Dr Hannah Ensaff

Profile

I joined the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds, having previously worked at the University of Manchester, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Sheffield.

Primary areas of research are quantitative and qualitative methodologies to assess populations' diets (analysis of food choice datasets to examine dietary patterns, qualitative data analysis to develop models of food choice), and the development and evaluation of nutrition interventions, with an emphasis on food choice architecture and nudging.

Responsibilities

• Programme Lead Nutrition BSc & MSci programmes (inc. Industrial & International)
• Postdoc Champion, Faculty of Environment

Research interests

Active research strands include:

• Children and adolescents’ food choice parameters within school food environments
• Older adults’ food choice and dietary intake, and changes in food preferences
• Data analytics of voluminous datasets to understand children’s food choice behaviour
• Food choice architecture and nudges in real world settings

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Prospective postdoctoral fellows interested in applying for external funding to conduct research with us are encouraged. Please get in touch well in advance of any deadline for us to be able to discuss potential opportunities and research projects. We can discuss ideas to formulate research projects and also consider developed research proposals. Active research strands are outlined above, and please include a detailed outline of your research interests and a cv when you get in touch.

<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>

• Addressing micronutrient deficiencies associated with the double burden of childhood malnutrition in China, a combined food system framework
• Community-led, nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Qualifications

• MEng PhD MMedSci

Professional memberships

• Nutrition Society
• Association for Nutrition (RNutR)
• American Society for Nutrition
• Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (Special Interests Group: Children’s lifestyle behaviours, wellbeing and health)

Research groups and institutes

• Nutrition and Public Health
• Nutritional Epidemiology
• Human Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention
• Food safety, food security and global health

Current postgraduate researchers

• Nahlah Alkhunain
• David Ryan
• Sara Alsilmi
• Chris Jones
• Rui Ma

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>

Projects

<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/219-choice-architecture:-nudging-food-choice-behaviour">Choice architecture: nudging food choice behaviour</a></li> <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/232-older-adults-food-choice-and-dietary-intake">Older adults' food choice and dietary intake</a></li>