Section of Public Health Nutrition, Dietetics and Micronutrients

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.