Biography:

Dr. Pribis is a native of Slovakia, a small country in central Europe (it used to be a part of Czechoslovakia until 1993). He graduated in 1988 from School of Medicine at King Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1996 he graduated from Loma Linda University, School of Public Health with Dr.P.H. (Doctor of Public Health) in nutrition and epidemiology.

After graduation he worked as nutritional epidemiologist for the Adventist Health Study.  He returned to Czech Republic in 1997 and worked as medical advisor and health consultant to several health promoting institutions. In 2000, he moved to Germany where he worked as health director responsible for health ministry at both German unions. Since 2004, he has worked as Associate Professor of Nutrition and Wellness at the Nutrition and Wellness Department at Andrews University in Berrien Springs. He conducts research in the area of healthy lifestyle and longevity, and publishes in peer reviewed and lay magazines. He is an enthusiastic speaker about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and a promoter of evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Pribis is married and has two daughters.

Current Research or Professional Activities:

Selected Publications:

Peter Pribis, Rudolph N. Bailey, Andrew A. Russell, Marcia A. Kilsby, Magaly Hernandez, Winston J. Craig, Tevni Grajales, David J. Shavlik and Joan Sabatè Effects of walnut consumption on cognitive performance in young adults. British Journal of Nutrition, Available on CJO 2011 doi:10.1017/S0007114511004302

Peter Pribis, Carol A. Burtnack, Sonya O. McKenzie & Jerome Thayer. Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students. Nutrients 2010; 2(10):1075-1085.

Peter Pribis, Rose C. Pencak & Tevni Grajales. Beliefs and Attitudes toward Vegetarian Lifestyle across Generations. Nutrients 2010; 2(5):523-531.

Magaly Hernandez, Peter Pribis, Oren Crawford, Edwin Hernandez & Winston Craig. Differences in lifestyle factors that affect health in Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic Communities (Abstract) Journal of American Dietetic Association 2007; 107: A-95.

Peter Pribis, Joan Sabaté & Gary E. Fraser. Food consumption among vegetarian and non-vegetarian California Seventh-day Adventists. 1994-1996. (Abstract) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999; 70: 633S.

Peter Pribis, Gary E. Fraser, Georgia Hodgkin & Joan Sabaté. Dietary Vitamin E and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in California Seventh-day Adventists. (Abstract)  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999; 70: 625S.

Gary E. Fraser, Dale Sumbureru, Peter Pribis, Richard L. Neil & M. Anthony C. Frankson. Association among Health Habits, Risk Factors, and All-Cause Mortality in Black California Population. Epidemiology 1997; 8:168-174.

Poster Presentations

Joan Sabaté, Peter Pribis, Synnove Knutsen & Gary E. Fraser. Macronutrients Intake in a Health Conscious Population According to Levels of Meat Intake.  Poster presented at 16th International Congress of Nutrition, Montréal, Canada, 1997

Peter Pribis & Gunter Hanke. Fast reduction of serum cholesterol by a 19-day low fat vegetarian diet. Poster presented at 4th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, Loma Linda, 2002

Andrew Roquiz, Fiona Lewis, Peter Pribis. Lifestyle and Quality of Life in a Health Conscious Population. Presented at Honors Thesis Symposium, Berrien Springs, 2006

Peter Pribis, Magaly Hernandez, Oren Crawford, Edwin Hernandez & Winston Craig. Differences in lifestyle factors that affect health in Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic Communities. Poster presented at the American Dietetic Association Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007

Sonya McKenzie, Peter Pribis. Trends in Fitness Levels Among Male and Female Andrews University Students between 1996 and 2007. Presented at Honors Thesis Symposium, Berrien Springs, 2007

Beliefs and attitudes toward vegetarian lifestyles across generations. Poster presented at the 5th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition, Loma Linda, March 2008