Culinary Medicine Interest Group
Mission:
To improve the understanding and utilization of healthy, nutritious foods among future medical professionals, patients, and community members.
The Culinary Medicine Interest Group aims to engage in service-learning activities to empower students and community members to make smart choices about their diet through education in the culinary arts. Students will become authorities on healthy cooking through hands-on instruction, which will encourage them to prescribe food as medicine and effectively teach their patients to use food as a measure to prevent and treat chronic diseases.
Upcoming Events/Goals:
Girlscouts go to Medical School Event
Cooking classes for patients and students at Wesley Clinic
Lunch talks and interactive events with guest speakers/chefs
Influence on-campus food quality
Culinary Medicine educational elective / on-campus teaching kitchen
Check back for event dates!
Past Events:
Cooking Demos at Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market
Cardiology Academy Food Demonstration
Current Interest Group Leaders, Class of 2027:
Jacqueline Kunesh
Anika Porwal
Andrew Atkinson
Faculty Mentor:
Farshad Fani Marvasti, MD, MPH
Director, Prevention, Public Health and Health Promotion
Assistant Professor of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
ffm@email.arizona.edu
In The News:
"Culinary Medicine Crafts Healthy Alternatives for Diabetes Patients"
"Wesley Center Integrates Wellness into Patient Care"
http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/about/news/wesley-center-integrates-wellness-patient-care
History:
Culinary Medicine Interest Group was founded in March 2017.
Previous Interest Group Leaders:
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