Ms Paula Dominguez-Salas BSc MSc

Research Fellow of Public Health Nutrition

Paula joined the MRC International Nutrition Group at LSHTM in 2009 as staff PhD, and has been based in the ING Nutrition Programme in The Gambia for 2 years. She holds an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the LSHTM (2006) and two BSc, in Veterinary Sciences and in Food Science and Technology (1998 and 2001). Her background is in food safety and nutrition in developing countries.

Affiliation

Teaching

Paula is heavily involved in the  MSc in Public Health Nutrition. She is personal tutor on the course and co-organises the module on 'Maternal and Child Nutrition' as well as teaching in Fundamentals of Public Health Nutrition and Nutrition in Emergencies.

 

Research

Her current research interest is in the early life nutritional determinants of health, particularly how they affect epigenetic outcomes. She is coordinating the fieldwork in The Gambia of the Welcome Trust funded Project: "Epigenesis in humans: Can maternal methyl-donor deficient diets induce epigenetic alterations in their offspring?". This project is fruit of a collaboration between the MRC ING (LSHTM and The Gambia); MRC HNR Cambridge, University of British Colombia, Canada (S.Innis), University of North Caroline, USA (S.Zeisel); USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center, USA (R.Waterland).

Research areas

  • Micronutrients

Disciplines

  • Genetic epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Nutrition

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Chronic disease
  • Malnutrition

Other interests

  • Epigenetics
  • Gambia
  • MARCH
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