South Africa

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Principals:

Sunny Tsai
Qinghua Yang

Synopsis:

Dr. Sunny Tsai and Qinghua Yang will collaborate with faculty and graduate students at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. They will conduct research on the ground to create a pilot campaign that will address issues around malnutrition, diabetes, and particularly obesity in the local township community. The goal is to create accessible and sustainable community-based interventions to counter rising obesity rates and other related diseases.