LFS Today Mar 4, 2021

LFS in the News

Professor Hannah Wittman was mentioned in an article for the National Observer: Why community-run food hubs could be the key to better food security. The article also appeared in the Toronto Star and Yahoo! News.

 

Safeguarding Your Research

UBC has created a webpage to help researchers safeguard their research and scholarly activity. This pulls together UBC-specific resources and information alongside guides produced by the U15 and the Government and Canada, and covers issues such as mitigating economic and/or geopolitical risks in sensitive research, travel and cybersecurity, export license controls and working with controlled goods. https://research.ubc.ca/safeguarding-your-research.

 

Joint Faculty Position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition & Health: Candidate Interview #3

Faculty members are invited to attend the research presentation and open session of the last of three shortlisted candidates being interviewed for a joint Faculty position in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition & Health. Please note the following date/times below. The presentation will be recorded. If you are unable to attend please contact kathy.manson@ubc.ca for viewing access.

A feedback form for all three candidates is available here and must be submitted to kathy.manson@ubc.ca by March 12, 2021.
 
CandidateDr. David Cameron-Smith
Dr. David Cameron-Smith is a Senior Principal Investigator at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, with an affiliation to the Human Potential Translation Research Programme. He previously served as Professorial Chair in Nutrition and Deputy Director of Research in the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and as Science Director of the New Zealand Science Challenge – High Value Nutrition. His research has made significant contributions to the global efforts to combat declining metabolic health and heightened frailty in the adult and aging populations. Current studies include longitudinal analysis of the health of Singaporean children and modelling the impact rising ambient temperature on adult diabetes risk. The goals are for the necessary biological understandings of the molecular actions of physical activity and nutrition that can be effectively used to deliver precise and personalized health.

Position Applying: Tenured Associate Professor / Professor in Exercise, Metabolism, Nutrition and Health
 
Joint appointment with:

  • School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education (67%)
  • Faculty of Land and Food Systems (33%)
  • Hold a concurrent appointment as an investigator within the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)

Monday March 8: Presentation & questions
Title: Precise, Personalized and Preventative: Future research in exercise, metabolism, nutrition and health
2:00 – 4:00 pm

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67767866053?pwd=Y0NOZDN4Qmd1bXQwV3JOWWpjbEgxdz09
Meeting ID: 677 6786 6053
Passcode: 950786

Tuesday March 9Meet with faculty members (Open Session) – School of Kinesiology; Faculty Land and Food Systems
10:00 – 11:30am

Join Zoom Meeting
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67574374888?pwd=TVFTUTE0d0Q2UEs1Wktack9RQWlEdz09
Meeting ID: 675 7437 4888
Passcode: 756111

 

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) Seminar

Topic: Adding more ecology to ecological niche models: life history, non-stationary habitat use, and trade-offs in climate change responses among fishes
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Asch, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
When: Friday, March 5, 11:00am
RSVP: https://oceans.ubc.ca/rsvp-iof-seminars/
More info.

 

CIFST Student Meet & Greet

Students are invite to a meet and greet hosted by the President of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST), Dr. Amy Proulx.

This is an informal event with some casual conversation around what students need and can expect from the CIFST. Share ideas and contribute to the discussion. 

Event Details:
Friday, March 19, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST
Registration Link: https://cifst.wildapricot.org/event-4196857

This meeting will be conducted by Zoom and is limited to student members only. Capacity is 100 so please pre-register. Registrations are not transferable.

 

Alliance Grants Option 2 Info Session

SPARC will host Jennifer Bean and Kristina Dixie from NSERC on March 11, from 12–1:15pm, who will deliver an information session on the Option 2 stream of the Alliance grant, NSERC’s flagship research partnerships program. The session will review in depth the Option 2 additional criteria (Societal Impact, Making Connections, Broad Outcomes) vis-à-vis applied examples of successful vs unsuccessful approaches, as well as the Option 2 review process.

The session will be held online and is available to all interested participants at both campuses. To register, please visit the announcement page here.

 

Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) Webinar

Date: Thursday, March 11, 9:00am (PT)
Title: Medical Nutrition Therapy in the 2020 Canadian Obesity Guidelines
Speakers: John Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto; Jennifer Brown, MSc, RD, CBE – The Ottawa Hospital Bariatric Centre of Excellence
Register here.

Dr. John Sievenpiper and Jennifer Brown will be taking a deeper look into the 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and provide a review of the Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) evidence, recommendations, and clinical pearls to apply into practice. 

It has been 15 years since the last adult obesity CPGs were published in Canada. Since then, there have been immense changes in evidence in the field of clinical obesity, specifically regarding nutrition recommendations. The 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity CPGs recommend a shift in the understanding of obesity that advocates for providers, researchers, policy makers and public messaging to move away from an ‘eat-less, move-more’ mentality. 

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