Michael Zulyniak

WHRI

Michael Zulyniak

PhD

Land and Food Systems, Human Health and Nutrition

Biography:
Dr. Michael Zulyniak is an Associate Professor in Human Health and Nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His research aims to untangle the biological, environmental, and cultural networks that underpin the disparity in disease risk during pregnancy in women from minority ethnic groups to inform improved prevention and treatment strategies. This is accomplished by harnessing the strength of research methods across nutrition, metabolism, genetics, epidemiology, and social sciences to systematically understand their intertwined relationship, effects on disease risk, and key points of mediation. Michael’s research program is highly cross-disciplinary by nature and includes collaborators in medicine, environmental sciences, toxicology, data sciences, public health, and molecular sciences. This multi-disciplinary and highly-collaborative program, has generated numerous formative publications, informed global public health guidelines (i.e., WHO), and attracted funding in Canada and the UK (i.e., CIHR, Hamilton Health Sciences, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Wellcome UK, and the UK Nutrition Society).

Research areas of interest:

diabetes, post-partum depression, nutrition, exercise, metabolites, genetics, big data, data science.

Research Themes:

Reproductive Infectious Diseases Maternal & Fetal Health Newborn Health Chronic Disease Genomics and Personalized Health

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