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Tovah Wolf

Tovah Wolf

 

Name:  Tovah Wolf
Department: Health Sciences
Program: Nutrition and Dietetics
Rank: Assistant Professor
Work Phone: 828-227-3512
Work Email: twolf@wcu.edu
Office address: HHSB 109

Education:

  • Doctorate (PhD, Iowa State University, Nutritional Sciences)
  • Masters (MS, University of Lincoln-Nebraska, Nutrition Science)
  • Bachelors (BS, University of North Dakota, Nutrition and Dietetics with minor in Psychology)

Licenses & Specialty Credentialing:
Registered Dietitian since 2011.

Experience:
She has experience working as a Registered Dietitian in clinical, community and industry nutrition as well as research experience on two NIH funded multidisciplinary human research studies. She also has experience working with secondary data sets.
Dr. Tovah Wolf joined the School of Health Sciences as a Nutrition and Dietetics faculty member in Fall 2019. Prior to joining WCU, she completed a MS at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and PhD at Iowa State University, where she obtained molecular and human study research experience. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked for three years as a Registered Dietitian in the DC-Metro area gaining clinical, community and industry nutrition experience.

Primary Teaching Responsibilities:

ND 350: Advanced Human Nutrition I
ND 351: Advanced Human Nutrition II
ND 436: Nutrition Interviewing and Counseling Skills
ND 406: Nutrition Interviewing and Counseling Lab

Scholarly Interests:
I am interested in working with a multidisciplinary team as well as other members of the community to explore health promotion intervention strategies for middle-aged and older adults as well as exploring intervention strategies to decrease food insecurity in those who are vulnerable.

Recent Publications (peer reviewed):

1) Wolf, T., Tsenkova V., Ryff C., Davidson R., Willette A.A. Metabolic Dysfunction and Task Induced Emotional Stress Reactivity: Neural and Cognitive Correlates in Middle-Aged Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine.
doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000582

2) Swanson A.S., Wolf T., Sitzmann, A. (2018). Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease: Pleiotropic roles for cytokines and neuronal pentraxins. Behavioural Brain Research. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.02.015

3) Webb J.L.†, Wolf T. †., Swanson A.E., McLimans K.E., Klinedinst B., Izbicki P., Willette AA (2017). Quantitative Secondary Data Analysis: Utilizing Observational Studies for Integrative Neuroscience and Interdisciplinary Work. Sage Methods.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473998100
† = Shared first authorship

4) Wolf, T., Baier, S.R., & Zempleni, J. (2015). The Intestinal Transport of Bovine Milk Exosomes Is Mediated by Endocytosis in Human Colon Carcinoma Caco-2 Cells and Rat Small Intestinal IEC-6 Cells. The Journal of Nutrition. doi:10.3945/ jn.115.218586.

Editorial (not peer reviewed):

1) Coombs, C., Savoie-Roskos, M., Fitzgerald, N., and Wolf, T. Public Health Nutrition: Translating Research into Practice. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.12.003


Selected poster presentations:

1) “Reflective Practice via ThinkSpace® Builds Competency."
Authors: Janet Johnson; Samantha Jones; Tovah Wolf*; Kajal Madeka, Holly Bender.
*= presented, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Oct 20-23, 2018 Washington, D.C.

2) “Dash Diet Compliance in Middle-Aged and Elderly Adults with Elevated or High Blood Pressure."
Authors: Tovah Wolf*, Christine Komjathy, Ellie Schmidt, Angelique Brellenthin, Duck-chul Lee, Lorraine Lanningham-Foster. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.04.222
*= presented, Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior, July 21-24, 2018 Minneapolis, MN

3) Oral presentation at PyschoNeuroImmunology (PNIRS): “Metabolic Dysfunction and Task-Induced Emotional Stress Reactivity: Neural and Cognitive Correlates in 331 Middle-Aged Adults.”
Poster Presentation: “Metabolic Dysfunction and Task-Induced Emotional Stress Reactivity: Neural and Cognitive Correlates in 331 Middle-Aged Adults.”
Authors: Tovah Wolf*, Auriel Willette
PNIRS, June 7 – June 10, 2016 Brighton, England

Teaching Interests:
Dietetics Courses
Service Learning
Research Design and Methods
Research Ethics

Personal: 
In my free time, I love to jump on opportunities to travel and learn about other cultures. I also enjoy outdoor activities, gardening, healthy baking but most of all I enjoy spending time with my amazing husband and our aged pets, being an auntie to 6 nieces and nephews, and spending time with family and friends.

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