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Graduate student
University of British Columbia, Switzerland
Svilena is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, with a specialization in Nutritional Epidemiology. Her research interests lie in clinical nutrition, population health, non-communicable disease prevention, and diet modelling. She has a BSc in Human Biology and Nutrition from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in Nutrition from the University of British Columbia.
Publications:
Lazarova SV, Jessri M. Associations between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk in Canadian adults: a comparison of partial least squares, reduced rank regression and the simplified dietary pattern technique. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2022 May 2.
Lazarova SV, Sutherland JM, Jessri M. Adherence to emerging plant-based dietary patterns and its association with cardiovascular disease risk in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2022 Mar 10.
Pereira-Caro G, Almutairi TM, Crozier A, Ordoñez-Díaz JL, Moreno-Rojas JM, Ortiz-Somovilla V, Morillo-Santander G, Lazarova S, Malkova D, García AL. Acute effect of oat β-glucan on the bioavailability of orange juice flavanones. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2022 May 19;73(4):531-7.
Lazarova S, Morillo BG, Malkova D, Garcia AL. A pilot study on the acute effect of orange juice with oat β-glucan on blood glucose and insulin responses in healthy overweight humans. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2018 Jun;77(OCE2).