I am a Senior Research Fellow and registered dietitian with several years clinical and lecturing experience.The overall aim of my research is to improve the health outcomes of women and their families, by investigating the long-term outcomes of early nutritional exposures. I am particularly interested in preconception and pregnancy health as a mechanism for improving nutrition across generations. I am interested in applying quantitative methods, evidence synthesis and health technology to support improvements in nutritional care.

I am lead for the Reproductive Health research group in the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

I am a Specialist Visiting Lecturer at the REALIFE research group, KU Leuven, Belgium.

• Chair, UK Preconception Partnership Early and Mid Career Researcher Network.
• PhD supervisor, Healthy Adaptation to Pregnancy, Postpartum and Parenthood (HAP3 EU) project.
• Research Officer for the Women's Health and Fertility Nutrition Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association
• Topic Advisor, NICE guideline committee on Maternal and Child Nutrition (2021-2025).

• British Dietetic Association: Founding committee member of Women's Health and Fertility Nutrition Specialist Group. Member of Obesity Specialist and Paediatric Specialist Groups.
• Health Care Professionals Council: Registered Dietitian.
• European Association for the Study of Obesity: Full Member.

Qualifications:

• PhD. Health Sciences: Nutrition and Food Allergy
• MSc. Human Nutrition
• BSc. (Hons.) Dietetics
• BSc. (Hons.) Sport Science and Health

Research interests:

• Preconception and pregnancy health in women with medical conditions
• Maternal and early life nutrition
• Reproductive health
• Lifecourse nutritional epidemiology

• APP758: Advanced concepts for research methodology and methods 

Supervisor for:

• ResM Applied Health Studies
• ADV715/ ADV716: MSc APP Paediatric Dietetics/Dietetics and MSc Human Nutrition