Webinar Series: 2020-2022
SOCIETY OF INDIAN ACADEMICS IN AMERICA (SIAA)
Presents a Webinar
on
"Food as Medicine Using Metabolomics"
Presenter: Dr. Srinivasa K. Rao,
New York-based Biomedical Scientist
New York
Date: May 08, 2022 (Sunday)
Denver Time: 8:30 AM
New York Time: 10:30AM
Indian Time: 8:00 PM
Presenter: Dr. Srinivasa Rao, Ph.D.
Dr. Srinivasa K. Rao is a New York-based biomedical scientist. He got his Ph.D. from the University of Paris, France, in 1988. He came to Columbia University for postdoctoral research and later became a faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. He
taught Cell, Molecular and Developmental biology as an adjunct faculty at the City University of New York. He worked in the vaccine industry, and his association with the vaccine industry gave him insights into children’s health and nutrition aspects.
He is introducing R&D-based major food products that can give better health like Rice with high Protein, Low Glycemic Index, Iron & Zinc rice, Wheat with High fiber, and Quinoa to the market. He did several courses related to food and nutrition from Stanford, Harvard, Colorado
universities of the USA, Wageningen University, Netherlands, to update his knowledge in this area. He delivered a nutrition lesson online and gained 26,000 plus views, for which India International Science Festival (IISF) 2020 received the Guinness Book of World Record.
Knowledge about food is an essential component of an Individual’s health. So, he developed charts, flashcards, puzzles, coloring book-related materials for 200 to 500 food items.
Further, he developed a game Foodpardy, (watch it from 20-45 minutes at this link – https://youtu.be/BJgO2CLl09I ). It’s a game like Jeopardy, played at IISF 2020. He’simplementing it in New York for seniors for whom knowledge about food to improve their health is critical.
He is attempting to integrate key metabolites of diseases database, Malacards, with the Human Metabolomics database and Food nutrient database to arrive at the food suggestions that can help attain and maintain a healthy state.
The webinar is free. The SIAA-members are welcome to invite their friends, and other interested people. However, for our records, each person needs to register. We are basically interested in participation by academics.
Please submit your Webinar Registration Form (Click here) to receive your webinar login credentials. Stay tuned for more information!
In US, the webinar will be hosted by Professor Rajasekhar Vangapaty, Secretary of SIAA. Please send an email to Ravindra Kulkarni, punekulk@gmail.com, indicating your interest in this webinar activity.
