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 Interest Group aims to empower students 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 treat food as a measure to prevent chronic diseases.
Upcoming Events/Goals:
- Cooking classes for patients and students at Wesley Clinic
- Lunch talks and interactive events with guest speakers/chefs
- Influence on-campus food quality (i.e. Downtown Phoenix Wellness Market)
- Culinary Medicine educational elective / on-campus teaching kitchen
Check back for event dates!
Past Events:
Current Interest Group Leaders, Class of 2022:
Julie Tran Tyler Bien
julietran@email.arizona.edu tymbien@email.arizona.edu
Faculty Mentor:
History:
Farshad Fani Marvasti, MD, MPH
Director, Prevention, Public Health and Health Promotion
Assistant Professor of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
ffm@email.arizona.edu
Culinary Medicine Interest Group was founded in March 2017.
Previous Interest Group Leaders:
Class of 2021:
Gurman Dhaliwal, gdhaliwal@email.arizona.edu
Manroop Kaur, manroopkaur@email.arizona.edu
Cornel Popescu, corneliup@email.arizona.edu
Class of 2020:
Sarah Javaherifar, sjava@email.arizona.edu
Sarah Loh, sarahloh@email.arizona.edu
Daniel Salevitz, dsalevitz@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