Welcome Class of 2030!
The Culinary Medicine Interest Group seeks to enhance understanding and practical use of healthy, nutritious foods among future medical professionals, patients, and community members. Our goal is to empower individuals to make well-informed and sustainable dietary choices through education in the culinary arts and hands-on, interactive experiences.
The Culinary Medicine Interest Group hopes to bring together students interested in the intersection of food, nutrition, and health. Through lunch talks, farmers market demonstrations, and interactive events with guest speakers and chefs, we aim to promote practical nutrition skills and highlight food as a powerful tool in disease prevention. We hope to help future physicians explore the concept of food as medicine so they can meaningfully guide their future patients toward healthier lifestyles.
Dr. KeriLyn Bollmann klbollmann@arizona.edu
Cooking Demos at Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market
Cardiology Academy Food Demonstration
"Culinary Medicine Crafts Healthy Alternatives for Diabetes Patients"
"Wesley Center Integrates Wellness into Patient Care"
Class of 2028:
Sarah Bedor, sarahbedor@arizona.edu
Janan Zeng, jzeng@arizona.edu
Class of 2025:
Nicholas Chartrand, nchartrand@arizona.edu
Lyndon Bui, lyndonbui@arizona.edu
Jennifer Li, jenniferli@arizona.edu
Chap-Kay Lau, cklau@arizona.edu
Class of 2024:
Catherine Ingbar, cingbar@email.arizona.edu
Sean Youn, sbsyoun@email.arizona.edu
Ruoyan Zhu, zhur@email.arizona.edu
Jessica Dong, jessicadong@email.arizona.edu
Class of 2023:
Sukriti Bagchi, sbagchi@email.arizona.edu
Leeann Qubain, leeannqubain@email.arizona.edu
Deborah Yang, dsyang@email.arizona.edu
Class of 2022:
Tyler Bien
Julie Tran
Class of 2021:
Gurman Dhaliwal
Manroop Kaur
Cornel Popescu
Class of 2020:
Sarah Javaherifar
Sarah Loh
Daniel Salevitz
Culinary Medicine Interest Group was founded in March 2017.