Alyssa Milano
BSc GDCE

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Research interests: nutrition epidemiology, chronic diseases, dietary patterns, social and ecological determinants of health

Education:
MSc Student, Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo (2022- )

Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University (2020-2022)

BSc with a specialist in Physical and Biological Anthropology,  major in Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies and minor in Sociology, University of Toronto (2014-2019)

Publication:

• Milano A, Kabbaha S, Thorlund K. Effects of the Mediterranean diet versus low-fat diet on metabolic syndrome outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Human Nutrition & Metabolism. 2022:200175.
  

Recognitions:

• 2022-2023: University of Waterloo Graduate Experience Award
• 2022:  Implementing Smart Cities Interventions to Build Healthy Cities (SMART) Training Platform Stipend (funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Science and Engineering Research Council, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)