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Michael Zulyniak

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PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

Dr. Michael Zulyniak is an Associate Professor in Human Health and Nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. His research aims to untangle the biological, environmental, and cultural networks that underpin the disparity in metabolic health in pregnancy across ethnic groups and inform improved prevention and treatment strategies to improve maternal and offspring health outcomes. This is accomplished by harnessing the strength of research methods across nutrition, metabolism, genetics, epidemiology, and social sciences to systematically understand their intertwined relationship, effects on disease risk, and key points of mediation. Michael’s research program is cross-disciplinary by nature and includes collaborators in medicine, environmental sciences, toxicology, data sciences, public health, and molecular sciences.

Academic Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, , Department of Food, Nutrition, and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Clinical and Community Data, Analytics and Informatics; Origins of Child Health and Disease; Pathways to Healthy Birth

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Room 248 2205 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T1Z4

michael.zulyniak@ubc.ca

Faculty of Land and Food Systems Website

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Principle Investigator. Omics Integration of Pregnancy Trajectories (OMNI-PREG). Funding Source: UBC (Land and Food Systems)

Principle Investigator. Omics data as predictor of Child Growth Trajectory. Funding Source: Dekaban Foundation

Principle Investigator. GenetiC and Lifestyle DeterminAnts of Newborn BiRthweight and AdIposiTY (CLARITY). Funding Source: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK)

Principle Investigator. Early maternal predictors of infant birth weight and adult cardiometabolic risk in South Asians. Funding Source: Wellcome UK

Co-Investigator. A culturally-tailored personalizeD nutrition intErvention in South Asian women at risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: a randomized trial (DESI-GDM). Funding Source: Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)

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