Jean Adams (epidemiologist)
Jean Adams is an epidemiologist and Professor of Dietary Public Health at the MRC Epidemiology Unit based at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.[1]
Education
[edit]Adams earned a MSc in 2007 at the City, University of London in Health Psychology; in 2004, a Ph.D. at Newcastle University in Epidemiology and Public Health and a MBBS there in 2001 as well as a BMedSci in Health Psychology and Psychiatry in 1998.[1]
Her doctorate was on the socio-economic inequalities of health, after which she completed a MRC Health of the Population fellowship and an NIHR Career Development Fellowship.[1]
Career
[edit]While completing her fellowships, Adams was a lecturer at Newcastle University before moving to the MRC Epidemiology Unit in 2004 and CEDAR in 2014. CEDAR is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, the University of East Anglia, and the MRC Epidemiology Unit to explore diet improvement.[2] She helped form the Dietary Public Health group, was appointed Programme Leader in the Population Health Interventions unit[3] in 2020 and Professor in 2022.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Professor Jean Adams". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Brackley, Paul (2017-06-14). "Cambridge researcher Dr Jean Adams studies how to improve the eating habits of a nation". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ "Population Health Interventions". MRC Epidemiology Unit. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
 | This biography of an academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |