Member Associations - Bulgaria
Bulgarian Association for the Study of Obesity and Related Diseases (BASORD)
President: Prof Svetoslav Handjiev
Address: Department of Nutrition
Dietetics and Metabolic Diseases
1 Kroucha Planina Street
1233 Sofia
Bulgaria
Tel: +35 92 319 254
Fax: +35 92 981 5331
Email: svhandjiev@gmail.com
Nutrigenomics Center Varna
The Nutrigenomics Center Varna (www.nutrigenomics-bg.com) is a newly founded facility by Grant #DRI-10 of the Bulgarian National Science Fund and the Ministry of Education and Science, with expertise in the fields of health, nutrition and environmental protection. The results of its research, monitoring, modelling and risk assessment work are used to underpin policy-making on public health, food, safety and environment.
The Nutrigenomics Centre, one of the research units within the Medical University Varna and with a staff of over 30 researchers in the fields of nutrition, endocrinology, genetics, cell biology, neuroscience, pediatric gastroenterology, chemistry, biochemistry, and public health, supports the governmental policy concerning nutrition and health through applied research. Assessment of dietary intake of the Bulgarian population is one of the basic activities.
More information can be found on the website www.nutrigenomics-bg.com or by contacting:
Assoc. Prof. Diana Ivanova, PhD
Head, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics with Laboratory of Nutrigenomics
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
55 Marin Drinov Street
9002 Varna, BULGARIA
Phone: +359 52 677075
Fax: : +359 52 650 019
e-mail: dg_ivanova@yahoo.com
