Hassan VatanparastDr. Hassan Vatanparast is a Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology with a joint appointment in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition and the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. He teaches graduate and undergraduate couses such as Advances in Public Health Nutrition, Health Promotion, and Food, Culture, and Nutrition. Dr. Vatanparast also chairs the Public Health Nutrition Research Network, a group involved in building research capacity for public health nutritionists and addressing current nutrition and health issues in Saskatchewan. In his research, Dr. Vatanparast investigates the impact of nutrition and other lifestyle factors on chronic conditions such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and osteoporosis. He engages in a range of projects in the basic, clinical, and applied sciences, using new and innovative approaches to assess health and nutritional status and public health issues. Read More Read Less