Congratulations to Dr Catherine Tsang, who was invited to chair session 1 on “Cocoa Polyphenols and Health” and present her research on the “Effect of Cocoa Polyphenols on Glucocorticoids and markers of Stress” at the International Society of Cocoa and Chocolate in Health and Medicine 3rd International Congress from the 5-6th December 2019 in Modica,…

Congratulations to Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition and Health, Dr Catherine Tsang, who has established a new collaboration with Euromed – an International nutraceutical company based in Barcelona. Euromed are providing their food extracts of pomegranate for research projects at Edge Hill University, looking at the potential anti-adipogenic (I.e. anti obesity) effects of pomegranate polyphenols in…

Sally-Ann Ashton is a Lecturer in the Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour and is involved with a project regionally to identify and support young people who are involved with or at risk of violent crime or criminal exploitation. Sally-Ann was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Travel Fellowship to research US gang interventions in July and…

Congratulations to Edge Hill University Nutrition student, Lesley, who presented her preliminary findings from her nutrition society funded project at nutrition futures event earlier this month. Lesley interviewed nine farmers in total; six in South West England and three from the Northwest to explore their farming practices (past, present and future plans) in relation to food sustainability.

Graduating in 2015 from Edge Hill with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Nutrition and Health, Val applied to join the Association for Nutrition UK Voluntary Register via the portfolio route. In 2016 Blackpool Council recruited Val as their Healthy Lifestyles Nutritionist based at the Towns new Health Works Hub. This new initiative brought together employment, health…

Nicola graduated from Edge Hill University in July 2015 with a First Class Honours Degree in Nutrition and Health. “Studying nutrition at Edge Hill gave me a good understanding of the principles of nutrition and public health needed to understand the causes of non-communicable diseases and health inequalities, which I use regularly in my current…

Nathan graduated from Edge Hill University in July 2018 with a First Class Honours Degree in Nutrition and Health. “Since leaving Edge Hill, I took on a 1 year MA Documentary course at Liverpool John Moores University in 2017-18. I had a keen interest in filmmaking, media and journalism during my time at Edge Hill…