Health & Safety Committee
University Information Day
Liaison Officer with World Health Organization
American Academy of Pediatrics and Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association. Committee Member of the College of Paediatric Nursing for the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (2009-Present)
President and Founder of the Hong Kong School Nurses Association (2008-Present), former Hong Kong School Nurses Interest Group
Member of the Pio Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2005-08)
Member of the Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association (2001-Present)
Member of the Hong Kong Society for Adolescent Health (2007-Present)
Member of the Hong Kong Nursing Staff Association (1996-Present)
The Indicative Register of Teachers of Nurses Nursing Council of Hong Kong (1996-Present)
Hong Kong College of Nursing (1999-01)

American Dietetic Association
Florida Dietetic Association
Broward County Dietetic Association
American Society for Nutrition
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
American Public Health Association
Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition
Dietetics Practice Group Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine Dietetics Practice Group

American Diabetes Association, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology American Medical Association (1994-present )
American College of Physicians (1994-2010 )
The Massachusetts Medical Society (1997-2002)
The Endocrine Society (1997-present)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998-2003)
American Diabetes Association (2002-present )
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology ( 2005-present)

The American Biographical Institute Research Association
April, 1971 Japan Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (~ present)
April, 1973 Japan Society for Biochemistry, Councilor (~ present)
April, 1977 Endocrine Society for Japan, Councilor (~ March, 2010)
January, 1984 International Society of Bone and Mineral (~ December, 2007)
April, 1987 Japan Society for Pharmacology, Councilor (~ December, 2007)
April, 1988 Japan Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Councilor (~ March, 2010) April, 1990 Japan Society for Biomedical Research on Trace Elements, Councilor (~ March, 2011)
June, 1995 Japan Society for Hepatocyte Research, Councilor (~June, 2006)
January, 1996 New York Academy of Sciences (~present)
January, 1997 European Society of Calcium (~December, 2004)
April, 1999 Japan Society for Osteoporosis, Councilor (~ December, 2008)
January 1999 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (~ present)
January, 2001 American Society for Cell Biology (~ December, 2007)
January, 2005 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (~ present)

The Endocrine Society
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Texas Medical Association
American - Latvian Medical Association (USA)
Latvian Osteoporosis Society (Latvia)
Latvian Medical Association (Latvia)

American Diabetes Association Basic Science
2003-present Society for Neuroscience, Member
2003-present Canadian Association for Neuroscience, Member
2008-present Canadian Physiology Society, Member
2009-present The Obesity Society, Member
2011-2014 American Diabetes Association Basic Science Award
2011-2015 American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant (declined) 2011-2012 Naman Family Funds for Basic Research
2011-2012 Curtis Hankamer Basic Research Fund
2011-2016 NIH (R01)

American Heart Association
American Society of Nephrology

American Association For Cancer Research
The American Physiological Society (2005 ~ current; Regular member)
The American Endocrine Society (1998 ~ current; Full member)
The Endocrine Society of the R.O.C. (2004 ~ current)
The Taiwan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2003 ~ 2009)
The Chinese Physiological Society (2003 ~ current)
The Chinese Society of Cell and Molecular Biology (2003 ~ 2009)
The Chinese Society of Laboratory Animal Sciences (2003 ~ current)
American Association For Cancer Research (1999-2000; Associate member
Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society (1996-2000)
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (1994-2000)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society at The Unversity of Chicago Chapter (1998-2000; Full member)
Taiwanese Bioscientists of American (1998-2000)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993-2000)
Phi Tan Phi Scholastic Honor Society (1988)

Member, American Heart Association,American Diabetic Association

2001 - present Member, Arkansas Obesity Task Force
2002 Member, Research Infrastructure, College of Public Health
2003 Member, Department of Pediatrics Obesity Research group
2003 - present Ad hoc Reviewer, National Cancer Institute
2004 Member, UAMS Obesity Center Steering Committee
2005 Most Distinguished Graduate, University of Arkansas
2005 -present Board Member, Arkansas Department of Agriculture
2009- present North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), Obesity Society

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
2010-2011 FSCUE Subcommittee on Curriculum Member
2004-2007 Academic Standing Committee (3 year term) Member

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (Public Health SIG Committee, 2009-present)
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Association for Prevention, Teaching, and Research (Planning Committee, 2009)
American Public Health Association
Society for Prevention Research
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Society for Epidemiologic Research
The International Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Research Community
National Association of Professional Women

Member,American Diabetes Association Research Grants
Member, American Gastroenterological Association
Member, American Society for Nutrition
Member, American Physiological Society Member, the Endocrine Society
Member, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
Member, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research
Member, American Society of Animal Science

Austrian Diabetes Association
Austrian Endocrinology Association
Austrian Obesity Association
Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
Member of the Diabetes Pregnancy Study Group Europe
EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
Federation of International Danube Symposia (FID)
Austrian Society of Gender Medicine International Society of Gender Medicine

 American Dairy Science Association
Canadian and American Animal Science Associations