Lindsay Jaacks

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I am formally trained in nutrition and epidemiology. For the first decade of my career, I studied how what we eat affects weight gain and the development of type 2 diabetes. More recently, I have transitioned to studying food systems, trying to understand how the way we produce, process and procure food affects our health and wellbeing.

I am a Professor of Global Health and Nutrition and Deputy Director of the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, and Director of the Edinburgh Earth Initiative, at the University of Edinburgh.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Personal Chair Global Health and Nutrition, The University of Edinburgh
  • 2020–present
    Chancellor's Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
  • 2021–present
    UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, The University of Edinburgh
  • 2024–present
    Deputy Director, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
  • 2024–present
    Interim Director, Edinburgh Earth Initiative
  • 2016–2020
    Assistant Professor, Harvard University

Education

  • 2014 
    The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, PhD
  • 2010 
    Cornell University, Dual Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude

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