AIAS Fellow. Biocultural approaches to development, nutrition, health, health equity. Mom. Feminist. She/her. https://xitter.cf/t.co/p4CxWuiTPB
Aarhus, Denmark
Joined October 2016
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Systematic review protocol, developed w my 2 fab (but non-twitter-using) McMaster health sci mentees, now has a DOI: osf.io/y3mb2/. Preregistered in the interest of transparency, replicability, & hopefully moving the needle towards better pregnancy health and wellbeing!
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PIREAU member @luseadra concludes, in a newly released article, that household food insecurity affects families from marginalized Danish neighborhoods.
Food (in)Security and Peripartum Health in Marginalised Neighbourhoods in Denmark: Intersectional and Biopsychosocial Perspectives From Birthing Parents and Care Workers
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doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70…
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Food (in)Security and Peripartum Health in Marginalised Neighbourhoods in Denmark: Intersectional and Biopsychosocial Perspectives From Birthing Parents and Care Workers
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doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70…
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Thanks @UniofNewcastle for highlighting our important research on food insecurity and pregnancy on ncl.ac.uk homepage. Urgent support needed to address maternal and child inequalities
@GinaGiang @StephanieO18 @ZoBell20 @Lakenutrition @fuse_online @Marianfknight
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Academia is a space for creativity, discovery, passion, and pretending to know what ontological means
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Thanks @UniofNewcastle for picking up on the important topic area!
New blog from @UniofNewcastle on our food insecurity in pregnancy research - that's for highlighting!
@Lakenutrition @StephanieO18 @ZoBell20 @GinaGiang @nourishingftrs @UK_ASO @EASOobesity @Food_Foundation @AlexRoseCharity
@1stepsnutrition
@feedukorg
from.ncl.ac.uk/maternal-heal…
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Interviewer: “How do you explain this gap in your resume?”
Me: “I was trying to connect with eduroam”
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How great is it to have a live scribe at a conference! @nourishingftrs
What an honour and delight to be an itty bitty part of this spectacular group! 👏👏👏 especially to @NHeslehurst who thought about every detail and the LOC who did SO much to welcome all of us coming from abroad.
And that’s a wrap for #NFNC2024 please continue to tag us in your content!
A huge well done to our network leads and local organising committee for a brilliant inaugural conference 🙌🏽
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Our final session of the day is opened up with a keynote by @ClareFarrand from @WHO_Europe about supporting maternal, infant, and young child nutrition 🍎 #NFNC2024
En route now - it's gonna be grand!
We hope all of our conference delegates have a safe journey to Newcastle and we can't wait to see you tomorrow! 😊
For those unable to attend this time, follow along at #NFNC2024
Become a member of our network to be in the loop for future events research.ncl.ac.uk/nourishin…
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Only 3 more days until the 1st Nourishing Futures Conference! So much planning involved, huge thanks to our leadership team and the local organising committee. We can't wait to see all our colleagues (old and new) next week 😁
Less than 2 weeks until the inaugural meeting of the @nourishingftrs network in Newcastle. Can't wait to talk about food sec and dohad w @NHeslehurst @feemck @paigevdp @ZoBell20 @kelleherhurley and many more.
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What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too?
And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates.
A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N
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Today is the last day to register for our conference on October 22nd 2024! ⏰
Don't miss out on some great talks by @balaraia @FloraD @FranklyLess @luseadra @Jzinga2 @ZoBell20 @ClareFarrand and many more
Register and view the full programme at research.ncl.ac.uk/nourishin…
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.@balaraia is a leading light in pregnancy food security research & advocacy & will deliver our 1st keynote lecture at the @nourishingftrs conference in Newcastle on 22nd Oct.
Read about Prof Laraia tinyurl.com/2r4fm4r4.
Check out full program here: tinyurl.com/4ks2vu8m
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First annual @nourishingftrs conference in Newcastle Oct 22
Register here tinyurl.com/mwxu7z3x by Sept 27 to discuss cross national and interdisciplinary perspectives on food security during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood!
We look forward to talking with you there!
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An alarming number of pregnant women face challenges to access enough healthy food to nourish themselves.... join us at the NFN inaugural symposium in Newcastle UK to contribute to solutions! Rego by 27th Sept: research.ncl.ac.uk/nourishin…
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🚨THE DEADLINE IS IMMINENT 🚨
Wednesday, 18th Sept
The time is now!
...tell your friends, students, colleagues - they still have time to apply
...ask us questions - we are here 👋
...send your application - that's the only way to join world's best lab & do awesome work!
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Check out our program for October 22nd! We can't wait to see you and hear from so many amazing speakers including our keynote speakers Prof Barbara Laraia & Prof Flora Douglas 🌟🌟See you in Newcastle 🇬🇧 research.ncl.ac.uk/nourishin…