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Saman Khalatbari Soltani is a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research (CEPAR) and Faculty of Medicine School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. She holds a Ph.D. in Life Sciences (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Public Health (Swiss School of Public Health), and a Master in Nutritional Science (University Putra Malaysia). During a one year Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, she trained in Nutritional Epidemiology. Her current research encompasses the areas of social determinants of successful ageing, social inequalities and health, and role of behavioural, psychological, and biological factors in the genesis of social disparities in health at older ages. Prior to joining the CEPAR, her projects mainly focused on the link between diet and chronic diseases, undernutrition, and drivers and barriers to healthy eating. |