Research and Scientific Advisory Committee

Committee Remit

  • Produces a short report for each Trustees meeting
  • Oversees UKCO, including budget allocation and control, through close liaison with the Local Organising Committee
  • The Early Career Researcher Network
  • Awards and grants
  • Providing articles and items for ASO newsletter or inviting ASO members to provide these articles and items

Committee Members

Dr Nerys Astbury

Senior Researcher
University Of Oxford

Dr Zoe Bell, UKCO Team

Research Fellow
King's College London

Professor Emilie Combet Aspray, Chair

Professor of Human Nutrition
University of Glasgow

Dr Laura McGowan, UKCO Team

Lecturer in Nutrition and Behaviour Change / Lead for ASO Northern Ireland Network
Queen's University Belfast

Dr Julia Mueller, ECR Network Lead

Research Associate
University of Cambridge