Nutrition Group

Overview

The Nutrition Group in NPHIR forms the core of nutrition research at LSHTM. The Group contains several internationally renowned researchers who conduct high-quality research and teach on the MSc Nutrition for Global Health. The Nutrition Group benefits from world-class collaborators within LSHTM in epidemiology, statistics, infectious disease and public health, and has many joint research projects with leading national and international nutrition researchers.

Mission

To contribute to addressing the major nutrition and food related problems that affect human development at a national and global level by producing high-quality scientific evidence and providing world-class opportunities for postgraduate training.

Priority research areas

1. Under-nutrition and adverse outcomes in children
2. Nutrition, immunity and infection
3. Nutritional genetics
4. Nutrition-related chronic diseases
5. Agriculture and health

Principal research staff

• Dr. Sharon Cox
• Dr. Alan Dangour
• Ms. Paula Dominguez Salas
• Dr. Elaine Ferguson
• Professor Suzanne Filteau
• Dr. Tony Fulford
• Sophie Hawkesworth
• Dr. Branwen Hennig
• Professor Ann Hill 
• Professor Betty Kirkwood
• Dr. Sophie Moore
• Professor Andrew Prentice
• Ms. Claire Schofield
• Professor Ricardo Uauy
• Dr. Hans Verhoef
  

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