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Department of Biomedical Sciences Seminar

Event Date:
Thursday, March 21, 2013, 1:30 pm
Location:
Atlantic Veterinary College
Room:
Lecture Theatre A
Join Dr. Catherine Chan for a seminar entitled "Using ‘omics’ to understand the physiology of nutritional treatments for diabetes." Dr. Chan is a Professor in Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences) and Physiology (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry) at the University of Alberta. She is a member of the Alberta Diabetes Institute where she is Director of the Division of Human Nutrition. Dr. Chan’s research is at the intersection of nutrition, physiology and behaviour. She is the leader of the Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta team, an interdisciplinary effort to improve health outcomes in type 2 diabetes by developing, implementing and evaluating nutrition and physical activity interventions that can be applied in clinical and community settings. In addition, she conducts laboratory-based research on insulin, its secretion and action with a current focus on nutritional modulators of these endpoints. Her work is funded by CIHR, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Alberta Innovates BioSolutions, the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency and the Alberta Diabetes Institute.