Background

Before starting my doctoral studies I worked in the fields of public health and nutrition in NHS, research and charity settings.

As a Research Assistant at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London, I worked on an exploratory trial of a motivational interviewing intervention (SWITCH) for overweight and obese adolescents.
In my work as a Public Health Strategist at Islington Primary Care Trust, I helped to plan public health services aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in the local area, through the Islington Healthy Children's Centre Programme.
As a Nutrition Scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, I helped to develop resources based around the Eatwell Plate, designed a training course Catering for Health, compiled a quarterly evidence review and worked on an EU-funded project on communicating Bioeconomy research (CommNet)
In my work as a Community Nutritionist at NHS Redbridge, I delivered an Early Years Nutrition Service aimed at preventing obesity in early childhood, and the MEND weight management programme for overweight and obese children and adolscents and their families.

Education