The Nutrition and Food Network is proud to invite Professor Helen Roche from UCD and Dr Kevin Woollard from Imperial College to discuss the effect of inflammation and metabolism on nutrition.
Professor Roche is the Associate Professor of Nutrigenomics based at the Conway Institute, UCD in Ireland within the Food & Health Theme. She established the first Nutrigenomics research group in Ireland, at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at TCD.
Dr Kevin Woollard is the group leader in the Renal and Vascular Inflammation Section, Department of Medicine at Imperial College. His interests are in understanding monocyte biology during vascular inflammation, particularly their contribution to cardiovascular and kidney disease.
The seminar is chaired by Professor Gary Frost (Chair in Nutrition and Dietetics).
Light refreshments will be provided prior to the seminar with an opportunity to meet the speakers.
Everyone welcome
Schedule
12:00 – Welcome Lunch
12:30 – Welcome from Gary Frost
12:35 – Professor Helen Roche on ‘Nutritional modulation of metabolic-inflammation’, followed by Q&A
1:30 – Dr Kevin Woollard on ‘Lipids and lipaemia can modulate monocyte activity’, followed by Q&A