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Dr Kath Roberts
Position - Communications, Partnerships and Networks Sub-committee Chair
Emilie Combet is a professor of human nutrition at the University of Glasgow, where she leads a research team investigating the impact of diet on health and disease. Read more
Ms Mary O’Kane
Position - Chair of the Board of Trustees and Consultations Lead
Mary is an Honorary Consultant Dietitian in Adult Obesity, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a Fellow of the British Dietetic Association. Read more
Dr Julie Sittlington
Position - Operations Secretary
Julie is a Research Associate and Core Technologies Officer at Ulster University. She is affiliated with the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food & Health (NICHE) where she is a member of their Obesity, Energy Balance and Food ... Read more
Ms Aileen McGloin
Position - Deputy Chair
Dr. Aileen McGloin was appointed as Director of Nutrition for Safefood in March, 2022 having acted as Marketing and Communications Director for the previous four years. Read more
Jo Howe
Position - Secretary
Dr Jo Howe is a chartered psychologist and academic researcher specialising in psychopharmacology. Her work focuses on the physical health impacts of psychotropic medications, particularly antipsychotics, and their association with ... Read more
Dr Claudia Coelho
Position - Adult COMS Lead
Dr Claudia Coelho has been a locum Consultant Diabetologist and Obesity Physician at Guy's and St Thomas since 2022. Her clinical work involves managing patients with obesity in the South East London Tier 3 weight management programme ... Read more
Dr Sandra Isibor
Position - Honorary Secretary
Dr Isibor is a certified lifestyle Medicine physician and also completed a post graduate diploma in Obesity and Weight Management. Read more
Ken Clare
Ken is PPIE led at Leeds Beckett University and cofounder of the Obesity Voices Hub, and will be co-presenting with Louise Ells, on the lived experience work we have codeveloped over the past 5 years. Ken has a lifelong experience of ... Read more
Katharine Pidd
Position - ECR Lead
Katharine Pidd is a health economist at the University of Sheffield involved in research that evaluates interventions for obesity and type 2 diabetes. This work utilises modelling techniques to simulate long run health outcomes and ... Read more
Mr Patrick McGinley
Position - Treasurer
I joined the NHS in 1983 as a Trainee Accountant, and despite some evidence to the contrary, in my heart I remain a trainee, trying to learn a little more each day. Read more
Dr Janine Makaronidis
Position - Sponsorship Lead
Janine Makaronidis is a Consultant in Diabetes and Metabolism at Barts Health NHS Trust (Royal London and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals) with a special interest in obesity and metabolic disease. She leads the regional specialist weight ... Read more
Sadia Ali
Position - Communications and Policy Lead
Sadia Ali is a Senior Parliamentary Adviser with over 15 years’ experience in the UK Parliament, working across legislation, political strategy, and domestic and international policy development. Alongside her wider parliamentary ... Read more
Dr Laura Gray
Position - Strategic Review Lead
Laura is an econometrician specialising in obesity related research. She is an early career researcher (ECR) with a strong interest in researching obesity throughout the lifecourse, acknowledging that experiences at an early age can ... Read more
Dr Rhodri King
Dr Rhodri King is a Consultant Physician with an interest in diabetes and obesity at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton. Rhodri is the Clinical Lead for the weight management service at Musgrove Park Hospital and is South West regional ... Read more
Kristina Vavura RD
Position - Sponsorship Support
Kristina Vavura is SCOPE-certified and HCPC-Registered Dietitian with a passion for clinical dietetics and public health. She is part of the Advisory Board of Nutritank and the Association of the Study for Obesity (ASO), UK. ... Read more
Dr Shokraneh Moghadam
Position - ECR Lead
Dr Shokraneh (Shok) Moghadam, is a Chartered Psychologist, and Lecturer in Social Sciences at the University of Bristol Dental School. Her interests and expertise are in health psychology and behavioural science, including the ... Read more
Professor Emilie Combet
Position - President
Emilie Combet is a professor of human nutrition at the University of Glasgow, where she leads a research team investigating the impact of diet on health and disease. Read more
Dr Dawn Swancutt
Position - Networks Lead
As a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth, Dawn works in multi-disciplinary settings, having a keen interest in mixed methods research and representing patients’ experience of care. Her research focus is on patient ... Read more
Professor Louisa Ells
Louisa Ells is Professor of Obesity, and Co-Director of the Obesity Institute at Leeds Beckett University. She is a registered public health nutritionist and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, with a specialist interest in ... Read more
Associate Professor Dimitrios Papamargaritis
Position - COMs Lead
Dimitris Papamargaritis is Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at University of Leicester/ University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group (Kettering General Hospital) with special interest in ... Read more
Dr Zainab Akhter
Position - Communications Intern
Dr Zainab Akhter is a Research Associate at Newcastle University. Her research interests include: the preconception, pregnancy and postnatal periods, nutrition, obesity, and bariatric surgery. She is currently working on a NIHR SPHR ... Read more
Dr Laura McGowan
Position - UKCO Lead
As a psychologist, my research focuses on theory-based behavior change interventions to improve diet and nutrition status and to prevent and manage obesity, in a variety of population groups. I have a particular interest in the ... Read more
Dr Jordan Beaumont
Position - UKCO Lead
Dr Jordan Beaumont is a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) (Public Health) and lecturer in food and nutrition at Sheffield Hallam University, where he leads the Sheffield Hallam Appetite Research (SHARe) cluster. His research explores ... Read more
Professor Yitka Graham
Position - Trustee
Yitka Graham is a Professor of Health Services Research and Head of the Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Research Institute at the University of Sunderland. Her research focuses on the patient experiences of living with metabolic and ... Read more
Dr Beverley O’Hara
Position - UKCO Deputy Lead
Beverley gained her Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology from the University of Leeds in 2004. Her post-doctoral work included projects on obesity, childhood obesity and eating behaviour. Beverley is a network lead for the Yorkshire ... Read more
Dr Ritwika Mallik
Position - Sponsorship Team
Dr Ritwika Mallik is a Consultant in Diabetes and Metabolism at Barts Health NHS Trust with a special interest in Obesity and Cardiometabolic disease. She is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCLH Biomedical ... Read more
Dr Lindsay Robinson
Position - Communications Intern
Lindsay Robinson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Lifespan and Population Health at the University of Nottingham. Her research explores how mild cooling impacts metabolic health, with a particular focus on ... Read more
Dr Neel Gupta
Position - Primary Care Lead
Neel is an experienced clinician and health system leader. He has worked as a GP in London for over 15 years alongside holding a variety of senior clinical leadership roles, including being the Chair of NHS Camden CCG in North London ... Read more
Sara Alfaraidi
Position - Communications Intern
Sara Alfaraidi is a PhD candidate at UCL’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and a Clinical Dietitian, specialising in paediatric nutrition. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and is a Registered Associate ... Read more
Dr Naomi Brosnahan
Position - Adult COMs AHP
Dr. Naomi Brosnahan is a researcher, dietitian, CEO and co-founder of Counterweight Limited. With a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, she has over 20 years experience in delivering and researching Counterweight Programmes within ... Read more
Louise Holt
Position - Lived Experience Lead
Louise is the Lived Experience, Obesity Care Lead, bringing both professional expertise and personal insight to the role. Having lived with obesity throughout their life, they offer an authentic and informed perspective on the ... Read more
Abir Ajab
Position - UKCO Administration
Abir is an educator, researcher, and dietitian with 17 years’ experience in eating behaviour, obesity and weight management, and public health research. Her work focuses on clinical weight management, supporting patients to adopt ... Read more
Dr Sundus Mahdi
Position - Policy Officer
Sundus is a Research Associate in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. She is passionate about advancing food policies that improve child nutrition and overall health while actively reducing health ... Read more
Maha Abbasi
Position - Policy Officer
Maha is a Policy Officer at the Association for the Study of Obesity, where she supports policy development and public affairs work to strengthen the links between obesity research, policy and practice. With several years experience ... Read more
Dr Amir Samnani
Position - Membership Officer
BDS (University of Karachi, Pakistan) MBA (Healthcare Management, DUHS, Pakistan) MSc (Health Policy & Management, Aga Khan University, Pakistan) PhD (Population & Public Health, Aga Khan University, Pakistan) Postdoctoral Researcher ... Read more
Corinne Bolland
Position - Secretary
Corinne is a third-year PhD researcher at the University of Salford, examining how empowerment is understood and experienced by adults living with obesity within weight-management settings. She brings over ten years of professional ... Read more
Dr Andrew Parke
Position - Consultation Lead
Dr Andrew Parke is a GP from Northern Ireland with a special interest in obesity and weight management. Andrew's professional interests include obesity pharmacotherapy, health policy, and the practical challenges of implementing ... Read more
Dr Rebecca Jones
Position - Events Team Lead
Dr Rebecca Jones is the Head of Coaching and Clinical Research at Numan, a UK-based digital health company, where she leads the health coaching and clinical research teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based initiatives. She ... Read more
Dr Ellen-Alyssa Gambles
Position - Administration Officer
Ellen is a Research Associate and a Lecturer in Physical Education Initial Teacher Training at the University of Sunderland. Her research role in the Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Institute focuses on overcoming health ... Read more
Elizabeth Goodwin
Position - UKCO Team
Elizabeth is a mental health professional and Psychology PhD researcher specialising in food and alcohol disturbance, binge drinking and the psychological factors that influence health behaviours. Alongside Elizabeth's work supporting ... Read more
Louise Holt
Position - Lived experience Obesity Care Lead
Louise is the Lived Experience, Obesity Care Lead, bringing both professional expertise and personal insight to the role. Having lived with obesity throughout their life, they offer an authentic and informed perspective on the ... Read more
Dr Jordan Marwood
Position - UKCO Team
Dr Jordan Marwood is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Obesity Institute at Leeds Beckett University. Her research focuses on evaluating public health interventions for obesity and on the roles of emotional and disordered eating ... Read more
DR AB Sirin Ayva
Dr AB Sirin-Ayva received her Counselling Psychology degree in 2008. Following her graduation, she started to work with children and families. Her master thesis is related to perfectionism and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She ... Read more
Rob Oxley
Position - Communications Officer
Rob Oxley is a Research Trainee in the Public Health Nutrition team at the University of York. Robs research explores the ways in which system-level processes can be reformed to increase access to food, improve health and reduce ... Read more
Dr Nivedita Answani
Position - Paediatric COMs Team
Dr Dita Aswani is a Consultant Paediatrician at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, specialising in diabetes and childhood obesity. She is a member of the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) dataset and methodology working ... Read more
Dr Pooja Sachdev
Position - Paediatric COMs Team
Dr Pooja Sachdev is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology at the University of Nottingham. She is also an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology at Nottingham Children's Hospital based at Queen's ... Read more
Dr Jules Goodlet-Rowley
Jules has led the unit in Scottish Government for almost 5 years and has worked across a diverse range of government policy areas since 2008. Her areas of responsibility are broad but within diet she is currently working on how policy ... Read more
Dr Sally Abbott
Position - Paediatric COMs
Sally Abbott is the Children’s Transformation Obesity Clinical Lead for NHS England, an Assistant Professor at Coventry University and Clinical Lead Dietitian at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Her PhD ... Read more
Professor Paul Gately
Position - Trustee
Paul Gately is Director of MoreLife a subsidiary company of Leeds Beckett University. He is the Co-Director of the Obesity Institute and a Professor of Exercise and Obesity at Leeds Beckett University. Read more
Hao Tang
Position - Events Intern
Hao is a PhD student at the Institute of Metabolic Science Epidemiology, University of Cambridge. Her research explores the impact of social media on eating attitudes and behaviours among teenagers and young adults, with the aim of ... Read more
Claire Hislop
Claire is a registered public health nutritionist who has worked in the public health field in Scotland for over twenty five years. Her current role is as Organisational Lead – Food & Physical Activity at Public Health Scotland ... Read more
Dr Ehtasham Ahmad
Position - Adult COMs Team
Dr Ehtasham Ahmad is a consultant in Diabetes and Tier 3 Specialist Weight Management Service at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He has completed his training in Diabetes and Endocrinology (CCT) from institutions like ... Read more
Dr Anjali Zalin
Position - Co-opted Trustee and Partnerships Lead
Dr Anjali Zalin is an experienced, award-winning clinician with a specialist interest in obesity management. She was awarded a 1st class degree and Harvey prize for outstanding academic achievement from Queen Mary and Westfield, ... Read more
Professor Maria Bryant
Position - Co-opted Trustee
Maria is a Professor of Public Health Nutrition based at the University of York and the Bradford Institute of Health Research. She is a nutritionist with over 20 years’ experience in the design and delivery of trials and related ... Read more
Dr Lily Hawkins
Position - UKCO support officer
Lily is a Chartered Psychologist with a PhD in eating behaviour and a background in health psychology. She currently works at the University of Exeter (in conjunction with University of Plymouth) as a postdoctoral researcher on the ... Read more
Kate Hawton
Position - Paediatric COMs Team
Dr Kate Hawton is a Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. She has a longstanding interest in obesity and for the past three years has worked as a Clinical Fellow in the Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) ... Read more
Professor Alexander Miras
Position - Clinical Practice and Obesity Management Sub-Committee Chair
Alex Miras is Professor of Endocrinology at Ulster University. His clinical and research work focus solely on Obesity and type 2 diabetes. Read more
Dr Julia Mueller
Position - Research & Scientific Advisory Sub-committee Chair
Julia Mueller is a Senior Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. She works within a programme on “Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups”. Julia holds a BSc in ... Read more
Dr Ruth Price
Position - Operations Secretary Lead
Ruth Price is a Research Fellow at the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) at Ulster University. Her research area spans both prevention and treatment and in measuring body composition, food choice, intake and ... Read more
Dr Gillian Purdon
Dr Gillian Purdon manages a team of registered public health nutritionists to publish a robust national picture of trends in diet and nutrition and disseminate the science and evidence base to influence public health nutrition policy ... Read more
Professor Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine at the University of Glasgow, UK, is internationally recognised in cardiometabolic disease, with epidemiology, mechanistic and trial expertise. He has contributed to several other ... Read more
John Speakman
Speakman's work focuses on the causes and consequences of variation in energy balance, and in particular the factors that limit expenditure, the genetic and environmental drivers of obesity and the energetic contribution to ... Read more
