Bruce Neal

About Professor Bruce Neal

Senior Professorial Fellow

Professor Neal is a UK-trained physician who has 25 years’ experience in clinical, epidemiological, and public health research with a focus on heart disease, stroke and diabetes. 

He has a longstanding interest in high blood pressure and diabetes and the potential for both clinical interventions and changes in the food supply to deliver health gains.  His work has been characterised by its focus on collaboration, quantitation, translation and impact.  

He holds professorial appointments at UNSW Sydney, Imperial College London, and an honorary appointment at the University of Sydney.  He has published some 450 scientific papers and since 2016 has been identified by Thomson Reuters as one of ‘The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds’ - an acknowledgement bestowed on just a few thousand researchers across all disciplines worldwide.  

He has deep expertise in the conduct of large-scale clinical trials addressing cardiovascular disease but has also done a significant body of work addressing food policy issues related to sugars, fats, portion size and food labelling.

Sodium Content of Street and Restaurant Foods in Nigeria: A Multilevel Analysis of Food System Determinants

Nutrients Date published:

Lifetime health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of salt substitution for stroke survivors in China: a microsimulation modeling study

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific Date published:

Dietary intake and sources of sodium and potassium, and salt-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among rural adults in China: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Nutrition Date published:

Changes in the metabolome after treatment with canagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes

Heart Date published:

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