Lifestyle behaviours for management of multiple sclerosis
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Dr
Nupur Nag
Project Details
REAL MS Wellness & Diet survey is an ongoing study conducted by Accelerated Cure for MS, that captures clincial, lifestyle, and health outcome data from an international population of people with MS. The overall aim is to understand how health and well-being for people with MS are affected by various diet and wellness practices.
Using this dataset, we showed associations between lifestyle behaviours and quality of life differ based on MS phenotype (Nag et al 2021). In a second study, we assess whether associaitions differ by MS duration. Understanding differences based on disease course may inform personalised strategies and timing of implementation for optimal health outcomes.
Masters research projects available to assess prospective associations between lifestyle behaviours and health outcomes in people with MS, with aim to add to evidence of lifetyle medicine for secondary prevention in MS.
Researchers
Dr Nupur Nag, Principal Investigator
Ms Maggie Yu, Research Assistant
Dr Steve Simpson-Yap, Senior Epidemiologist
Collaborators
Ms Hollie Schmidt, VP of Scientific Operations, Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis
Research Opportunities
This research project is available to Honours students to join as part of their thesis.
Please contact the Research Group Leader to discuss your options.
Research Outcomes
iConquerMS Research Projects:
Wellness and Diet, MS characteristics, and health outcomes. iconquerms.org/research-projects
Public oral presentation:
Chat with Chat - interview with Dr Nupur Nag, November 2022. https://youtu.be/GL0sz29etkI
Research Publications
Nag N, Yu M, Jelinek G, Simpson-Yap S, Neate S, Schmidt H.K. Associations between Lifestyle Behaviors and Quality of Life Differ Based on Multiple Sclerosis Phenotype. J. Pers. Med. 2021, 11, 1218.