How Canada’s Front-of-Pack Policy Relates to Hospitalization
Canadian adults whose diets least align with Canada’s front-of-package “high in” nutrition symbol are more likely to spend time in hospital than those whose diets are most aligned, according to a new study.
Nutrition students compete to raise funds for global NGOs
UBC students teamed up with local non-profit Food for Famine Society to tackle global nutrition issues in a unique classroom challenge.
Michael Zulyniak
Affiliated Investigator, Healthy Starts, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute & Women’s Health Research Institute
Lindsay Goodridge
Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science with…Lindsay Goodridge, RD, MPH she/herPhD student in Human Nutrition What excites you about science? Science is exciting in so many ways. As a career, science offers endless possibilities and directions you could go. There are so many questions just waiting to be answered and I get […]
Classroom learning: Insights from teaching award recipient
Teaching Assistant Tony Yang talks about helping students learn new concepts, and what he took away from being in the classroom.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Nutrition and Healthy Aging
Assistant or Associate Professor in Nutrition and Healthy Aging Posted on February 3, 2023 The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time, tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor within the Food, Nutrition and Health […]
Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition
Assistant Professor in Human Nutrition Posted February 3, 2023 The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor within the Food, Nutrition and Health Program in the Human Nutrition group (https://lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/research/lfs-research-centres-groups/human-nutrition-group/). […]
Research Associate (Human Nutrition)
Research Associate (Human Nutrition) Posted on June 8, 2022 Dr. Tamara Cohen’s Nutrition and Eating Behaviour (NEB)-laboratory invites applications for a part time Research Associate (75%) with an anticipated start date of July 18, 2022. The position is located in the Food, Nutrition and Health Program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems (Vancouver […]
Sessional Lecturer – Human Nutrition
Sessional Lecturer – Human Nutrition Posted on April 11, 2022 Job Summary A Sessional Lecturer position is available with UBC’s Faculty of Land & Food Systems from January 1 – April 30, 2023. The candidate will be expected to teach FNH 473 Applied Public Health Nutrition (3 credits). This course involves classroom instruction and community-based […]
Is eating a mixed diet better for health and survival?
An analysis of 20 longitudinal studies looking at the link between dietary diversity and chronic disease impacts.