Congratulations, Gloria, for an outstanding MSc thesis defense!!
We are excited and proud sharing the news about Gloria’s MSc thesis completion and excellent defense. With COVID-related delays and a full-time call into the clinical workforce, Gloria had unexpected hurdles but remained dedicated to her research project and our team and we are thankful and thrilled she successfully passed the finishing line and contributed […]
Congratulations, Adrianna, for being selected as one of the CNS 2024 Poster Finalists!
Congratulations to Adrianna for a high-calibre abstract, entitled “Milk and dairy products are the largest contributors to vitamin B12 status in a cohort of healthy, Canadian 18-month-old toddlers”, which was selected as one of the eight Poster Finalists in the 2024 Nutrition Graduate Student and Trainee Award competition, being held at the Canadian Nutrition Society […]
Leah Robinson 2024 Nutrigraphic Finalist “The Gluten Debate: For Children. Is a Gluten Free Diet Nutritionally Adequate?”
From an assignment to a national finalist! Congratulations to Leah Robinson, who was awarded one of the 2024 CNS-SCN Nutrigraphic Finalists! She created a factual, evidence-based, and visual nutrigraphic on “The Gluten Debate: For Children. Is a Gluten Free Diet Nutritionally Adequate?” Leah is a student in the UBC MND Program and took the course HUNU […]
Congratulations to Sarah for her excellent PhD defense!
Staying strong until your defense and beyond – our sincerest congratulations to Sarah Montgomery for an excellent Doctoral Examination and completing her thesis on dietary intake in toddlers! Sarah has contributed with her detail-oriented and thorough work leading a large team of students and research assistants on coding, entering, reviewing, and analysing dietary data of […]
Congratulations, Dr. Larissa Rossen, for being awarded the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Rossen for securing a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award! As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Rossen will be investigating toddler feeding patterns, nutrient status and neuro-cognitive development in the Away We Grow Toddler Development Study.
Congratulations to Dr Fernanda Mujica-Coopman, for an excellent PhD completion!
Our heartfelt congratulations to Fernanda for an outstanding PhD defense with great discussions and a comprehensive PhD thesis with novel contributions. With sincere thanks for her hard work and team spirit, we hope her suitcase is filled with many good memories from a productive time in Vancouver and wish her the very best for her […]
Flash talk and posters online – view our latest research outcomes at the virtual Nutrition 2020 Conference (free registration)
With one distinguished abstract selected for flash talk and in total 5 accepted abstracts, our team will be well represented at the upcoming NUTRITION 2020 Conference, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), held online on June 01 – 04, 2020. Join (for free) the Vitamins and Minerals RIS Forum, a live […]
Save the Date – Women’s Brain Health Conference at UBC postponed to April 2021
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and with heavy hearts, we have decided to postpone the inaugural Women’s Brain Health Conference until April 12-13, 2021. We believe that postponing the conference is the correct course of action in order to protect the health of our participants and communities as the current pandemic unfolds. We are […]
Congratulations on your MSc degrees, Amy and Zubair!!!
An uplifting graduation ceremony and first-class West Coast weather accompanied our celebrations of the achievements of Amy and Zubair, and their MSc degrees! Congratulations and best wishes!!
Outstanding poster presentations at the European Nutrition Conference 2019 by Larisse and Amy!
Congratulations to both Larisse Melo, MSc student, and Amy Tan, PhD student, for representing our team at the 13th European Nutrition Conference FENS 2019 “Malnutrition in an Obese World”! Larisse shared first outcomes of her MSc project on the development and testing of a novel yoghurt product. Amy presented on our international research project DERiVE, […]