RESEARCH

Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Lausanne

• Population study of obesity and its socioeconomic determinants in African countries,
• Mobile technology for monitoring and prevention of obesity and non communicable diseases.

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ETH Zurich

• Study the impact of menu nutrition labeling on client’s food choices in restaurant setting,

• The role of labeling format on its effectiveness on clients food choices,

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Ecole Hôtelière Lausanne

Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Lausanne, Switzerland

• Opportunities and barriers of menu labeling from restaurant operators’ perspective.

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McGill University, McDonald Campus

Graduate Research Fellow,Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Montreal, Canada

• Conduct human trial testing antioxidative effects of dietary supplementation of kefir

• Develop a cell culture technique to test the anti-tumor properties of kefir

• Identify, extract and patent the active ingredients in kefir with antioxidative properties

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Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital

Graduate Research Fellow, Clinical Pathology / Nutrition, Boston USA

•  Conduct in vivo studies to compare alcohol induced liver damage on male and female rats.

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Institut National des Sciences Appliqués, (INSA)

Graduate Research Fellow, Biochemical Engineering/ Food Science, Toulouse, France

• Develop a technique for optimizing esterification of butter fat for improved health benefit.

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