New members of Subgroup on Maternal and Child Nutrition
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is pleased to announce that the following experts have been co-opted onto the SMCN:
Dr Sian Robinson
Principal Research Fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Dr Robinson's main research interests are in the nutrition of women, infants and young children, and in understanding the effects of current variations in early diet and nutritional status on growth, development and later function. Between 2006-8 she was a co-opted expert member of the NICE Programme Development Group that produced guidance on maternal and child nutrition. Dr Robinson is currently an external advisor for the Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children and a member of the BNF Task Force on Developmental Programming and Diet.
Dr Ken Ong
Dr Ken Ong leads the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit's programme in Child Growth and Development. He is also a Paediatric Endocrinologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, and an Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge. He qualified in clinical medicine from Cambridge University and Guy's Hospital, London, and trained in Paediatric Endocrinology in Southampton, London, Oxford and Cambridge. He has a PhD in Paediatrics and MPhil in Epidemiology, both at the University of Cambridge. His MRC programme studies the genetic, endocrine and dietary regulation of fetal and childhood growth, and its application to the prediction and prevention of childhood obesity.
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