We are a cluster of ~30 academics from a diverse range of disciplines across 3 faculties at Sheffield Hallam University. We undertake research in appetite regulation, eating behaviour, appetite modulation, obesity, weight management and associated areas.
Jenny Paxman, Subject Group Leader, Food and Nutrition (obesity, weight management, dietary fibre, and appetite regulation).
Dr Caroline Dalton, Reader in Neuroscience and Genetics (neurobiology of appetite, pharmacogenetics, weight management).
Dr Rachel Marsden, Senior Lecturer in Psychology (food preferences, diet intake and eating behaviours in children who are on the autism spectrum).
Dr Steven Brown, Senior Lecturer in Psychology (eating behaviour, food choice, portion size, neophobia).
Dr Daniel Kelly, Lecturer in Biomedical Science (testosterone in health and disease, diabetes, heart disease, skeletal muscle).
Sue Kesterton, Exercise Science officer (workplace and community health promotion programmes, motivational interviewing).
Dr Anna Myers, Researcher in Physical Activity and Health (role of exercise in appetite control, energy balance and weight management).
Dr Julie Skilbeck, Senior Lecturer in Nursing (fraility in later life, dysphagia in older people in care homes).
Dr Heather Semper, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology (self-regulation and self-management in eating behaviour, food allergies).
Dr Kim Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology (role of nutrition and diet in the management of fibromyalgia).
Catherine Homer, Research Fellow (public health response to obesity, bariatric surgery).
Dr Alison Purvis, Deputy Head, Department of Sport and Physical Activity (physiology of metabolism, therapeutic fasting, ketogenic diets)