April 24, 2018
We are excited to highlight our first doctoral student as a featured member, Monal Velangi! With her passion for learning and nutrition, Monal earned her Bachelors and Masters and is now pursuing her PhD (Home Science) in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics from the College of Home Science, Nirmala Niketan, University of Mumbai. Her research area involves vitamin D, functional food and bone health. Monal currently works as a dietitian at K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre and Somaiya Super Speciality Hospital as well as visiting faculty for the Sports Nutrition Masters Program Nirmala Niketan at University of Mumbai. She was declared as a runner up forthe Wimpfheimer Guggenheim Award International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics and Management and earned the AIND Professional Development Student Stipend Award. She believes holistic health is the new wealth. She enjoys adventures, traveling, hiking, dancing, listening to music and reading.
Who or what inspired you to become interested in integrative and functional nutrition?
My passion for nutrition and an aim to find ways natural ways to promote health and control diseases inspired me towards integrative and functional nutrition.
What area of practice do you plan to go into and how do you plan to secure a job that utilizes integrative and functional nutrition?
Dietary consultation to guide and help people in their health management using integrative and functional nutrition.
What education or training in integrative and functional nutrition have you completed or what education or training in integrative and functional nutrition do you plan to complete in the future?
Take up courses to stay updates on functional foods in disease management.
What advice would you give other students interested in learning more about integrative and functional nutrition?
This is a great field with growth opportunities, which helps you deal with people's health by using a conventional and novel functional foods and nutrients, a great non pharmacological approach.
Thank you for sharing with us, Monal!