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World Food Day - Lifelong Wellbeing event


We are pleased to invite staff and students to our Lifelong Wellbeing online event on Friday 15 October at 12.30pm, to mark .

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 Æß²ÊÖ±²¥, who will open with a talk about "The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food consumption around the world".

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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 Æß²ÊÖ±²¥ – "Obesity, Covid-19 and Poverty: Geotracking the Real Killers".

Kshama Joshi, a current PhD student working under the supervision of Professor Parvez Haris at Æß²ÊÖ±²¥ – "Personalised food intake for the management and prevention of T2DM".

Posted on Tuesday 12 October 2021

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