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Dr Carolyn Auma

  • Position: Lecturer in Nutrition
  • Areas of expertise: Nutrition in the Global South; Healthy and Sustainable Diets, Public Health Nutrition; Nutrition Transition; Nutrition Policy, Determinants of Dietary Behaviour; Mixed Methods
  • Email: C.I.Auma@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 5717
  • Location: 1.17 Stead House
  • Website: ORCID

Profile

I am currently a Lecturer in Nutrition. I first joined the School of Food Science and Nutrition as a Teaching Fellow in Nutrition in mid-February of 2020.

Prior to this, I studied for my PhD in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Sheffield. My interdisciplinary PhD research focused on exploring healthy and environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours among Ugandan women, using a mixed methods approach.

In addition to my PhD, I have a MSc International Public Health Nutrition from the University of Westminster and BSc Food Science and Technology from Makerere University in Uganda. I have also worked in a number of research, teaching and third sector roles in the fieds of Food Science and Nutrition in various organisations, including FAO Somalia in Kenya, BRAC Uganda and the School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering in Uganda and the University of Sheffield’s School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) and Department of Geography.

Responsibilities

  • UG Admissions Tutor

Research interests

  • Healthy and environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours

  • Transitioning diets and food systems in low and middle-income contexts

  • Diabetes management in low and middle-income contexts

  • Determinants of dietary behaviour

  • Nutrition communication

  • Translational research

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD Public Health Nutrition
  • MSc International Public Health Nutrition
  • BSc Food Science and Technology

Professional memberships

  • Royal Society of Public Health

Student education

My teaching at the School has covered a range of undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules in the following Nutrition and Food Science thematic areas:

  • Nutritional Biochemsitry
  • Food Biochemistry
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Sustainable Food Systems
  • Skills Development

Research groups and institutes

  • Nutritional Epidemiology
  • Sustainable Food Systems