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SUMMARY:Health Together - Women's health and health promotion in a marginalized community in Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:Please join Health Together… for a webinar by Prof. Jane Zhao. The webinar is open to all and free of charge. We host webinars every two months. All welcome!\n\n\nLearning Objectives from Webinar:\n\n\nLearn more current evidence on the sex-disparity in cardiovascular health.\nLearn the experience of conducting health promotion activities in a marginalized community in Hong Kong\n\nMeet Prof. Jane Zhao \nProf. Jane Zhao is an Assistant Professor at School of Public Health\, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine\, The University of Hong Kong. Prof. Zhao has been focusing on the potential causes and modifiable drivers of chronic diseases\, mainly cardiovascular disease\, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. In her research\, she utilized interdisciplinary approach incorporating epidemiology\, genetics\, nutrition and clinical trials\, to assess the role of modifiable targets\, such as dietary factors and medications\, on chronic diseases. These dedicated efforts generated fruitful research outputs\, with 80 publications in prestigious international journals such as the British Medical Journal (BMJ)\, European Heart Journal (EHJ)\, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)\, BMC Medicine\, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)\, Diabetologia\, Drugs\, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition\, 55 of these as the first author and/or corresponding author. Prof. Zhao was awarded the HKU Research Output Prize\, and Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award\, as well as the prestigious Takemi Fellowship at Harvard University. Considering the differences by settings\, Prof. Zhao is dedicated to finding locally relevant evidence\, as well as prevention and treatment strategies. As Principal Investigator (PI)\, in collaboration with Elderly Health Service Centers in Hong Kong\, Prof. Zhao coordinated the Elderly Biobank\, an elderly biobank built based on a large elderly cohort across all 18 districts in Hong Kong. As a leader\, she got funded to establish the Collaboration Hub on healthy aging\, to promote data sharing and lead collaborative work. \nAttend here! 
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/health-together-womens-health-and-health-promotion-in-a-marginalized-community-in-hong-kong/
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