{"id":2255,"date":"2017-03-08T20:41:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/?page_id=2255"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:19:12","slug":"luma-akil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/luma-akil\/","title":{"rendered":"Luma Akil, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Concentration: Environmental and Occupational Health<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive, Suite 320<br \/>\nJackson, MS 39213-7681<br \/>\nOffice Phone: 601-979-3105<br \/>\nEmail: <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">luma.akil@jsums.edu<\/span><br \/>\nP.O. Box 17067 (JSU Campus Mail Only)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The University of Memphis<br \/>\nMemphis, TN\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Bachelor of Science<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 05\/2001<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 Biology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Jackson State University<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Science<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 08\/2009<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 Environmental Sciences<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Jackson State University<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Doctor of Philosophy<br \/>\nDegree\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 08\/2013<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0 Environmental Sciences<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Research\/Professional Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Environmental and climatic changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Food-safety<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Global infectious diseases<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Obesity and health disparities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Artificial Neural Networks and Predictive models<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Geographical Information System<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Risk Assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Positions and Honors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Awarded Best of the show vote poster at 12th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities (2010).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Second place winner at 11th Annual Conference on Eliminating Health Disparities\u2013Healthy Eating II: Winning the War against Obesity, poster presentation (2011).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Peer-reviewed Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Akil, <\/u><\/strong><\/span><strong><u><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">L<\/span><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> and Ahmad, H.A. (2016). The Recent Outbreaks and Reemergence of Polio-Virus in War and Conflict Affected <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Areas. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><em>.<\/em><em>\u00a0International Journal of Infectious Diseases\u00a0<\/em>49(8): 40-46. PubMed ID 27237735.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>. and Ahmad, H.A., 2016. <em>Salmonella<\/em> Infections Modelling in Mississippi using Neural Network and Geographical Information System (GIS). <em>BMJ <\/em>Open 2016;6:e009255. doi:10.1136\/bmjopen-2015-009255.\u00a0 PMID: 26940103 PMCID: PMC4785344<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He, X., <strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>., Aker, W.G., Hwang, H-m., and Ahmad, H.A. (2015). Trends in Infant Mortality in United States: A Thorough Investigation of Southeastern States from 2005-2009. <em>I<\/em><em>nt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health<\/em>\u00a02015,\u00a0<em>12<\/em>(5), 4908-4920. PMID: 25955527 PMCID: PMC4454945<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>. Reddy R.S and Ahmad, H.A., 2014. Effects of Climate Change on <em>Salmonella<\/em> Infections. <em>Foodborne Pathogens and Disease<\/em>. December 2014, 11(12): 974-980. doi:10.1089\/fpd.2014.1802. <em>doi:10.1089\/fpd.2014.1802.<\/em> PubMed PMID: 25496072.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>. and Ahmad, H.A., 2011. Relationships between Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases in Four Southern States and Colorado. <em>JHCPU<\/em>, volume 22(4): 61-72. . \u00a0PMCID: PMC3250069, NIHMS342422<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mahmud, O., Dates, C., <strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>., and Ahmad, H. A., 2011. Recent Trends in HIV and Tuberculosis in the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa. <em>IJERPH<\/em> Volume 8 (6): 2524-2532. PMCID: PMC3138039<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 0.5in;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Akil, L<\/u><\/strong>., H.A. Ahmad, 2011. Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Obesity Rates in Four Southern States and Colorado. <em>Ethnicity and Disease<\/em>, Volume 21, Winter 2011. PMCID: PMC3101796 NIHMSID: NIHMS285430.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Book Chapter<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">H. Anwar Ahmad and Luma Akil. <em>Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects on Salmonella Infection Rates<\/em>. Salmonella. INTECH Publications. Accepted 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<a class=\"scss3b-button scss3b-button-bluegray\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/files\/2017\/03\/LAkil-CV.pdf\">Dr. Akil&#8217;s CV<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concentration: Environmental and Occupational Health Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health Contact: 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive, Suite 320 Jackson, MS 39213-7681 Office Phone: 601-979-3105 Email: luma.akil@jsums.edu P.O. 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