Sarah Purcell is an Assistant Professor and Tier II Canada Research Chair within the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and UBC Okanagan Department of Biology. She is also an Investigator with the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management based at UBC Okanagan. Dr. Purcell completed a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and MSc in Clinical Nutrition at Florida State University followed by a PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Alberta. Dr. Purcell’s research aims to improve our understanding of the factors that impact human energy balance (i.e., the food we eat and the energy we burn) to ultimately improve nutrition recommendations and interventions for people with chronic disease.
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