Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition, The University of Edinburgh
I am formally trained in nutrition and epidemiology. For the first decade of my career, I studied how what we eat affects weight gain and the development of type 2 diabetes. More recently, I have transitioned to studying food systems, trying to understand how the way we produce, process and procure food affects our health and wellbeing.
I am Professor of Global Health and Nutrition at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Edinburgh and an Adjunct faculty member in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University.
Experience
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2016–presentVisiting Professor, Public Health Foundation of India
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2022–presentPersonal Chair Global Health and Nutrition, The University of Edinburgh
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2020–presentChancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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2021–presentMercator Fellow, University of Göttingen
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2020–presentAdjunct Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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2021–presentUKRI Future Leaders Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
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2016–2020Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Education
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2014The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, PhD
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2010Cornell University, Dual Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude
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