Won Song

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Professor Emeritus
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Degrees

PhD, Utah State University
MS, University of Iowa
MPH, Seoul Natl University, School of Public Health
BS, Ewha Womans University

Professional Positions

2022 - Professor Emeritus, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, MSU, East Lansing, MI

2009-10 - Fall semesters: WCU Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2005-06 - Research Professor (Sabbatical leave), Ewha Womans University, Asian Food and Nutrition Research Center, Seoul, Korea; Korean Federation of Science and Engineering Society, Brain Pool Program

2004-05 - Acting Dean, College of Human Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

1999-04 - Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Human Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

1997 Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, MSU, East Lansing, MI

1993 - Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical leave), Department of Biochemistry, Temple University Medical School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1989-96 Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan

1984-89 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, Michigan

1983-84 - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

1982 - (Summer) Nutritionist, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Utah State, University, Logan, Utah

1981-82 - (Falls) Instructor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

1980-83 - Research Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

1980-82 - Clinical Dietitian, Logan General Hospital, Logan, Utah

1979-80 - Preceptor for Medical Dietetic students, Ohio State University

1978-80 - Instructor and Clinical Dietitian, Mansfield General Hospital Nursing School/Hospital, Mansfield, Ohio

1975-78 - Dietary Assistant; Clinical Dietitian, University of Iowa General Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

1972-75 - Research Associate, Research Institute of Samyang Food Co., Seoul, Korea

Research Interests

Nutritional epidemiology in community and global settings; food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; national and international nutrition surveys and its application in research; nutrition education – theories and application of technology

Outreach Focus

International student exchange programs through the Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission
Board member, Council on Korean Studies, Asian Studies Center

Selected Publications

Moon DH, Han CW, Fang Y, Gundeti S, Lee Ik, Song WO, Hwang KC, Kim TW, Sung GH, Park H. Inhibitory Activity of Cordyceps bassiana Extract on LPS-induced Inflammation in RAW 264.7 Cells by Suppressing NF-κB Activation. Natural Product Sciences 23(3): 1-7, 2018 https://doi.org/10.20307/nps.2017.23.3.1
Goldstein R, Abell S, Ranasinha S, Misso M, Boyle J, Harrison C, Black MH, Li N, Hu G, Corrado F, Heggrd H, Kim YJ, Haugen M, Song W, Kim MH, Bogaerts A, Devlieger R, Chung J, Teede H. Gestational weight gain across continents and ethnicity - Systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and infant outcomes in over one million women. BMC Medicine 16:153, 2018
Chikakuda A, Shin DY, Comstock S, Song SJ and Song WO. Compliance to prenatal iron and folic acid supplement use in relation to low birth weight in Lilongwe, Malawi. Nutrients 2018, 10(9), 1275; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10091275, registered DOI
Kubuga C, Dillon A, Song W. Container gardening to combat micronutrients deficiencies in mothers and young children during dry/lean season in northern Ghana. J Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 14(6) 850-863, https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2018.1512922
Kubuga C, Hong G, Song, WO. Hibiscus Sabdariffa meal improves iron status of childbearing age women and prevents stunting in their toddlers in northern Ghana. Nutrients. Nutrients 2019, 11, 198; doi:10.3390/nu11010198
Song, S., Shim, J., & Song, W. Trends in total fat and fatty acid intakes and chronic health conditions in Korean adults over 2007–2015. Public Health Nutrition, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S1368980018003701
Feb, 2019
Farabi N, Song SJ, Crockett ET, Song WO. High prevalence of asthma and its determinants among Hispanic/Latino children enrolled in Michigan Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs, Journal of Child Science J Child Sci 2019;9:e17–e23. 2019
Kubuga C, Abizari, AR, Song WO. Iodine status of reproductive age women and their toddlers in northern Ghana improved through household supply of iodized salt and weekly indigenous meal consumption. PlOS ONE. 2019 May 31;14(5):e0216931. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216931. eCollection.2019
Shin DY, Song WO. Association of the Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization index with small-for-gestational-age and preterm births in the United States. Journal of Clinical Medicine, DOI: 10.3390/jcm8060838. June 12, 2019
Ba DM, Ssentongo P, Na M, Liu G, Du P, Song W, Gao S. Factors Associated with Urinary Iodine Concentration among Women of Reproductive Age 20-49 years old in Tanzania: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Current Developments in Nutrition (CDN). CDN-D-19-00187R2 (Accepted 4/20/20, In print), 2020
Kubuga C, Kennedy G, Song WO. Food-based indicators are related to iron and iodine deficiencies of mother-toddler dyads during lean season in northern Ghana. British J of Nutrition, BJN-RA-19-0910.R2. 2020
Kubuga C, Jeremiah A, Boahen C, Mohammed, S, Akoto-Mensah E, Mahama F, Ofosu B, Isaac TK, Asanga R, Song W. Motivators and Barriers to Prenatal Supplement Use among Women in Northern Ghana. Submitted to Plos One, June 2020)
Argyris YA, Kim, Y, Roscizewski A, Song W. The Association between Maternal Engagement with Pro- and Anti-vaccine Social Media Posts and Adolescent HPV-vaccine Uptake, JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 2020