We are pleased to invite staff and students to our Lifelong Wellbeing online event on Friday 15 October at 12.30pm, to mark World Food Day.
This event is part of a series of online lectures to tie in with world awareness days.
It will be chaired by Professor Parvez Haris, Professor of Biomedical Science at DMU, who will open with a talk about "The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food consumption around the world".
Following this talk, Professor Haris will introduce discussions from the following speakers:
Dr Harprit Singh, Associate Professor / Reader in Vascular Biology within the Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences – "Elderberry extract: A supplement or medication for vascular health".
Dr Hillary Shaw, a visiting research fellow in the Centre for Urban Research on Austerity at DMU – "Obesity, Covid-19 and Poverty: Geotracking the Real Killers".
Kshama Joshi, a current PhD student working under the supervision of Professor Parvez Haris at DMU – "Personalised food intake for the management and prevention of T2DM".
Posted on Tuesday 12 October 2021