Director of MRC HNR
Head of Nutritional Physiology and Biochemistry
Ann is the Director at MRC Human Nutrition Research (HNR), as well as Head of the Nutritional Physiology & Biochemistry Department and the Nutrition and Bone Health Group.
Her research focuses on nutrient requirements for bone health, encompassing the nutritional problems of both affluent and developing societies. She is currently involved in projects studying pregnant and lactating women, children, adolescents and older people in the UK, West Africa, Bangladesh, South Africa and China. Ann is Chair of the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and a member of a number of other advisory committees. She is an Honorary Professor of Shenyang Medical College, China, and a Fellow of the Society of Biology. Ann was awarded the British Nutrition Foundation Prize in 2011, the Laureate de Le Prix Scientifique, Institut Candia, France in 1998 and the Robert and Edna Langholz Award for International Nutrition in 2004. She was President of The Nutrition Society between 2004 and 2007, and appointed an OBE in the Birthday Honours List 2006.