Maryellen Westerberg

Maryellen Westerberg is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University, affiliated with both the School of Allied Health Professions and the School of Public Health. Her academic career has focused on Nutrition and Dietetics, contributing to public health research and sports immunology.

• Education: DrPH (1988), MPH (1988), DHSC (1988), BS (1984), all from Loma Linda University.

Her research spans two primary domains: public health, particularly childhood obesity in low-income communities, and immunology, examining how endurance running affects immune parameters in marathoners. Her work integrates nutritional science with behavioral and physiological outcomes.

Maryellen's publications (1980–2013) reflect a multidisciplinary focus on public health, nutrition, and exercise physiology. Key trends include epidemiological studies on childhood obesity and longitudinal analyses of immune responses in athletes.