Lisa Wood (masanin kimiyya)

Lisa Wood (masanin kimiyya)
Rayuwa
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Newcastle (en) Doctor of Philosophy (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	researcher (en)
Employers	University of Newcastle (en)  (1 ga Janairu, 2017 -

Lisa Wood masanin kimiyyar abinci mai gina jiki ne kuma masanin kimiyya da aka sani da bincikenta kan alaƙar da ke tsakanin abinci, kumburi, da cututtukan numfashi kamar asma. Ita ce Mataimakin Mataimakin Shugaban Kwalejin Lafiya, Magunguna da Lafiya a Jami'ar Newcastle, Ostiraliya, kuma tana aiki a matsayin jagorar taken abinci mai gina jiki a Shirin Lafiya na rigakafi a Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Hunter (HRMI). Ayyukan Wood sun nuna yadda abubuwan abinci zasu iya rinjayar kumburi na huhu kuma sun sanar da jagororin asibiti a kula da asma. Ita ce tsohuwar Shugabar Kungiyar Abinci ta Ostiraliya kuma ta sami kyaututtuka da yawa saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga kimiyyar kiwon lafiya.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

Wood ta kammala digiri na farko na Kimiyya tare da girmamawa a Jami'ar Sydney, inda aka ba ta lambar yabo ta Jami'ar a shekarar 1991. Bayan ta yi aiki na shekaru shida a masana'antar abinci tare da MasterFoods Australia, ta bi bincike na digiri. Ta sami digirinta na PhD a fannin abinci mai gina jiki da abinci mai gina nama daga Jami'ar Newcastle a shekara ta 2001, tare da rubutun da ke nazarin alaƙar da ke tsakanin Antioxidants da damuwa a cikin marasa lafiya na Cystic fibrosis. Wannan binciken digiri ya nuna farkon mayar da hankali kan yadda abubuwan gina jiki ke shafar lafiyar numfashi.

Ayyuka

Bayan ta PhD, Wood ta gudanar da bincike na postdoctoral a fannin maganin numfashi a Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Hunter daga 2002 zuwa 2006. A wannan lokacin, ta bincika yadda kayan abinci, kamar Antioxidants, zasu iya daidaita kumburi a cikin cututtukan iska kamar asma. A shekara ta 2007, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Jami'ar Newcastle ta Gladys M. Brawn Career Development Fellowship don fadada aikinta a kan matsayin kitse na abinci da kiba a matsayin masu gabatar da kumburi na iska.

Bincike da tasiri

Binciken Wood ya shafi yadda abinci mai gina jiki da abinci mai gina gina jiki zasu iya shafar cututtukan iska da kumburi. Da farko a cikin aikinta, ta yi nazarin matakan antioxidant a cikin marasa lafiya na Cystic fibrosis, ta sami alaƙa tsakanin matsayin abinci mai gina jiki da aikin huhu. Yawancin ayyukanta sun mayar da hankali kan asma: ta nuna cewa halaye na abinci na iya rinjayar sarrafa asma da kumburi na iska kai tsaye. A cikin wani gwaji na asibiti, Wood da abokan aiki sun nuna cewa marasa lafiya na asma waɗanda suka cinye babban abinci na 'ya'yan itace da kayan lambu suna da ƙarancin ƙarancin asma (harin) a cikin watanni uku idan aka kwatanta da waɗanda ke da ƙananan 'ya'ya da kayan lambobi. Binciken Wood ya kuma bincika tasirin kiba a kan asma; ta kasance daga cikin na farko da ya bayyana karuwar kumburi a cikin hanyoyin iska na masu kiba na asma, kuma ta nuna cewa asarar nauyi a cikin masu kiba na iya haifar da ingantaccen kula da asma da aikin huhu. Wani bangare na aikinta ya haɗa da fiber na abinci: tawagarta ta bincika yadda yisti mai narkewa a cikin hanji ke samar da gajeren sinadarin mai wanda ke da tasirin rigakafin kumburi, kuma binciken matukin jirgi ya nuna cewa karuwar cin fiber na abinci na iya inganta alamun asma da kumburi na iska.