(MENAFN- The Conversation) Programme Lead Nutrition and Health,
After leaving school I spent approximately 5 years in Israel and the Lebanon working on a Kibbutz and as a volunteer in Lebanon following the 1981 war. After completing a secretarial course I returned to Israel, where I worked as a PA within an International Embassy in Jerusalem. Prior to commencing work at Edge Hill University I was a Learning Disability Nurse for 15 years, working at Greaves Hall Hospital, Ashworth Special Hospital and Bolton Community Team. I have now worked at Edge Hill University since September 2002, initially as a senior lecturer in Learning disability nursing. In 2008 I became very interested in Nutrition and subsequently developed the BSc(Hons) Nutrition and Health programme.
Currently I am Programme Lead for the BSc(Hons) Nutrition and Health Programme and Module lead for: Introduction to Nutrition, Lifestyle and Culture; Professional and Academic Study Skills; Entrepreneurship; Nutrition across the Lifespan; Wider Determinants of Overweight and Obesity and Personal Career Development.
I also still teach on the Learning Disability Nursing Programme, as I consider nutrition to be of vital importance within all areas and stages of life.
I am involved in Clinical Reviews with NHS England.
I am a Registered Learning Disability Nurse and a Registered Nutritionist with the AfN
Research Interests:
My research to date has been within the area of Nutrition in Pregnancy, specifically exploring Midwives knowledge and experience of delivering nutritional knowledge within pregnancy. I have presented my findings at the International Midwifery Conference. I am also interested in investigating the role of Nutrition within primary care as a preventative measure. In my role as a Teaching and Learning Fellow I have been involved within a working group looking at the transition of students from college to University and also within the transitional stages through University study.
More recently I have started to look at the impact nutrition has within children and in particular those who have been diagnosed with ADHD. Including links to mental health.
I am also particularly interested in relation to nutrition in hospitals and the impact poor nutrition can have in overall health, wellbeing and healing.
Experience
- –present Programme Lead BSc(Hons) Nutrition and Health, Edge Hill University
- 2002–2010 Senior Lecturer LD Nursing, Edge Hill University
- 1994–2002 Case Manager, Bolton Community Team
- 1993–1994 Staff Nurse , Ashworth Special Hospital
- 1990–1993 Deputy Charge Nurse, Greaves Hall Hospital
Education
- 2014 MMU, MSc Nutrition and Health
- 2005 Lancaster University, MA Professional Education
- 1999 Salford University, BSc (Hons) Nursing
- 1990 Sefton HA, RNMH
Professional Memberships
- Registered Nutrionist with the Association for Nutrition
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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