Sally is a Registered Dietitian (Health Professions Council) and qualified nutritionist. She graduated from Edinburgh, Sheffield and Leeds Metropolitan Universities after studying the subjects of genetics, human nutrition and clinical dietetics. Sally has previously held research positions in the fields of malaria genomics, food research and diabetes/Primary Care within teams at Edinburgh, Leeds Met and Sheffield Universities.
Teaching a variety of applied nutrition, food and nutritional biochemistry modules, Sally is keen to support students beginning their careers in nutrition and health. Having recruited graduates and supervised undergraduate placements within the food industry, she especially values collaborative working and supervises research projects and placement schemes with industrial and public sector partners.
Group and committee memberships
2008- current Member British Dietetic Association
2008- 2013 Committee Member British Nutrition Foundation Industrial Scientist Committee
2008- 2013 Member IGD Nutrition Strategy Group (and cross-sector working groups)
2014- current Member Public Health Nutrition BDA Specialist Group
Sally's current research interests involve consumer engagement with nutrition labelling information and public health nutrition initiatives. Her insight in this area stems from her role before arriving at the University as Company Nutritionist at Morrisons Supermarkets PLC. There she led a team of nutritionists responsible for nutrition policy and nutrition labelling and especially enjoyed working with customers.
In this role, Sally was also instrumental in driving nutrition and health initiatives aligned to the Department of Health’s Public Health Responsibility Deal (e.g. calories on menus, traffic light labelling, reformulation) and conducted research with consumers and health care professionals as a member the IGD Nutrition Strategy working groups. The latter produced evidence based guidance for the food industry, of benefit to the public.
Sally is committed to producing meaningful research insights in collaboration with partners from all sectors and welcomes external approaches.
