The Centre for Food Policy at the School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City, University of London welcomes Anna Isaacs and Mark Spires to discuss their findings on the lived experience of food and food environments, as part of the research seminar series.
Abstract
Dr Anna Isaacs and Mark Spires will share recent research and dissemination by the Centre for Food Policy on the lived experience of food and food environments.
They will discuss:
- the range of methods used
- findings from research studies that have been carried out in diverse geographical settings
- efforts made to effectively translate and communicate relevant findings to key policy makers.
They will also share next steps in moving this work forward both within the Centre and with colleagues outside of City.
About the speakers
Dr Anna Isaacs is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy.
She is currently working on a series of projects for the NIHR-funded Obesity Policy Research Unit, exploring how food policies can better support positive nutritional outcomes, particularly in areas of deprivation.
More broadly, Anna is interested in exploring how social, political, economic, and environmental factors shape experiences of health and wellbeing in different contexts, how these factors leads to health inequalities, and what policy can do to address this.
She has expertise in a range of in-depth qualitative and participatory methods, and experience of working with diverse communities in areas of deprivation.
Anna is trained in public health and anthropological research methods. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow in January 2018.
Dr Mark Spires: As a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Food Policy,
Mark is responsible for establishing and leading new, interdisciplinary projects exploring public policy solutions for healthy diets in the UK and internationally.
Mark’s primary research interests centre on seeking to better understand peoples’ lived experiences of local food environments, and how these findings can contribute to more effective and inclusive food policy.
Prior to his current position, Mark completed his PhD in Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa where he researched low-income community access to safe and nutritious food.
Prior to that, he worked as a Research Program Manager at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Institute for Global Tobacco Control.
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