Public Health & Nutrition

Public Health

Topics of Research: Effects of vitamin deficiencies, eating attitudes, body image, pathogen detection and monitoring, neurological degeneration, infectious diseases, children’s health, women and health, qualitative research on perceptions or barriers to health-related issues.

Potential Clients and Partners: Schools, hospitals, clinics, ministries, policy makers

Key Research Projects: Impact of depression on Weight, CVD and Diabetes, along with Vitamin D link; Herbal medicine and diabetes; Obesity in Children and School Health; Epigenetic modulation of tumor suppressor genes and Nitric Oxide production by chemopreventive agents in human breast and cervical cancer cells; Role of inflammation and targeting it for therapeutic intervention; Knowledge and attitudes of female university students on HIV/AIDS; Perceptions of diabetes in people of different age groups, nationalities and educational backgrounds.

Nutrition

Topics of Research: Child Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, School Food Standards, Pediatrics, Diet, meal servings, Cardiovascular risk factors

Key Faculty: Dr. Dalia Haroun.

Potential Clients and Partners: UNICEF, schools, hospitals, clinics, ministries, policy makers, prevention specialists

Key Research Projects: The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome amongst adolescents in the UAE; Dietary habits among children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates; Effectiveness of a school-based Child Obesity Prevention Program; Dietary factors related to CVD in children (such as fatty liver disease, hypertension, dietary lipids); Emirati food culture.