Learn from the work and life of Dr. Alex Johnston.
Check out the interview of Dr Alex Johnston by Emma Mordaunt, The Nutrition Press. Great information about what it is like to be a researcher, how she decided to pursue nutrition research and some of the challenges. As she reports, she studies appetite across the lifespan from a physiological and behavioral perspective. She manages her own lab and team, publishes, raises money and travels around the world speaking and engaging the public. Read the full article.
Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health
More information on her work can be found at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health in Aberdeen Scotland. In addition to her research on obesity and appetite, you will find informative articles on metabolic health, life course and population health, gut health and public health by a variety of researchers.
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