Menopause and the mind: understanding 'brain fog'
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Jieun Lee
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Jieun Lee is Programme Manager for Commissioned Research and UK Policy and Advocacy Advisor at the George Institute for Global Health, hosted at Imperial College London. She develops UK commissioned research and consultancy strategies and leads government engagement to advance evidence-based policy through The George Institute's world-class research across diverse health domains.
She has over 15 years of experience as a global health practitioner in programming, research, and policy advocacy. She spent most of her career with an international NGO specializing in community-based and primary healthcare systems strengthening. She’s also worked with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as a researcher, improving health data usage in low-income settings. She has been active in UK and global policy advocacy on health systems strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
Originally from South Korea, she holds a Master of Science degree in Public Health for Development from LSHTM and now resides in Southeast London.
Call for urgent ban on trans fats - new findings reveal hidden heart risk in Aussie supermarkets
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In this water-rich Indian state 25 people drown each day, almost half are children
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Associate Professor Clare Arnott
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Associate Professor Clare Arnott is Director of the Cardiovascular Program at The George Institute for Global Health and Associate Professor in Medicine at UNSW Sydney.
A/Prof Arnott’s research focuses on women’s heart disease, heart failure, cardiovascular imaging, and cardio-kidney-metabolic (CKM) disease. Her work has significantly influenced national health policy and clinical management.
As an experienced clinical trialist and the recipient of $28 million in research funding, A/Prof Arnott is an expert in investigating novel cardiometabolic treatments and pregnancy-related cardiovascular diseases including pre-eclampsia and pulmonary hypertension.
She is also Pagent Director of Heart Lung Clinical Research at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Director and Founder of the Women’s Heart Clinic at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Senior Staff Specialist Cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
A/Prof Arnott is a Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the European Society of Cardiology, and member of the ANZACT Steering Committee, as well as serving on the editorial board of Heart, Lung and Circulation.
Food policy
Every year, more than 11 million people die from diet-related diseases, and billions more face food insecurity, malnutrition, or hunger.
Reducing hypertension: The role of low sodium salt substitutes for population health
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Meaningful progress or empty promises? An analysis of how gender features in NCD action plans
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Comprehensive analysis supports routine use of metabolic drug for people with all levels of kidney function
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Dr Elisa Pineda
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Dr Elisa Pineda is an expert in food systems, public health nutrition, and spatial epidemiology. She currently holds an Imperial College Research Fellowship at the George Institute for Global Health, where she leads interdisciplinary research at the intersection of nutrition, health policy, and climate change. Her work focuses on transforming food environments to promote healthy and sustainable diets, reduce diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and mitigate environmental impact.
She is Principal Investigator of the SASS (Salt Substitutes to Address Sodium-Related Disease in the UK) project, which investigates the potential of potassium-enriched salt to prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease. She also leads research on food environment interventions and their effects on dietary behaviour and planetary health.
Dr Pineda is Chair of the Food Environment Group at Imperial College London and an affiliated research fellow at the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation (CHEPI). She also holds an honorary fellowship at the School of Public Health, where she contributes to academic collaborations on sustainable diets and nutrition policy.
She has a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition from University College London (UCL), an MSc in Nutritional Science from the Food and Development Research Centre (CIAD) in Mexico, and a BSc in Chemical-Biology with a specialisation in Food Technology from the University of Sonora, Mexico.
Dr Pineda has held international roles in both research and policy. She served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, contributing to the Global Database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA) and providing technical support for global nutrition policy analysis. She has also contributed to obesity forecasting in Europe with the UK Health Forum, and led research on food environments and obesity in low- and middle-income countries, as well as on dietary patterns and breast cancer risk.
She has taught extensively at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At Imperial College London, she has delivered courses in the School of Public Health and the Imperial College Business School, and previously taught public health nutrition, community nutrition, and sustainable food systems in Mexico and the UK, including at University College London and the Global Centre for Healthy Food Environments (Sprink).
Dr Pineda is an active member of international networks, including the UK NCD Working Group and INFORMAS (the International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs Research, Monitoring and Action Support), contributing to global advocacy and evidence-based policymaking to improve nutrition environments.
She is currently accepting PhD students interested in food systems, food environments, sustainable diets, and the prevention of non-communicable diseases.
Recent media features include an interview covering health taxes in the European Union and a conversation on BBC World Service's What in the World programme exploring why some sugary drinks are getting more expensive.
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