Biography
Sobia Khan is a registered dietitian and has been a professor at the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts for the past 8 years. She received her BSc, Honours Biology & Pharmacology, from McMaster University and her MSc from the University of Toronto, Department of Nutritional Sciences. Her graduate research, conducted at The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids), involved studying the growth and development of preterm infants from 10 neonatal intensive-care units across the GTA, relative to how they thrived on fortified human milk post-discharge.. She also served as research assistant in a series of hospital and university departments, including the Diabetes Clinic at Sick Kids, with the pharmacology division of Merck Frosst Canada, and has worked as a dietitian in the Diabetes Comprehensive Care Program at St. Michael’s Hospital.
She was also a principal investigator of an applied research study at GBC entitled “Community Nutrition Teaching Model Cultural-Specific Diabetes Education and Prevention”. This project was a collaboration with Research and Innovation at GBC, the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and various community health centres in the GTA. She has published and been acknowledged in several journal articles, such as Pediatrics, the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and the Canadian Journal of Diabetes. She is also a published author of a multicultural diabetes cookbook.
Academic Credentials
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biology and Pharmacology, McMaster University
Master of Science (MSc) Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Dietetic Internship (RD) The Hospital of Sick Children
Areas of Specialization
Food
Nutrition
Food Culture
Food and Nutrition Management
Food Services
Food Science
Areas of Expertise
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Food
Dietetics
Nutrition
Culture
Author
Researcher
Writer
Career Highlights
Researcher, Sylvie Toulmond, PhD, Central Pharmacology, Merck Frosst Canada
“Eating for Two” Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), LAMP Community Health Centre
Researcher, Deborah O’Connor RD PhD, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Program, SickKids
Dietitian, Risk Modification Centre, Toronto Healthy Diet Study, St. Michael’s Hospital, Cancer Care Ontario and University of Toronto
Dietitian, Diabetes Comprehensive Care Program (DCCP), St. Michael’s Hospital
Awards
Dietitians of Canada International Travel Award for Novice Researchers
Canadian Diabetes Association Regional Camp Award
Top 30 under 30 award Ontario Hostelry Institute for achievement in hospitality & foodservice
Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council College & Community Innovation Grant
University of Toronto Gordon Cressy Award for Achievement in Community Leadership
Dietitians of Canada Graduate Student Award