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Overview

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread human suffering. The research hub includes various activities related to the development of strategies for management of health and disease. Emphasis will be given to the topics like development of health policies for developing countries, biotechnological revolution in the current century, research on vaccine development, etc.

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Queen Mary University, London, England EC1M 6BE, United Kingdom

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Objectives

The aims of this research group relate to the development of strategies for management of health and disease. Emphasis will be given to the topics like development of health policies particularly for developing countries, biotechnological revolution in the current century, research on vaccine development, etc. The group will also focus on food science, nutrition and public health. Topics covered include: impact of nutritional science on food product development; nutritional implications of food processing; food safety, hygiene and control; bioavailability of nutrients; nutritional quality of novel foods; food-nutrient interactions; use of biotechnology in food science/nutrition; food acceptability and dietary selection; nutritional and physiological aspects of food; dietary requirements and nutritive value of food; nutritional epidemiology studies relating nutrition to health or disease risk; evaluation of effectiveness of intervention studies aimed at improving health; role of nutrition in high risk and vulnerable groups; development of research methods, validation of measures, calibration; population based research related to primary prevention of illness; nutritional biochemistry and metabolism; nutrient requirements in health and disease; digestion and absorption of foods; nutritional anthropology and epidemiology; the influence of socioeconomic, cultural and political factors on nutrition of the individual and the community; the impact of nutrient intake on disease response, work performance and behaviour; the consequences of nutritional deficiency on growth and development, endocrines, nervous system and immunity; food intolerance and allergy; nutrient drug interactions; nutrition and aging; nutrition and cancer; obesity; intervention programs; Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT); Scope/ Standards of dietetics practice; Quality managment in nutrition & dietetics practice; Nutrition care process; code of ethics for the profession of dietetics; nutrition & dietetics services and practice; nutrition informatics.

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  • Health
  • Biomedicine
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  • Biomedicine
  • Nursing
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  • Health
  • Biomedicine
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biostatistics
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  • Life Sciences
  • Pharmacology
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  • Pharmacy
  • Human Nutrition
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Convenors
Prof. Allam Ahmed (President WASD) UK
Universities
Gulf Medical University (UAE)
Harvard University (USA)
Hawassa University (Ethiopia)
Iran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Johns Hopkins University (USA)
King Khalid University (KSA)
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSA)
Maflekumen Higher Institute Of Health Sciences (Cameroon)
National University (Sudan)
Northern Border University (KSA)
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (KSA)
Qassim University (KSA)
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Sudan International University (Sudan)
University of Hafr Al Batin (KSA)
University of Health and Allied Sciences (Ghana)
University of Tabuk (KSA)
National Coordinators
Janet Snow (International Coordinator WASD) UK
Researchers
Prof. Farida Fortune (Queen Mary University of London) UK
Prof. Dick Heller (University of Manchester) UK
Prof. Bakri Saeed (Sudan International University) Sudan
Dr. Saifeldin Siddeeg (King Khalid University) KSA
Dr. Ayesha Al Dhaheri (University of United Arab Emirates) UAE
Dr. Ali Elbireer (Imperial College London) UK
Dr. Abdulaziz Al Twaim (King Saud Bin Abdualziz University for Health Sciences) KSA
Dr. Abdelhaleem Bella (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Bahrain
Dr. Abdel Lubbad (Islamic University of Gaza) Palestine
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