Land and Food Systems PhD student receives 2014 CIFST scholarship award

UBC PhD candidate (Food Science) Isabelle Lacroix has been awarded the 2014 Weston Graduate Award from the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST). Lacroix’s thesis topic is “Dietary Proteins as Precursors of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV – Allies to Complement Pharmacotherapy in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes.” Watch a video of her presenting a condensed version of her thesis in last year’s UBC 3-Minute Thesis competition here.