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Tan, Elizabeth Y.

Tan, Elizabeth Y.

Assistant Professor

eytan@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

B.S. Pharmacy, University of San Carlos, 2000
M.S. Pharmacy, Centro Escolar University, 2005

Research Interests:

Pharmacy education, counseling activities in Community Pharmacy, tuberculosis, infectious diseases

Recent Publications:

  1. Post, S.R.; Ryan, C.P.; Lee, N.R.; Carba, D.B.; Bechayda, S.A.; MacIsaac, J.L.; Dever, K.; Lin, D.T.S.; Atashzay, P.; Kobor, M.S.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Patterns of Chronic Stress in Diurnal Salivary Cortisol Already Predict Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Young Adults in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. American Journal of Human Biology. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70290.
  2. Gettler, L.T.; Dennis, S.H.; Rosenbaum, S.; Bechayda, S.A.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Fathers’ caregiving time before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Plos One. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343636.
  3. Gettler, L.T.; Rosenbaum, S.; Hoegler Dennis, S.; Bechayda, S.A.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Longitudinal evidence linking childhood energetics, maturation, skeletal muscle mass and adult human male sociosexuality. Royal Society Open Science. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241713.
  4. Busse, K.R.; Dino, M.E.; Martin, S.L.; Lee Mayol, N.R.; Bechayda, S.A.; Adair, L.S.; Ammerman, A.S.. Awareness, experiences, and beliefs related to ultra-processed foods among young people in Cebu, Philippines. Appetite. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107688.
  5. Gettler, L.T.; Rosenbaum, S.; Bechayda, S.A.; McDade, T.W.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Men's physical health and life history transitions in the Philippines: Evidence for ‘marital selection’ but not protective effects of partnering and fatherhood. Social Science and Medicine. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116732.
  6. Nyati, L.H.; Norris, S.A.; Micklesfield, L.K.; Adair, L.S.; Fall, C.; Lee, N.R.; Martorell, R.; Osmond, C.; Richter, L.M.; Sachdev, H.S.; Horta, B.; Stein, A.D.; Lima, N.P.; Goncalves, H.; Goncalves C da Silva, B.; de Oliveira, P.D.; Murray, J.; Naicker, S.; Bhargava, S.K.; Ramakrishnan, L.; Sinha, S.; Singh, B.; Ramirez-Zea, M.; Kroker-Lobos, M.F.; Bas, I.; Bechayda, S.A.; Carba, D.; Perez, T.L.. Growth in Infancy and Childhood and Age at Menarche in Five Low- or Middle-Income Countries: Consortium of Health Orientated Research in Transitional Societies (COHORTS). Journal of Nutrition. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.07.003.
  7. Graham, S.E.; Clarke, S.L.; Wu, K.H.H.; Kanoni, S.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Ramdas, S.; Surakka, I.; Ntalla, I.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Narita, A.; Choudhury, A.; Bentley, A.R.; Ekoru, K.; Verma, A.; Trivedi, B.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Zhu, X.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Feng, Q.P.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Pacheco, J.A.; Pendergrass, S.A.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Hindy, G.; Rasheed, A.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Willemsen, G.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Sidore, C.; Fiorillo, E.; McDaid, A.F.; Marques-Vidal, P.; Wielscher, M.; Trompet, S.; Sattar, N.. Correction to: The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids (Nature, (2021), 600, 7890, (675-679), 10.1038/s41586-021-04064-3). Nature. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06194-2.
  8. Poveda, N.E.; Adair, L.S.; Martorell, R.; Patel, S.A.; Ramirez-Zea, M.; Bhargava, S.K.; Bechayda, S.A.; Carba, D.B.; Kroker-Lobos, M.F.; Horta, B.L.; Lima, N.P.; Mazariegos, M.; Menezes, A.M.B.; Norris, S.A.; Nyati, L.H.; Richter, L.M.; Sachdev, H.; Wehrmeister, F.C.; Stein, A.D.. Growth patterns in childhood and adolescence and adult body composition: A pooled analysis of birth cohort studies from five low and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration). BMJ Open. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068427.
  9. Kanoni, S.; Graham, S.E.; Wang, Y.; Surakka, I.; Ramdas, S.; Zhu, X.; Clarke, S.L.; Bhatti, K.F.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Wu, K.H.H.; Ntalla, I.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Hilliard, A.T.; Wang, Z.; Xue, C.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Pacheco, J.A.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Feng, Q.P.; Kullo, I.J.; Narita, A.; Takayama, J.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Trivedi, B.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Rasheed, A.; Hindy, G.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Choudhury, A.; Sengupta, D.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Yousri, N.A.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Bjerregaard, A.A.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Hwu, C.M.; Hung, Y.J.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Mauro, P.. Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis. Genome Biology. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-022-02837-1.
  10. Ramdas, S.; Judd, J.; Graham, S.E.; Kanoni, S.; Wang, Y.; Surakka, I.; Wenz, B.; Clarke, S.L.; Chesi, A.; Wells, A.; Bhatti, K.F.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Wu, K.H.H.; Ntalla, I.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Hilliard, A.T.; Wang, Z.; Xue, C.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Pacheco, J.A.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Feng, Q.P.; Kullo, I.J.; Narita, A.; Takayama, J.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Trivedi, B.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Rasheed, A.; Hindy, G.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Choudhury, A.; Sengupta, D.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Bjerregaard, A.A.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Lee, W.J.; Hsiung, C.A.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.. A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.06.012.
  11. Gettler, L.T.; Rosenbaum, S.; Kuo, P.X.; Sarma, M.S.; Bechayda, S.A.; McDade, T.W.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Evidence for an adolescent sensitive period to family experiences influencing adult male testosterone production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2202874119.
  12. Rosenbaum, S.; Kuzawa, C.W.; McDade, T.W.; Bechayda, S.A.; Gettler, L.T.. Neither environmental unpredictability nor harshness predict reliance on alloparental care among families in Cebu, Philippines. Development and Psychopathology. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001711.
  13. Graham, S.E.; Clarke, S.L.; Wu, K.H.H.; Kanoni, S.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Ramdas, S.; Surakka, I.; Ntalla, I.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Narita, A.; Choudhury, A.; Bentley, A.R.; Ekoru, K.; Verma, A.; Trivedi, B.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Zhu, X.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Feng, Q.P.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Pacheco, J.A.; Pendergrass, S.A.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Hindy, G.; Rasheed, A.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Willemsen, G.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Sidore, C.; Fiorillo, E.; McDaid, A.F.; Marques-Vidal, P.; Wielscher, M.; Trompet, S.; Sattar, N.. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids. Nature. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04064-3.
  14. Varghese, J.S.; Adair, L.S.; Patel, S.A.; Bechayda, S.A.; Bhargava, S.K.; Carba, D.B.; Horta, B.L.; Lima, N.P.; Martorell, R.; Menezes, A.M.B.; Norris, S.A.; Richter, L.M.; Ramirez-Zea, M.; Sachdev, H.S.; Wehrmeister, F.C.; Stein, A.D.. Changes in asset-based wealth across the life course in birth cohorts from five low- and middle-income countries. Ssm Population Health. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100976.
  15. Rosenbaum, S.; Kuzawa, C.W.; McDade, T.W.; Avila, J.; Bechayda, S.A.; Gettler, L.T.. Fathers' care in context: ‘facultative,’ flexible fathers respond to work demands and child age, but not to alloparental help, in Cebu, Philippines. Evolution and Human Behavior. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.003.
  16. Poveda, N.E.; Hartwig, F.P.; Victora, C.G.; Adair, L.S.; Barros, F.C.; Bhargava, S.K.; Horta, B.L.; Lee, N.R.; Martorell, R.; Mazariegos, M.; Menezes, A.M.B.; Norris, S.A.; Richter, L.M.; Sachdev, H.S.; Stein, A.; Wehrmeister, F.C.; Stein, A.D.; Lima, N.P.; Goncalves, H.; Da Silva, B.G.C.; De Oliveira, P.D.; Murray, J.; Mpondo, F.; Nyati, L.; Fall, C.H.D.; Osmond, C.; Ramakrishnan, L.; Sinha, S.; Singh, B.; Ramirez-Zea, M.; Kroker-Lobos, M.F.; Bas, I.; Bechayda, S.A.; Carba, D.; Perez, T.L.; Wray, C.; Scerif, G.. Patterns of Growth in Childhood in Relation to Adult Schooling Attainment and Intelligence Quotient in 6 Birth Cohorts in Low- A nd Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from the Consortium of Health-Oriented Research in Transitioning Societies (COHORTS). Journal of Nutrition. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab096.
  17. Kim, A.W.; Adam, E.K.; Bechayda, S.A.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Early life stress and HPA axis function independently predict adult depressive symptoms in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24105.
  18. Kuzawa, C.W.; Adair, L.; Bechayda, S.A.; Borja, J.R.B.; Carba, D.B.; Duazo, P.L.; Eisenberg, D.T.A.; Georgiev, A.V.; Gettler, L.T.; Lee, N.R.; Quinn, E.A.; Rosenbaum, S.; Rutherford, J.N.; Ryan, C.P.; McDade, T.W.. Evolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies: insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Annals of Human Biology. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2020.1742787.
  19. Gettler, L.T.; Kuo, P.X.; Bechayda, S.A.. Fatherhood and psychobiology in the Philippines: Perspectives on joint profiles and longitudinal changes of fathers' estradiol and testosterone. American Journal of Human Biology. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23150.
  20. Rosenbaum, S.; Gettler, L.T.; McDade, T.W.; Bechayda, S.S.; Kuzawa, C.W.. Does a man's testosterone “rebound” as dependent children grow up, or when pairbonds end? A test in Cebu, Philippines. American Journal of Human Biology. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23180.
  21. Sarma, M.S.; Kuo, P.X.; Bechayda, S.A.; Kuzawa, C.W.; Gettler, L.T.. Exploring the links between early life and young adulthood social experiences and men's later life psychobiology as fathers. Physiology and Behavior. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.11.029.
  22. Gettler, L.T.; Ryan, C.P.; Eisenberg, D.T.A.; Rzhetskaya, M.; Hayes, M.G.; Feranil, A.B.; Bechayda, S.A.; Kuzawa, C.W.. The role of testosterone in coordinating male life history strategies: The moderating effects of the androgen receptor CAG repeat polymorphism. Hormones and Behavior. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.10.012.
  23. Kuzawa, C.W.; Georgiev, A.V.; McDade, T.W.; Bechayda, S.A.; Gettler, L.T.. Is There a Testosterone Awakening Response in Humans?. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 2016, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40750-015-0038-0.

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