Elaine Lai, Senior Lecturer in Biology at Brandeis University, will be teaching a Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) this summer titled Food, Lifestyle, and Health. The class runs from 6/1/2015 to 7/24/2015. The student receives 12 credits upon successful completion of the course. Food, Lifestyle, and Health will provide an immersive academic experience by combining academic training in the classroom with experiential learning in food labs.
The focus of this course will be to explore the link between food and health, specifically focusing on the factors that have lead to our national diabetes epidemic. Some of the issues studied will be the link between poverty and diabetes and diabetes and other chronic health conditions.
Applications for the Justice Brandeis Semester open on February 13, 2015. The application deadline is March 16, 2015.
