The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health has a small yet incredibly active team of enthusiastic and dedicated individuals, all of whom are committed to driving forward the Institute’s strategic ambition and to fostering collaboration and partnership at multiple levels.
IFNH is governed by a Steering Group of senior staff from across the University. Group members have vast expertise and experience and together they play a critical role in providing strategic input and advice as well as monitoring progress and performance.
Ramatu Wuni
Title: Investigation of gene-lifestyle interactions on lipid-related outcomes in ethnically diverse populations.
Manahil Bineid
Title: Impact of genes, gut microbiome, and lifestyle on cardiometabolic disease-related outcomes in South Asians.
m.m.a.bineid@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Adam Zhu
Title: Investigation of nutrigenetic and metabolomic aspects of cardiometabolic health conditions in multiple ethnic groups
Padmini Sekar
Title: Effect of genetic and lifestyle determinants of cardiometabolic diseases in Southeast Asian populations.
Maria Alanazi
Title: Investigation of novel nutrigenetic markers of diet-related diseases using Qatar Biobank (QBB) dataset.
Giannoula (Yianna) Chatzidiakou
Title: Impact of dairy protein on glycaemia.
Giannoula.Chatzidiakou@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Drew Price
Title: Association between dairy protein intake and vascular function.
Yakima (Kim) Vogtschmidt
Title: The associations between intakes of Saturated fatty acids, Protein and Calcium from different Food Sources and Cardiometabolic Health and Environmental Impact: The Food Matrix further explored.
y.d.vogtschmidt@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Nina Teicholz
Title: The importance of evidence-based nutrition recommendations for chronic disease prevention with a focus on dietary fat.
Abigail (Abi) Bournot
Title: Elucidating the link between vitamin D and immune health in ethnic groups: mechanistic & population-based studies.
Hannah Bell
Title: Milk proteins and risk of type 2 diabetes (mediated via branched chain amino acids).
Starts January 2024.