology, Suppl 1: 43-48, 1993.
  • Kanders BS, Ullmann-Joy P, Foreyt JP, Heymsfield SB, Heber D, Elashoff RM, Ashley J.M., Reeves RS, Blackburn GL. The Black American Lifestyle Intervention (BALI): The Design of a Weight Loss Program for Working Class African-American Women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 94(3):310-312, 1994.
  • Bagga D, Ashley J.M., Geffrey S, Wang HJ, Barnard J, Elashoff R, Heber D. Modulation of Serum and Breast Ductal Fluid Lipids by a Very Low Fat, High Fiber Diet in Premenopausal Women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 86(18):1419-1421, 1994.
  • Heber D, Ashley J.M., Wang H-J, Elashoff RM. Clinical Evaluation of a Minimal Intervention Meal Replacement Regimen for Weight Reduction. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 13(6): 608-614, 1994.
  • Ashley J.M., Jarvis W. Position Paper of the American Dietetic Association: "Food and Nutrition Misinformation", Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 95(6): 705-707, 1995.
  • Bagga D, Ashley J.M., Heber D. Obesity, Hormones and Breast Cancer Prevention. Endocrine Reviews, 1995
  • Bagga D, Ashley J.M., Geffrey SP, Wang HJ, Barnard RJ, Korenman SG, Heber D. Effects of a Very Low Fat, High Fiber Diet on Serum Hormones and Menstrual Function. Implications for Breast Cancer Prevention. Cancer, 76(12): 2491-2496, 1995.
  • Heber D, Ingles S, Ashley J.M., Maxwell MH, Lyons RF, Elashoff RM. Clinical Detection of Sarcopenic Obesity by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64 (3 Suppl):472S-477S, 1996.
  • Heber D, Ashley J, Bagga D. Stromal-Epithelial Cell Interactions in Breast Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 399:41-51, 1996.
  • Ashley J.M.. Lipid Biomarkers of Adherence to Low Fat Diets. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 399:115-129, 1996.
  • Heber D, Yip I, Ashley J.M., Elashoff DA, Elashoff RM, Go, VL. Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of a Proprietary Chinese Red-Yeast-Rice Dietary Supplement. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 69(2):231-6, 1999.
  • Winston M, St. Jeor ST, Ashley J.M.. Diet Controversies in Lipid Therapy. J. Cardiovascular Nursing, 14(2):29-38, 2000.
  • Krenkel JA, St. Jeor ST, Ashley J.M.. Thriving As Clinical Dietitians Within the Medical School Environment. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 2000.
  • Ashley J.M., St. Jeor ST, Veach TL, Mackintosh R, Anderson JL, Perumean-Chaney SE, Krenkel JA, Scott BJ. Nutrition and Cancer Education: Ten Years of Progress. J Cancer Educ 15(3): 123-126, 2000.
  • Ashley J.M., St. Jeor ST, Schrage JP, Perumean-Chaney SE, Gilbertson MC, McCall NL, Bovee V. Weight Control in the Physician’s Office. Archives of Internal Medicine 161:1599-1604, 2001
  • Ashley J.M., St. Jeor ST, Perumean-Chaney S, Schrage J, Bovee V. Meal Replacements in Weight Interventions. Obesity Research, 9 (Suppl 5):S312-20, 2001.
  • Ashley J, et al Diet and Nutrient Patterns Using Meal Replacements for Weight Loss. (in preparation). Anderson J, Ashley J, MacKintosh R, Perumean-Chaney SE, Veach TL, St Jeor S. Curriculum Innovation in Nutrition and Cancer for Medical Student. J Cancer Education (in press).