Catherine Chan, PhD "Using ‘omics’ to understand the physiology of nutritional treatments for diabetes" Date: Thursday, March 21 Location: Lecture Theatre A, AVC Time: 1:30 pm Dr. Chan is professor in human nutrition (Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences) and physiology (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry), University of Alberta and is a member of the Alberta Diabetes Institute. She is also the director of the Division of Human Nutrition. Dr. Chan’s research is at the intersection of nutrition, physiology and behaviour. She is the leader of the Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta team, an interdisciplinary effort to improve health outcomes in type 2 diabetes by developing, implementing, and evaluating nutrition and physical activity interventions that can be applied in clinical and community settings. She also conducts laboratory-based research on insulin, its secretion and action with a current focus on nutritional modulators of these endpoints. Her work is funded by CIHR, Dairy Farmers of Canada, Alberta Innovates BioSolutions, the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency and the Alberta Diabetes Institute.