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| Dr Rob Andrews | |
| Post(s): | Consultant Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Consultant Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol and an Honorary Consultant Physician at Musgrove Park Hospital,... |
| Keywords: | diabetes | exercise | diet | obesity | insulin resistance | bariatric surgery |
| Dr Nina Balthasar | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology and Pharmacology |
| Areas of expertise: | Obesity and its related metabolic disorders are among the most pressing of today’s health-care concerns. The epidemic proportions... |
| Keywords: | obesity | metabolic disorders | health | central nervous system | body energy homeostasis | body weight | weight |
| Dr Rowan Brockman | |
| Post(s): | Research Assistant, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I graduated with distinction from Bristol University (2006) with an MSc in Nutrition, Physical Activity & Public Health.... |
| Keywords: | nutrition | physical activity | public health | diet | exercise | children | obesity |
| Professor Jeff Brunstrom | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Experimental Psychology, School of Experimental Psychology |
| Areas of expertise: | I am an experimental psychologist with an interest in ‘behavioural nutrition.’ Broadly, this incorporates decisions and behaviours... |
| Keywords: | diet | food choice | obesity | overeating | nutrition | dietary learning | appetite | portion size |
| Dr Elizabeth Crowne | |
| Post(s): | Senior Clinical Lecturer, Medicine and Dentistry Faculty Office |
| Areas of expertise: | I am a Paediatric Endocrinologist in the Paediactric Endocrine Service at University Hospitals Bristol. My specialist areas... |
| Keywords: | paediatric endocrinology | diabetes | obesity | endocrine late-effects of childhood cancer |
| Dr Pauline Emmett | |
| Post(s): | Senior Research Fellow, School of Social and Community Medicine Research Fellow, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | I am particularly interested is in the way in which early eating habits (breastfeeding, introduction of solids, type of snack... |
| Keywords: | eating habits | breastfeeding | dietary patterns | obesity | infant feeding | childhood diet | childhood obesity |
| Professor Ken Fox | |
| Post(s): | Emeritus Professor, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Spokesperson for the field of physical activity/exercise and public health. Senior scientific editor of the CMO report (2004)and... |
| Keywords: | physical activity | exercise | psychology | obesity | public health | mental health | ageing | self-esteem |
| Dr Tom Gaunt | |
| Post(s): | Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Community Medicine |
| Areas of expertise: | Molecular Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and obesity: I am funded by the British Heart Foundation... |
| Keywords: | molecular genetics | cardiovascular disease | obesity | genes | bioinformatics | genome-wide association |
| Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield | |
| Post(s): | Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrinology, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests are in childhood diabetes, obesity and metabolism. I am a practising paediatrician at the Royal Hospital... |
| Keywords: | childhood diabetes | obesity | childhood metabolism |
| Dr Charlie Hindmarch | |
| Post(s): | Research Associate, School of Clinical Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My main focus of research interest is cardiovascular neuroscience; how does the brain control cardiovascular parameters?... |
| Keywords: | RNAseq | microarray | cardiovascular | neuroscience | endocrinology | hypertension | bioinformatics | obesity |
| Professor Russ Jago | |
| Post(s): | Professor of Paediatric Physical Activity and Public Health, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on understanding the factors that influence children and adolescents physical activity, screen-viewing... |
| Keywords: | children | adolescence | physical activity | dietary behaviours | obesity | diabetes | parents | peers |
| Dr Ruth Newbury-Ecob | |
| Post(s): | Honorary Professor, Medicine and Dentistry Faculty Office |
| Areas of expertise: | My research focuses on the genetic causes of congenital malformations, particularly of the heart and upper limb. I led the... |
| Keywords: | congenital malformations | british heart foundation | congenital heart disease | tbox genes | new genetic technologies | obesity | Barth syndrome | inherited cardiac conditions |
| Dr Angie Page | |
| Post(s): | Reader in Exercise and Health Sciences, Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | My research interests focus on the behaviours linked to childhood obesity and the determinants of children’s physical activity... |
| Keywords: | childhood obesity | obesity | physical activity | eating behaviour | mobility | children |
| Dr Simon Sebire | |
| Post(s): | Lecturer in Psychology of Physical Activity/Exercise, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | I contribute to research concerning factors that influence the physical activity and health behaviours of children and adolescents... |
| Keywords: | physical activity | health behaviours | children | obesity | childhood obesity | health behaviours | motivation | exercise |
| Professor Janice Thompson | |
| Post(s): | Visiting Fellow, School for Policy Studies |
| Areas of expertise: | I am researching how to design culturally appropriate nutrition and physical activity programs that can reduce the risk for... |
| Keywords: | nutrition | physical activity | type 2 diabetes | cardiovascular disease | women's health | obesity | culturally tailored interventions |
| Professor Gareth Williams | |
| Post(s): | Professor, Medicine and Dentistry Faculty Office |
| Areas of expertise: | Obesity (clinical and basic), hypothalamic control of energy homeostasis. |
| Keywords: | diabetes | endocrinology | obesity |
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