Amy B. Porto, PhD, RD
Didactic Program in Dietetics - Director Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Meet the faculty:
Amy B. Porto, PhD, RD
- Binkoski AE, Kris-Etherton PM, Wilson TA, Mountain ML, Nicolosi RJ. Balance of unsaturated Fatty acids is important to a cholesterol-lowering diet: comparison of mid-oleic sunflower oil and olive oil on cardiovascular disease risk factors. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005 Jul;105(7):1080-6.
- Kris-Etherton PM, Hecker KD, Binkoski AE. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health Nutr Rev. 2004 Nov;62(11):414-26.
- Binkoski AE, Kris-Etherton PM, Beard JL. Iron Supplementation Does Not Affect the Susceptibility of LDL to Oxidative Modification in Women with Low Iron Status. J Nutr. 2004 Jan; 134(1):99-103.
- Binkoski AE, Kris-Etherton PM. Dietary Recommendations for Total Fat. Cardiovascular Nutrition: Disease Management and Prevention (Editors: Carson JS, Burke FM, Hark LA.) American Dietetic Association, Chicago , IL : 2004.
- Kris-Etherton PM, Hecker KD, Bonanome A, Coval SM, Binkoski AE, Hilpert KF, Griel AE, Etherton TD. Bioactive compounds in foods: their role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Am J Med. 2002 Dec 30; 113 Suppl 9B:71S-88S.
- Kris-Etherton PM, Binkoski AE, Zhao G, Coval SM, Clemmer KF, Hecker KD, Jacques H, Etherton TD. Dietary fat: assessing the evidence in support of a moderate-fat diet; the benchmark based on lipoprotein metabolism. Proc Nutr Soc. 2002 May; 61(2):287-98.
- Clemmer KF, Binkoski AE, Coval SM, Zhao G, Kris-Etherton PM. Diet and drug therapy: a dynamic duo for reducing coronary heart disease risk. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2001 Nov; 3(6):507-13.
- Kris-Etherton PM, Zhao G, Binkoski AE, Coval SM, Etherton TD. The effects of nuts on coronary heart disease risk. Nutr Rev. 2001 Apr; 59(4):103-11.
- Binkoski AE. Lipid-lowering effects of a mid-oleic sunflower oil in moderately hypercholesterolemic men and women. Presentation at National Sunflower Association Annual Meeting June 24, 2003 .
- Binkoski AE, Kris-Etherton PM, Nicolosi RJ, Wilson TA, Blough ML. Lipid-lowering effects of a mid-oleic sunflower oil in moderately hypercholesterolemic men and women. FASEB J. 2003. (Poster at Experimental Biology 2003).
- The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Integrative Biosciences, Nutrition Science option, 2004
- Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Dietetic Internship, 2000.
- Muhlenberg College, B.S. Biochemistry, 1997
- NUTR 121 Food and Food Science
- NUTR 121L Food and Food Science
- NUTR 215 ServSafe Food Manager
- NUTR 425 Nutrient Metabolism & Res Meth 1
- NUTR 425L Nutrient Metabolism & Res Meth 1
- NUTR 426 Nutrient Metabolism & Res Meth 2
- NUTR 426L Nutrient Metabolism & Res Meth 2
- NUTR 493 Sr Seminar in Nutr & Dietetics
- WELL 133 Indoor Cycling
- NUTR 608 Capstone Project I
- NUTR 618 Capstone Project II
- Cardiovascular Nutrition
- Nutritional Biochemistry
- Environmental Nutrition