March 26, 2010

vitamin D

Speakers:
Dr Barbara Boucher, Hon Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Catherine Hawrylowicz, Researcher in Immunomodulation, Kings College London
Dr Elina Hyponnen, Reader in Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL Institute of Child Health
Dr Adrian Martineau, Clinical Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London

The subject of vitamin D is a controversial one that has been clouded with loud voices concerned with the health impacts from not getting enough, versus a strong message against excessive exposure to sunlight. The SMC amassed some key experts to discuss what impact vitamin D has on the immune system, asthma, type 2 diabetes, tuberculosis and what the latest epidemiological studies show on who’s getting enough and who isn’t.