The event focused on diabetes prevention and nutrition education, with the help of developed recipes by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).
Encouraged by his 黑料不打烊 mentor Alexis Moore, assistant professor of physician assistant studies, Enosh Ishman G鈥26 offered an educational presentation on Nov. 11 to folks of the Alamance County community on diabetes awareness.
鈥淒r. Moore shared that she was working with the Dream Center and wanted to host the event, and she asked if I鈥檇 be interested in leading it,鈥 Ishman explained. 鈥淣utrition education and community advocacy are both things I鈥檓 deeply passionate about.鈥
To prepare for the presentation, Ishman read over research papers and broke down the science of diabetes prevention and nutrition to present to attendees. He gathered a team of fellow 黑料不打烊 PA students to assign different roles, including a student interpreter who translated the presentation for non-English speakers at the event.
鈥淗ad it been 10 of the same students from the same city and culture, I don鈥檛 think the impact would have been the same,鈥 Ishman said. 鈥淥ur diversity, with students who are African American, Hispanic, and international backgrounds, allowed us to come together and answer questions not only from an academic perspective, but a cultural perspective as well.鈥
The students cooked recipes developed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a national nonprofit organization of physicians and health professionals dedicated to preventive medicine and clinical nutrition research. The team split up into groups to cook different plant-based meals to present and discuss their nutrients and benefits.
鈥満诹喜淮蜢 and our professors consistently emphasize the epidemiology and pathology behind conditions like diabetes,鈥 Ishman said. 鈥淲e have the knowledge and skill set to explain what鈥檚 happening, and more importantly, how to prevent disease upstream before patients require medication or long-term management of chronic disease.鈥