Nutrition and Health Communications at HNR provides an independent source of authoritative scientific information on nutrition and health, to furnish a balanced perspective in the context of recent scientific developments and to foster translation of scientific knowledge into effective public health policies and practice. The work is based upon, but not confined to HNR’s specific research areas.
The objectives of HNR Communication Strategy are to enhance the dissemination of the findings of nutrition science to external audiences, primarily policy makers and opinion formers, industry, the media, with health professionals, medical charities and the general public as secondary audiences. As well as supporting communication within the research community and within our own staff base. Our scientists regularly collaborate with other MRC scientists and academic groups on communications initiatives. This work is embedded within the broader MRC Corporate Communications Strategy and uses nutrition as a platform to stimulate wider public engagement with science.