Dusti Linnell, Ph.D.

Dusti Linnell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Practice
dusti.linnell@oregonstate.edu

Office: 503-842-3433

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Biography

In her appointment in Extension Family & Community Health, Dusti works with community organizations to translate public health and nutrition research into practice. She teaches courses and works on community projects that help individuals engage in healthy eating patterns and physical activity recommendations, and reduce risk of illness and injury. She also conducts applied research to identify approaches and strategies to support dietary health on the Oregon Coast.

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Publications

2018

Journal Article

D. S. Fetter, Scherr, R. Erin, Linnell, J. D., Dharmar, M., Schaefer, S. E., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “Effect of the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, a Multicomponent, School-Based Nutrition Intervention, on Physical Activity Intensity”, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 472 - 478, 2018.
L. M. Beccarelli, Scherr, R. Erin, Newman, J. W., Borkowska, A. G., Gray, I. J., Linnell, J. D., Keen, C. L., and Young, H. M., “Associations Among Fatty Acids, Desaturase and Elongase, and Insulin Resistance in Children.”, J Am Coll Nutr, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 44-50, 2018.
J. J. Bergman, Linnell, J. D., Scherr, R. E., Ginsburg, D. C., Brian, K. M., Carter, R., Donohue, S., Klisch, S., Lawry-Hall, S., Pressman, J., Soule, K., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “Feasibility of Implementing a School Nutrition Intervention That Addresses Policies, Systems, and Environment”, Journal of Extension, vol. 56, no. 1, 2018.
J. D. Linnell, Zidenberg-Cherr, S., Scherr, R. E., and Smith, M. H., “Building the Capacity of Classroom Teachers as Extenders of Nutrition Education through Extension: Evaluating a Professional Development Model”, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, vol. 6, pp. 58-75, 2018.

2017

Journal Article

L. M. Beccarelli, Scherr, R. E., Dharmar, M., Ermakov, I. V., Gellermann, W., Jahns, L., Linnell, J. D., Keen, C. L., Steinberg, F. M., Young, H. M., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “Using Skin Carotenoids to Assess Dietary Changes in Students After 1 Academic Year of Participating in the Shaping Healthy Choices Program.”, J Nutr Educ Behav, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 73-78.e1, 2017.
R. E. Scherr, Linnell, J. D., Dharmar, M., Beccarelli, L. M., Bergman, J. J., Briggs, M., Brian, K. M., Feenstra, G., J Hillhouse, C., Keen, C. L., Ontai, L. L., Schaefer, S. E., Smith, M. H., Spezzano, T., Steinberg, F. M., Sutter, C., Young, H. M., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes.”, J Nutr Educ Behav, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 368-379.e1, 2017.

2016

Journal Article

J. D. Linnell, Zidenberg-Cherr, S., Briggs, M., Scherr, R. E., Brian, K. M., Hillhouse, C., and Smith, M. H., “Using a Systematic Approach and Theoretical Framework to Design a Curriculum for the Shaping Healthy Choices Program.”, J Nutr Educ Behav, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 60-69.e1, 2016.
J. D. Linnell, Smith, M. H., Briggs, M., Brian, K. M., Scherr, R. E., Dharmar, M., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “Evaluating the Relationships Among Teacher Characteristics, Implementation Factors, and Student Outcomes of Children Participating in an Experiential School-Based Nutrition Program”, Pedagogy in Health Promotion, vol. 22322, no. 4, pp. 256 - 265, 2016.

2015

Journal Article

L. M. Nguyen, Scherr, R. E., Linnell, J. D., Ermakov, I. V., Gellermann, W., Jahns, L., Keen, C. L., Miyamoto, S., Steinberg, F. M., Young, H. M., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “Evaluating the relationship between plasma and skin carotenoids and reported dietary intake in elementary school children to assess fruit and vegetable intake”, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 572, pp. 73 - 80, 2015.

2014

Journal Article

R. E. Scherr, Linnell, J. D., Smith, M. H., Briggs, M., Bergman, J., Brian, K. M., Dharmar, M., Feenstra, G., Hillhouse, C., Keen, C. L., Nguyen, L. M., Nicholson, Y., Ontai, L., Schaefer, S. E., Spezzano, T., Steinberg, F. M., Sutter, C., Wright, J. E., Young, H. M., and Zidenberg-Cherr, S., “The Shaping Healthy Choices Program: design and implementation methodologies for a multicomponent, school-based nutrition education intervention.”, J Nutr Educ Behav, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. e13-21, 2014.

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