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Garry Shen

MD PhD

  • Accepting Students: Yes
  • Research Category: Population Health

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Current Positions

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

Medicine, Shanghai Second Medical College
MSc, Hypertension, Shanghai Second Medical University
MD, Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
PhD, Cardiovascular disease, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Research Focus

- My research focuses on the mechanism and nutritional intervention of diabetic cardiovascular complications and the prevention of gestational diabetes in First Nations rural and remote communities.
- GDM, breastfeeding

Research Interests

- Prenatal education on maternal and childhood diabetes in Indigenous communities
- Gut and milk microbiota
- Functional foods to prevent type 2 diabetes