Biography
After my PhD at King’s College London (formerly Queen Elizabeth College), I worked in the food industry for a short while and then moved to the Institute of Food Research, Norwich, initially as a Senior Research Scientist and latterly as Head of the Nutrition Division and Programme Leader for Micronutrients. In 2006 I was offered a personal chair in the School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice UEA and moved to UEA in early 2007.
Career
Professional Qualifications and Professional Memberships
- BSc (2:1) Food Sciences, University of London
- MSc (Distinction) Nutrition, University of London
- PhD, University of London
- DSc, University of London
- Registered Nutritionist
- Member of American Society for Nutrition
- Member of UK Nutrition Society
- Member of European Iron Club
Research Interests
- Mineral metabolism in humans
- Micronutrient requirements and dietary reference values
- Nutrient bioavailability
- Health claims
- Diet and ageing
- Diet-gene interactions
Current Activities
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) NDA Panel, Health Claims Working Group, DRV Minerals Working Group
- Member of WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition
- Member of the Steering Committee and Iron Expert Panel for the Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) project (NIH)
- Member of Council of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans
- Member of Curatorial Board of the International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research
Recent Invited Presentations
- Diet and osteoporosis – prevention and management. Osteoporosis Info Day, Norwich, 19 Oct 2013.
- Requirements for iron, zinc and selenium: the EURRECA experience. 5th International Congress of the Federation of European Societies for Trace Elements and Minerals, 22-24 May 2013, Avignon, France.
- The effect of SNPs on iron metabolism. ECNIS Pre-Symposium at NuGO week, 28 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
- What role does bioavailability play in setting dietary requirements? 11th European Nutrition Conference FENS, Madrid, Spain, 26-29 Oct 2011.
- Iron bioavailability and dietary reference values. Trace Elements in Health and Disease: Essentiality, Toxicity. ISTERH Conference, Belek, Turkey, 16-21 Oct 2011.
- Micronutrients – markers of status to understand function? International Symposium on Health Benefits of Foods - from Emerging Science to Innovative Products. Prague, Czech Republic, 5-7 Oct 2011.
- Biomarkers for Nutrient Requirements and Health Claims. Summer School, Catholic University Murcia, Spain 20-21 July 2011.
- Public health versus personalised nutrition. EURRECA MGP Symposium on the future of micronutrient requirements research. Budapest, Hungary, 23 June 2011.
- Bioavailability of iron from whole diets in adults. TRACEL 2011 and COST FA0905 conference, Murcia, Spain, 24-27 May 2011.
- Estimating the bioavailability factors needed for setting dietary reference values. Bioavailability 2010, Monterey, USA, 27-30 Sept 2010.
- Risk-benefit analysis of mineral intakes: case studies on copper and iron. Nutrition Society Irish Section: Nutrition – getting the balance right in 2010. University of Ulster, Coleraine, N Ireland 16-18 June 2010.
- EURRECA: Bioavailability and Individuality. Micronutrient Genomics Project (MGP) Workshop, Satellite Meeting of the Human Variome Project Meeting, UNESCO, Paris, France 10 May 2010.
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