Albanian Kozeta Miliku has scored another achievement in her academic career in Canada, being appointed to the position of Canada’s Head of Research Level 2 in the field of Food and Health of Children and Youth at the University of Toronto.
According to the official announcement of the University of Toronto, published on November 12th, Milcus is among the scholars appointed at the new Research Cathedrals in Canada. For this position, her research will be supported by $500,000 Canadians over the next five years, writes Telegrafi.
Milik is an assistant professor at the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Toronto School of Themerty Medicine. Through her research work, she studies the impact of feeding children and its connection to the risk of showing chronic diseases.
Its research includes different periods of life, ranging from the parent’s diet before conception with special attention to fathers to puberty and adolescence. These stages are the focus of her studies on how feeding affects child growth and health.
It also serves as a clinical science officer at the CHILD Cohort Study and runs the cardiometic research programme. Through this long – term study of children in adulthood, Milec examines the links between feeding, development, and various health problems.
Among the areas that she has discussed in her research is the impact of ultra processed food on the physical and mental health of children. In another study, she and her colleagues have examined the link between the consumption of milk in early childhood and the risk of overweight in later years.
The academic journey was started in Albania, where in 2013 he completed medical studies at the University of Medicine in Tirana. In 2017 she continued her studies of doctorate in clinical epidemiology at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Holland.
Then he moved to Canada, where he conducted postdoctoral training at the University of Manitoba and later at McMister University. During this period, she focused on researching the impact of feeding and genetics on developing chronic diseases in children.
The new appointment at the University of Toronto marks another step in its research career, which began in Albania and continued in the Netherlands, Canada, where Milik is already contributing to studies on the health of children and young people./Telegraphy/