The Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, South Korea, Inkyeom Kim, (Prof), has cautioned women, especially mothers, against the consumption of foods that contain high fructose, as such foods are can cause a multigenerational inheritance of cardiometabolic syndrome.
The Korean don explained that the cardio-metabolic syndrome carries a two-fold increase rate of developing stroke and heart diseases, pointing out that the maternal exposure to high fructose increases blood glucose and blood pressure in offspring’s.
Kim, who gave the warning on Tuesday while delivering a lecture entitled “Multigenerational Inheritance of Cardio-metabolic Syndrome after Maternal Exposure of High Fructose” at the Symposium on “Epigenetics and Cardio-metabolic Syndrome” organised by the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, added that the maternal exposure to high fructose causes gender-dependant developments of cardio-metabolic syndrome and multigenerational inheritance of cardio-metabolic syndrome.
The guest speaker, however, advised mothers to imbibe interventions such as involvement in calorie nutrition and the intake of citrus juice which is good for stopping multigenerational invasion.
In his presentation, the second Guest Speaker, Mayowa Owolabi (Prof), from College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, stressed the need to obtain research funding to do cutting-edge researches.
Speaking on “NIH grantsmanship in Nigeria: Succeeding Despite the Obstacles”, Owolabi, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Director for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, stated, “Grantsmanship is extremely key to make ground breaking discoveries and you need to have great ideas to attract grants so that you can do good research and create more knowledge”.
Owolabi, said that to craft a grant, researchers should thoroughly digest the call for applications, identify a compelling need for their research, develop compelling research questions and clear objectives of their research in a way that resonate with the mindset of the funders.
Other tips given to participants to craft a grant include the need to show evidence of collaboration, display track record of leadership, expertise and productivity, assemble a suitable multidisciplinary team to accomplish the objectives synergistically and to be innovative in the presentation.
Owolabi described the structure of a grant application, components and steps on how to carry out the application. He advised researchers to always have access to the Internet to get online resources, do an internal review before submission and be persistent, courageous and have Providence.
Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, commended the College of Health Sciences for organising a thought-provoking symposium, imploring them to continue to maintain the commendable standard they have set up over the years.
Abdulkareem urged the College management to make the best of their students and prayed for smooth running of the institution so that the wheel of the University will continue to move forward.
Earlier in his opening remarks Olanrewaju Adedoyinthe Provost of the College of Health Sciences appreciated the Vice-Chancellor for his presence at the Symposium and his numerous supports towards the College which is seen in his approval of an 11,000 metre dump in addition to the 5500 metre dump, and the approval of internet facility for the Provost’s Block, among others.
The Provost thanked Mukahil Buhari, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovations), who he described as “one of the College’s significant export to the larger University”, for his utmost support to the College.
SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin
