Dr Silvia Pastorino
MSc PhD
Research Fellow
Sustainability, Nutrition and Health
LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
I gained an MSc in Public Health Nutrition at LSHTM and a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from UCL focusing on dietary patterns, anthropometric outcomes and diabetes. Following my PhD, I have worked at the MRC Epidemiology Unit where I was coordinating international cross cohort collaborations investigating the link between health behaviours, obesity and diabetes. I have also worked at UCL Unit for Behavioural Science where I coordinated the data collection for the Gemini study – a twin cohort study on eating behaviour. I joined the School in 2020 working in nutrition, sustainability and health.
Affiliations
Teaching
I teach in the module Nutrition Related Chronic Disease.
Research
My research has focused on the association between diet and metabolic and chronic diseases. I have an interest in methodologies for collecting and analysing dietary data across the life course. More recently my research focus has shifted towards ways to achieve sustainable diets and their impact on health and the environment. I work within the Nutrition Group in the Department of Population Health. I currently work on the AMPHoRA project investigating the impact of dietary changes on agriculture-related air pollution in the UK.