Hilary is an established nutrition epidemiologist & registered dietitian. Her work focuses on a life course perspective of nutrition within 2 distinct areas; older adults and maternal & child health. Her expertise includes mixed methods research, mother-child cohort studies, clinical dietetics and analysing longitudinal datasets (including English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Hospital Episode Statistics, The Health Improvement Network and SUAAHARA). She joined LSHTM in 2019 and is an Assistant Professor and Programme Director of the MSc Nutrition for Global Public Health. Prior to joining, she worked in academia (UCL, University of Surrey and St Mary's University), NGO (Philani Nutrition Centre) and the NHS. She was part of the UKRI GCRF funded Action Against Stunting Hub Study (India, Indonesia and Senegal). Together with Elaine Ferguson, Alissa Pries and Sara Strout, the Nutrition workstream are responsible for protocol development, capacity building and training for the collection and statistical analysis of the following: dietary intake, anthropometry, blood, hair cortisol, breastmilk, maternal stress, social support and depression. Together with Elaine Ferguson, Marko Kerac and Charles Opondo, she is currently working with ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance) to develop a multi-country undernutrition prevention intervention.
Affiliations
Teaching
Programme Director for MSc Nutrition for Global Public Health
Fundamentals for Public Health Nutrition
Nutrition Programme Planning
Extended Epidemiology
MSc Research projects
PhD supervision:
Lyndsay Spencer, University of Surrey - British military mother's experiences of the the perinatal period; barriers and enablers to care.
Audrey Mwendapole, LSHTM-Exploring the Differences and Similarities of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Behaviours Between Adolescent Mothers (age <20) and Adult Mothers (age >19) in Zambia: Implications for Policy and Intervention Strategies to Enhance Nutrition Outcomes in the First 1000 Days
Diane Baik: LSHTM- Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Food-Based Program to Treat Moderate Acutely Malnourished Children 6-59 months of Age in Vietnam using a Laser Device
Advisory Panel:
Tabitha Van Immerzeel, LSHTM - Implementing a care pathway for small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months of age: a multi-country stakeholder consultation
Research
Maternal and child Health
Older adults
Malnutrition
Anthropometrry
Dietary Intake
Maternal mental health
Large datasets
Mixed methods
Selected Publications
