Faculty and Staff
Joanne Kouba, PhD, RD, LDN
Title: Assistant Professor Director, Dietetics Education Programs
Office #: Building 125, Room 4531, LUHS
Phone: 708.216.4132
E-mail: jkouba@luc.edu
Research Interests
Chronic disease prevention through optimal dietary patterns and obesity prevention, particularly in children and adolescents, community food access.
Current Funding:
Westlake Health Foundation for the Nutrition Revolution at Proviso East High School, Maywood, IL.
Previous Funding:
- Westlake Health Foundation to provide nutrition services through the Loyola school-based health center at Proviso East High School, Maywood, IL.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the Cool Foods: Evaluation of Salad Bars in Two Chicago Public Schools.
- Kellogg Foundation, Chicago Food Systems Collaboration, community food access evaluation.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate 5-A-Day for Better Health program related to fruit and vegetable intake in WIC participants.
Professional & Community Affiliations
2010-present:
Disabilitiy and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP): Infrastructure for Translating.
Obesity Research into Practice and Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities"; USDE/NIHRR; Grant #H133A10011; Expert Work Group for Nutrition, member.
2010-present:
Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition; journal article reviewer
2006-presen:
Topics in Clinical Nutrition; journal article reviewer
2008-2011:
Commission on Dietetic Registration, Appeals Panel, member
Publications
Kouba, J. Health measures and diet in Mexican American adolescents in Chicago: An exploration of relationships. Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition. 2012; 4(1):44-53.
Penckofer, S., Kouba, J., Byrn, M. Vitamin D and Depression: Where is all the Sunshine? Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 2010; 31:385-393.
Kouba, J., Chiocca, E.M. Assessment of Nutritional Status in Advanced Pediatric Assessment; Chiocca, E.M., 2009. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, PA.
Penckofer, S., Kouba, J., Wallis, D.E., Emanuele, M.A. Vitamin D and Diabetes: Let the sun shine in. The Diabetes Educator. 2008; 34(6): 939-954.
Block, D., Kouba, J. A comparison of the availability and affordability of a market basket in two communities in the Chicago area. J Public Health Nutr. 2006; 9(7):837-845.