Ann Gaba

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Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences
Institution
CUNY School of Public Health

Education

  • MS in Health Education from Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
  • EdD in Nutrition Education from Columbia University, New York, NY

Research Interests

Nutrition Education   Food and Diet Apps   Experiential Teaching and Learning  

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Biography

Ann Gaba is a Registered Dietitian (RD), New York State Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist (CDN), a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (FAND). Prior to joining the CUNY faculty in 2008, Dr. Gaba worked as a Clinical Nutritionist at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now New-York Presbyterian Hospital) for more than 18 years, where she served as inpatient nutritionist for the cardiovascular, organ transplant, and oncology units. She has also been the consultant nutritionist at the Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence at Columbia University. Dr. Gaba is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition and the founding Director of the Dietetic Internship at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.

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Contact Information

  55 West 125th Street New York, NY 10027

  646-364-9512

Research
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List of Publications (20)
In 2016
20

Ann Gaba, Sally Wong and Ronita Ghatak. "Two Days with Diabetes: Experiential Education for Dietetics Students Promotes Understanding of Diabetes Management Challenges." Topics in Clinical Nutrition (2016), 11(7) March 17,pg 1-9.

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19

Melissa Keeney, Ming-Chin Yeh, Rissa Landman, May May Leung, Ann Gaba, and Khursheed Navder. Exploring the Use of an iPhone App: A Novel Approach to Dietary Assessment. International Journal of Nutrition. Volume 1, No. 4, February 2016. http://openaccesspub.org/journals/ijn/view-article.php?art_id=227&jid=36, 2016.

18

Ann Gaba, Apoorva Srivastava, Chioma Amadi, and Ashish Joshi. The Nutrition and Dietetics Workforce needs skills and expertise in the New York Metropolitan area. Global Journal of Health Sciences Vol. 8, No. 3, March 2016. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/53525/28629, 2016.

In 2015
17

Ann Gaba. Brain Healthy” Foods: What is the Evidence?. Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2015. 2:(101):1-9, 2015.

16

Ann Gaba. GI Symptoms, Energy Balance and Nutrition Assessment in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Human Nutrition & Food Science 2015. 3(3):1063. http://www.jscimedcentral.com/Nutrition/nutrition-3-1063.pdf, 2015.

15

Ann Gaba. Recent studies on nutrition and Parkinson’s disease prevention: a systematic review. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015. 5:197-205. http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=56261#.VZM37FKebUc, 2015.

14

May May Leung, Melanie C Green, Jianwen Cai, Ann Gaba, Deborah Tate, and Alice Ammerman. Fight for Your Right to Fruit: Development of a manga comic promoting fruit consumption in youth. Open Nutrition Journal. 2015, 9: 82-90. http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TONUTRJ/TONUTRJ-9-82.pdf, 2015.

13

Ann Gaba. Teaching Clinical Judgment: a Review with Consideration of Applications for Health Professions. Open Nutrition Journal. 2015, 9: 53-64. http://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TONUTRJ/TONUTRJ-9-53.pdf, 2015.

12

Ann Gaba. Development and Evaluation of an E-Portfolio for use in a Dietetic Internship Program. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 2015. (174): 1151-1157. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042815007831, 2015.

In 2014
11

Joanna C. Burgess, Bob Davis, Eileen Fogarty, Ann Gaba, Sally Gorski, Amy Holmes, Anne Leserman, Deb Kegelmeyer, Anne Kloos, K. Michelle Knewstep-Watkins, and Martha Nance. Caregiver Guide for Mid to Late Stage Huntington’s Disease: For Long-Term Care Facilities and In-Home Care Agencies. New York, Huntington’s Disease Society of America. 2014. http://hdsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CaregiverGuide_Mid_Late_StageHD.pdf, 2014.

In 2013
10

Ann Gaba, Edited by Alison Harman. “Salsa and Sustainability” in Lessons for Educators. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Health and Environmental Nutrition Practice Group, 2013. http://www.hendpg.org/docs/Resources%20-%20public/Lessons-for-Educators-2013.pdf, 2013.

9

Ann Gaba. “In the Thick of It: What you need to know about thickened liquids”. We are HDSA, (newsletter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America) Issue 3, June 2013, 2013.

In 2010
8

Ann Gaba. Nutrition and Huntington’s Disease: A Guide for Families. Huntington’s Disease Society of America. New York. Second Edition, 2010. http://hdsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Nutrition-and-HD.pdf, 2010.

7

Ann Gaba. Parkinson’s Disease (chapter author). the American Dietetic Association’s Nutrition Care Manual 2010 update, October, 2010.

In 2009
6

Ann Gaba. Huntington’s Disease (chapter author). the American Dietetic Association’s Nutrition Care Manual 2009 update, October 2009.

5

Ann Gaba. Epilepsy (revised chapter author). the American Dietetic Association’s Nutrition Care Manual 2009 update, October, 2009.

In 2008
4

Ann Gaba, Kuan Zhang, Carol B. Moskowitz, Carol N. Boozer, and Karen Marder. Harris-Benedict equation estimations of energy needs as compared to measured 24-h energy expenditure by indirect calorimetry in people with early to midstage Huntington’s disease. Nutritional Neuroscience, 2008, 11(5):213-218. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/147683008X344129, 2008.

In 2007
3

Ann Gaba, Soon Juhng, and Louise Merriman. Development of a tool measuring patient satisfaction with nutrition education materials and methods, and projected satisfaction with a variety of educational media and content. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2007:107(8), Suppl. P.A-87, 2007.

In 2006
2

Ann Gaba. Micronutrient Intakes of People with Early-Stage Huntington Disease. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2006:106(8), Suppl. 1, p. A15, 2006.

In 2005
1

Ann M Gaba, Kuan Zhang, Carol B. Moskowitz, Patricia Werner, and Carol N. Boozer. Energy balance in early-stage Huntington’s disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005;81:1335-1341. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/81/6/1335.full.pdf+html, 2005.

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