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Sarah ComstockPh.D., Assistant Professor of Science |
B.S. Biola University
Ph.D. Portland State University
I chose to teach at Corban University because of the school’s mission “to educate students to make a difference in the world for Jesus Christ.” Not only is the university dedicated to student learning in their subject, we also care about the student as a whole. We want to help students mature in their walk with Christ, while also using the gifts God gave them within their specific discipline. The University is dedicated to excellence in education and I am excited to be a part of the process.
Details: My husband is an elementary school teacher in our home town, Sublimity. We have one adopted son from Haiti and we are in the process of adopting again from Ghana. To find out more about our adoption process, go to adoptdroiy.blogspot.com and subscribe!
Ministry Experience and Involvement: I currently attend Grace Bible Fellowship in Stayton where I am involved in and help lead children’s ministries and worship. Short-term mission work to Puebla, Mexico and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Next Spring (2013) will be a faculty sponsor and leader of a short term mission trip to Haiti with students from Corban University’s Health Science program.
Teaching: Laboratory instructor at Portland State University and Corban University in Biology, Annatomy and Physiology, Chemisty. Assistant Professor at Corban University in Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology and Advanced Physiology.
Education: Undergraduate degree from Biola University in Biology with a minor in Biblical Studies. Doctorate of Philosophy in Biology from Portland State University with research at Oregon Health and Science University with specific emphasis on the development of the fetal and infant pancreas in a maternal obesity model of Japanese macaques.
Research: 10 years of National Institute of Health funded research at Oregon Health and Science University involving the effects of maternal obesity and high fat diet consumption on the metabolic health of fetal and young, post-natal Japanese macaques (Japanese Snow Monkeys).
Publications:
- Grant WF, Gillingham MB, Batra AK, Fewkes NM, Comstock SM, Takahashi D, Braun TP, Grove KL, Friedman JE, Marks DL. Maternal high fat diet is associated with decreased plasma n-3 fatty acids and fetal hepatic apoptosis in nonhuman primates. 2011 February 25. 6(2):e17261.
- Grayson BE, Levasseur PR, Williams SM, Smith MS, Marks DL, Grove KL. Endocrinology. Changes in melanocortin expression and inflammatory pathways in fetal offspring of nonhuman primates fed a high-fat diet. 2010 April. 151(4):1622-32.
- McCurdy CE, Bishop JM, Williams SM, Grayson BE, Smith MS, Friedman JE, Grove KL. Maternal high-fat diet triggers lipotoxicity in the fetal livers of nonhuman primates. J Clin Invest. 2009 February. 119(2):323-35.
- Xiao XQ, Williams SM, Grayson BE, Glavas MM, Cowley MA, Smith MS, Grove KL.Excess weight gain during the early postnatal period is associated with permanent reprogramming of brown adipose tissue adaptive thermogenesis. Endocrinology. 2007 September. 148(9):4150-9.
- Grayson BE, Allen SE, Billes SK, Williams SM, Smith MS, Grove KL. Prenatal development of hypothalamic neuropeptide systems in the nonhuman primate. Neuroscience. 2006 December 28. 143(4):975-86.
- Chen P, Williams SM, Grove KL, Smith MS. Melanocortin 4 receptor-mediated hyperphagia and activation of neuropeptide Y expression in the dorsomedial hypothalamus during lactation. J Neurosci. 2004 June. 24(22):5091-100.
- Cowley MA, Cone RD, Enriori P, Louiselle I, Williams SM, Evans AE. Electrophysiological actions of peripheral hormones on melanocortin neurons. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 June. 994:175-86.
