Assistant Professor

Teresa Kemmer

Contact Information

Department of Nutrition, Food Science & Hospitality

South Dakota State University

SNF 445, Box 2275A

Brookings, SD 57007

Phone: 605.688.4046

Fax: 605.688.5603

E-mail: teresa.kemmer@sdstate.edu

Education

1998 - 2001

Ph.D. Nutritional Science, Emphasis: International

Health and Epidemiology, School of Public Health,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2000 - 2001

Graduate Certificate: International Policy &

Development Management Program, Daniel J. Evans School

of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle,

Washington

May 1991

M.S.A., Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant,

Michigan

May 1986

Dietetic Internship, Army Dietetic Internship Program,

Brook Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas

May 1985

B.S. Food and Nutrition, Coordinated Undergraduate

Program in Dietetics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota

Certifications

Registered Dietitian, American Dietetic Association,

Licensed

Professional Experience

August 2007 – Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food

Science & Hospitality, South Dakota State University,

Brookings, South Dakota

August 2001 – October 2002

October 2005 - Present

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Disaster and

Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Department of

Military Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services

University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

October 2005 – July 2007

Director, Wellness Services, Department of Medicine,

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

October 2002 – October 2005

Assistant Professor and International Nutrition Policy

Consultant, Department of Military and Emergency

Medicine, Uniformed Services University for the Health

Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

November 2001 – October 2005

Member, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Human Use

Review Committee, Department of Clinical

Investigations, WRAMC, Washington, DC

August 2001 – October 2002

Chief, Clinical Dietitian and Research Division,

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

August 2001 – October 2002

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Disaster and

Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Department of

Military Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services

University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

August 1995 – September 1998

62D Medical Group Dietitian/Joint Medical

Planner/Force Modernization Officer,

Fort Lewis, Washington   

August 1996 – May 1997

Joint Medical Planner deployed in support of Cobra

Gold 1997 (US/Thailand Military Exercise).  This

mission consisted of planning, coordinating and

executing the medical and humanitarian assistance

missions in Thailand in conjunction with the Thai

Ministry of Public Health, Royal Thai Supreme Command

Civil Affairs, Thai Red Cross Society, Thai military

and civilian health care providers

July 1992 – July 1995

Chief, Nutrition Care Division, Winn Army Community

Hospital, Fort Steward, Georgia

June 1990 – December 1991

Chief, Production and Service Branch, Tripler Army

Medical Center, Tripler, Hawaii

June 1986 – May 1990

Clinical Staff Dietitian/Specialized in Pediatric

Nutrition, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler, Hawaii

Teaching Responsibilities

NFS 424: Community Nutrition

NFS 660: Maternal and Child Nutrition

NFS 323: Nutrition Across the Lifecycle

Selected Awards and Honors

COL Mary Lipscomb Hamrick Army Medical Specialist

Corps Research Award for significant research and

clinical investigation contributions in the field of

dietetics and for research mentoring of junior

officers (2006)

Retired Army Medical Specialist Corps Association

Endowment for Scholarly Activity for contribution in

furthering the professional practice of dietetics (2006)

Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange

in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Management.  Award

presented by The American Dietetic Association

Foundation for an innovative interdisciplinary team

approach to solve nutritional problems in a developing

country.  Project: “Field Surveys to Assess the

Nutritional Status of Burmese Refugees in Thailand:

Basis for Recommendations for Humanitarian Programs.”

Research Interests

November 2001 – Present

Child Nutrition Assessment Training and Research

project conducted in collaboration with the Honduran

Ministry of Health, The San Antonio Military Pediatric

Center, The Center for Disaster and Humanitarian

Assistance Medicine at the Uniformed Services

University of the Health Sciences, and Joint Task

Force Bravo

July – August 2003

Nutrition Assessments within Children Ages 1-9 Years

Old Living in American Samoa completed in

collaboration with The American Samoan Department of

Health, University of Hawaii, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, and Center for Disaster and

Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services

University of the Health Sciences

July – August 2000

Growth, Anemia and Iron Deficiency Assessments in

Refugee Children from Burma Living in Camps along the

Thailand/Burma Border completed in collaboration with

The Thailand Red Cross Society, Thailand Ministry of

Foreign Affairs and the Center for Disaster and

Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services

University of the Health Sciences

Professional Memberships

American Dietetic Association (ADA)

Maryland Dietetic Association

ADA Dietetic Research Practice Group

ADA Hunger and Malnutrition Dietetic Practice Group

Selected Publications

Professional Publications

Kemmer TM, Novotny R, Ah-Ping I. Iron deficiency and

anemia: Disparity exists between children in American

Samoa and children living within the United States.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Advance online

publication 30 May 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602786.

Lougee D, Kemmer TM, Lynch J. An Innovative Medical

Civilian-Military Operation Training Program. Military

Medicine. 2007; 172 (2): 205-209.

Kemmer T, Yu C, Bauer A, Lynch J. PEDS Pediatria en

Desastres, Module 7, Atencion de denfermedades

prevalentes en ninos victimas de desastres: Nutricion

y desnutricion (Disaster Management Training Manual

for Recognition and Management of Malnutrition in

Children, Module 7). American Academy of Pediatrics,

Helping the Children (HTC) Project, 2006.

Kemmer TM, Bovill BE, Kongsomboon W, Hansch SJ,

Geisler KL, Cheney C, Shell-Duncan BK, and

Drewnowski A. Iron Deficiency Is Unacceptably High in

Refugee Children from Burma.

J. Nutr. 2003 133: 4143-4149.

Abstracts

Ramirez J, Kemmer T, Lynch J, Lougee D, Aviles R, 

Craft N. Validation of Dried Blood Spots as a Proxy 

for Venous Puncture within Field Conditions in 

Honduras for the Diagnosis of Vitamin A Deficiency. 

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 

Research Week, May 2007.  

(Poster presentation, Abstract).

Tolson DJ, Kemmer TM, Lynch J, Lougee D. Identifying 

Families at Risk for Nutritional Crisis in Rural 

Honduras. American Academy of Pediatrics 41st Annual 

Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar, Bethesda, MD 

18-21 March 2007. (Poster presentation, Abstract).

Beal JS, Kemmer TM. Does Food Aid Promote Increased

Growth of and Decreased Anemia Prevalence in Honduran

Children Less Than Two Years of Age? Uniformed

Services University of the Health Sciences, Research

Week, May 2006. (Poster Presentation, Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Bovill M. Iron Deficiency and Anemia:

Health Disparity Exists Between Children Living in

American Samoa as Compared to Children Living within

the United States. 16th Annual Asia Pacific Military

Medical Conference, New Delhi, India, March 2006

(Poster Presentation, Abstract).

Halvorson H, Kemmer T, Lynch J, Lougee D, Aviles R.

Effects of Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration on Growth

Indicators in Rural Honduras. American College of

Preventive Medicine Conference, Reno, NV, February

2006 (Poster Presentation, Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Olson C, Manning K. Military Dietitians

Performing in Humanitarian Assistance Missions.

Coordinated  Joint submission for the plenary

presentation which had representatives from the Army,

Navy, and Air Force. Plenary session presentation at

the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition

Conference and Expo, St Louis, MO, October 2005

(Platform presentation, Abstract).

Bovill ME, Kemmer TM, et al. Chronic Disease Risk

Factors: Comparison of Children in American Samoa to

U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

(NHANES).  XVIIIth International Congress of Nutrition,

Durban South Africa, Sept 2005 (Poster Presentation,

Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Gerber AS, Bovill M, Novotny R, Davidson N.

Anemia: Health Disparity Exists Between Pre-adolescent

Children Living in American Samoa as Compared to

Children Living Within the United States. Uniformed

Services University of the Health Sciences, Research

Week, May 2005. Bethesda, MD. (Poster Presentation,

Abstract). Selected for presentation at the

President's Poster Session & Reception.

Hemlock B, Kemmer TM, Lougee D, Lynch J, Aviles R. 

Vitamin A Fortification of Sugar: Is it the

Appropriate Vehicle to Help Eliminate Vitamin A

Deficiency in Rural Regions of Honduras? Uniformed

Services University of the Health Sciences, Research

Week, May 2005. (Poster Presentation, Abstract). 

Awarded the Delta Omega Psi Chapter Outstanding

Student Research Poster Award.

Faerber J, Kemmer TM, Lougee D, Lynch J, Aviles R. An

Analysis of Anemia in Rural Honduran Children.

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,

Research Week, May 2005. (Poster Presentation,

Abstract).  Awarded the CAPT Richard R. Hooper Award

for Outstanding Research in Public Health and

Exhibiting Exceptional Promise in Putting Prevention

into Practice.

Halvorson H, Kemmer TM, Lougee D, Lynch J, Aviles R. 

Effect of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Geopolitical

Region of Residence on Growth Indicators in Rural

Honduras.  Uniformed Services University of the Health

Sciences, Research Week, May 2005. (Poster Presentation,

Abstract).  Awarded the CAPT Richard R. Hooper Award

for Outstanding Research in Public Health and

Exhibiting Exceptional Promise in Putting Prevention

into Practice.

Bovill ME, Wang MC, Block G, Sabry Z, Kemmer TM. 

Performance of Simple Anthropometrics to Detect

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk in children using

Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves.

Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, April 2005

(Poster Presentation, Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Geisler K, Bovill M. Military Dietitians:

Vital Assets for Nutrition Support in Humanitarian

Assistance and Disaster Response. Asia Pacific

Military Medicine Conference XV, Hanoi, Vietnam, April

2005 (Platform Presentation, Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Curley K, Spears R. PocketPC Integrated

Rapid Surveillance, Analysis, and Reporting Application.

Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference XV, Hanoi,

Vietnam, April 2005 (Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Lynch J, Aviles R, Geisler KL. Wheat Flour

Fortification and Assessment of Iron Deficiency. XXXV

International Congress on Military Medicine: Military

Humanitarian Assistance, Washington DC, September 2004

(Poster Presentation, Abstract).

Lougee D, Lynch J, Kemmer T. The San Antonio Military

Pediatric Center’s Honduras Program: A New Approach to

Military Humanitarian Assistance Training, XXXV

International Congress on Military Medicine: Military

Humanitarian Assistance, Washington DC, September 2004

(Platform Presentation, Abstract).

Kemmer TM, Bovill M, Novotny R, Davison N, Gerber AS.

Obesity and Elevated Lipid Levels Among Preadolescent

Children in American Samoa, National Experimental

Biology Conference, Washington DC, April 2003

(Platform Presentation Abstract, Poster).

Gerber RJ, Kemmer TM, Bush AC, Lynch JA. Prevalence of

Iron Deficiency in a Rural Honduran Population.  37^th

Annual Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar,

Washington DC, 2003. Second place winner in the Howard

Johnson Resident Research Competition. (Platform

Presentation, Abstract).

Gerber RJ, Kemmer TM, Bush AC, Lynch JA. Prevalence of

Iron Deficiency in a Rural Honduran Population.

Pediatric Academic Society, Seattle WA, May 2003

(Abstract).

Invited Presentations:

March 2006          

“Nutrition Assessments and Ration Management for

Humanitarian Assistance and Contingency Operations.”

American Academy of Dermatology National Meeting,

Volunteers Abroad Session, San Francisco, CA. 

March 2005          

“Honduras Pediatric Nutrition Medicine Missions: An

Opportunity for USU Students.” Center for Disaster and

Humanitarian Assistance Medicine Grand Rounds.  

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,

Bethesda, MD.

March 2005          

“Malnutrition (Macro- and Micronutrient),” “Feeding

the Malnourished” and “Nutrition Assessment Skill

Stations.” Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance

Course, San Antonio TX.

February 2005      

“Pediatric Nutrition Assessments within the Pacific

Islands: A Capacity Building Approach.” Research

results were formally presented to the Director,

American Samoa Public Health Department and to the

Medical Staff at the Lyndon B Johnson Tropical Medical

Center, American Samoa.

November 2004    

“Nutrition Assessment and Support in Complex Medical

Missions.” Advanced Nutrition Support in Force Health

Protection (ANSFHP), San Antonio, TX.

August 2004          

“Malnutrition (Macro- and Micronutrient),” “Feeding

the Malnourished” and “Nutrition Assessment Skill

Stations.” Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance

Course, San Antonio TX.

October 2003       

“Nutrition Assessment and Support in Complex Medical

Missions.” Advanced Nutrition Support in Force Health

Protection (ANSFHP), San Antonio, TX.

September 2003    

“Population Nutritional Assessment.” International

Studies Program Seminar, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.

August 2003          

“Conducting Pediatric Nutritional Assessments within

the Pacific Islands: A Capacity Building Approach.” 

Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

January 2003         

“Nutrition Assessment and Population Survey

Methodology.” Advanced Nutrition Support in Force

Health Protection (ANSFHP), San Antonio, TX.

December 2002    

“Conducting Nutritional Surveys in Emergencies” and

“Humanitarian Daily Rations.”  Military Medical

Humanitarian Assistance Course, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.

September 2002    

“Nutrition Assessments in Support of the Healthy

Living in the Pacific Islands Project.” Presented in

collaboration with the Office of Health Minorities,

The Centers for Disease Control, at the Pacific

Islands Health Officers Association (PIHOA) meeting,

Kosrae, The Federated States of Micronesia.

August 2002          

“Dietitians in Support of Complex Medical Missions.” 

Army Medical Specialist Corps Guild, Walter Reed Army

Medical Center, Washington, DC.

August 2002          

“Nutrition Assessment and Support in Complex

Humanitarian Assistance Missions” and “Humanitarian

Daily Rations.” Military Medical Humanitarian

Assistance Course for Dermatologists, Williamsburg, VA.

May 2002 

“The Role of the Army Dietitian in Support of

International Humanitarian Assistance Training and

Assessment Missions in Collaboration with Militaries,

Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and Ministries of

Health.”  The Columbia University Arden House

Conference: Security and Humanitarian Action- Who is

Winning? A U.S./ European Dialogue in the Wake of

September 11.  Columbia University, NY.

May 2002 

“Iron Deficiency in Refuge Children From Burma”

(Poster). AUSA Medical Symposium, San Antonio, TX.

April 2002 

“Iron Deficiency Anemia in Refugee Children from

Burma: A Policy Proposal.”  Thai Red Cross Society,

Bangkok, Thailand.

April 2002 

“Iron Deficiency Anemia in Refugee Children from Burma:

A Policy Proposal.”  Asia Pacific Military Medical

Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

January 2002         

“Nutrition Assessment and Population Survey

Methodology.” Advanced Nutrition Support in Force

Health Protection (ANSFHP), San Antonio, TX.