Professor Nita Forouhi is head of the Nutritional Epidemiology programme and Professor of Population Health and Nutrition at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on defining the link between diet, nutrition and the risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, and in informing strategies for the prevention of these conditions nationally and globally. She trained as a physician in Newcastle and Edinburgh, and as an epidemiologist and public health physician in London and Cambridge. She is a member of several national and international committees related to health, has published more than 280 peer reviewed scientific articles.
