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Section of Public Health Nutrition, Dietetics and Micronutrients
Learn more about our public health and food security research.
Public Health
The Public Health arm of the Section includes work on:
- Analysis of nutrition survey data in relation to outcomes
- Iodine deficiency in pregnant women in the UK and the effect on cognitive development in their children
- Effects of selenium status on human health.
Food Security
This arm includes research on:
- The effect of cell wall polysaccharides on nutrient digestibility; this is relevant to the impact of consumption of plant foods on the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic disease
- Antimicrobial resistance and the antimicrobial efficacy of lactic acid bacteria against Campylobacter
- The feasibility of using lactic acid bacteria as a treatment/vaccine in wildlife against bovine tuberculosis.
Sport and Exercise Science
Research interests:
- Exercise interventions for type-2 diabetes, ageing and prostate cancer
- Exercise, vascular function and chemodynamics
- Effects of exercise and ageing on musculoskeletal health.
Meet the team
Section lead
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Professor Margaret Rayman
Professor of Nutritional Medicine
Section members
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Dr Kourosh Ahmadi
Reader in Precision Nutrition
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Dr Sarah Bath
Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition
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Dr Ruan Elliott
Associate Dean (Doctoral College); Senior Lecturer in Nutrition
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Dr Jorge Gutierrez
Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology
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Dr Kath Hart
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics
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Dr Julie Hunt
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences