Understanding the nutritional regulation of 'healthy' fetal and infant growth and development
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Women's Health
Abstract
It is estimated that undernutrition (including deficiencies of key micronutrients) and sub-optimal breastfeeding is the cause of 3.1 million child deaths annually. Further, it is now widely accepted that nutrition during early life (including fetal life and early infancy) may 'programme' our future risk of a wide array of non-communicable diseases; the so called 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease' (DOHaD) hypothesis. Taken together, this understanding of the importance of both the immediate and longer-term health consequences of undernutrition during our early life period, has placed a much greater focus on a 'life-course' strategy for disease prevention, recognising that there are periods in early-life that provide a 'window of opportunity' for nutrition interventions aimed at improving life-long health. In populations with widespread maternal and infant undernutrition, optimising growth during this critical phase of development is fundamental for improving health. The key ambition of this research is to provide an evidence base on the mechanisms that link undernutrition to growth failure, so effective interventions can be designed.
To meet this ambition, this research will focus on four main objectives:
1. To improve our understanding of what 'normal' and 'abnormal' fetal and infant development, with a specific focus on growth and brain development.
2. To identify mechanisms through which maternal nutrition (before and during pregnancy) impacts on fetal and infant growth and brain development.
3. To advance our understanding of the mechanisms linking infant nutrition to growth and development, with a specific focus on maternal nutrition and breast milk quality.
4. To use this research to identify possible nutrition interventions for improvements in women's nutrition and infant health outcomes globally, and to test these interventions in new trials.
This research will largely be focused in low- and middle-income settings, but with implications for nutritionally vulnerability globally.
To meet this ambition, this research will focus on four main objectives:
1. To improve our understanding of what 'normal' and 'abnormal' fetal and infant development, with a specific focus on growth and brain development.
2. To identify mechanisms through which maternal nutrition (before and during pregnancy) impacts on fetal and infant growth and brain development.
3. To advance our understanding of the mechanisms linking infant nutrition to growth and development, with a specific focus on maternal nutrition and breast milk quality.
4. To use this research to identify possible nutrition interventions for improvements in women's nutrition and infant health outcomes globally, and to test these interventions in new trials.
This research will largely be focused in low- and middle-income settings, but with implications for nutritionally vulnerability globally.
Technical Summary
The overall aim of my research is to identify mechanisms through which maternal and infant nutrition may impact on maternal health and influence infant development and hence identify pathways by which nutritional interventions to mothers and/or infants can be effective. The specific focus is on the nutritional regulation of 'healthy' fetal and infant growth, and in gaining a detailed understanding of the mechanisms underpinning this. The research is concentrated on vulnerable populations, especially mothers and infants in settings of widespread undernutrition in resource poor settings, but with implications for nutritional inequalities globally.
Within this overall aim, the specific objectives of this research are to:
1. Improve understanding of normal and abnormal fetal and infant development, utilising detailed phenotypic data from existing and ongoing birth cohort studies and focusing specifically on growth and brain development.
2. Identify mechanisms through which maternal nutrition impact on fetal and infant growth and brain development.
3. Identify mechanisms linking infant nutrition to growth and brain development, with a specific focus on maternal nutrition and breast milk quality.
4. Identify and test nutritional interventions for improvements in women's nutrition and infant health outcomes globally.
Within this overall aim, the specific objectives of this research are to:
1. Improve understanding of normal and abnormal fetal and infant development, utilising detailed phenotypic data from existing and ongoing birth cohort studies and focusing specifically on growth and brain development.
2. Identify mechanisms through which maternal nutrition impact on fetal and infant growth and brain development.
3. Identify mechanisms linking infant nutrition to growth and brain development, with a specific focus on maternal nutrition and breast milk quality.
4. Identify and test nutritional interventions for improvements in women's nutrition and infant health outcomes globally.
Planned Impact
Who might benefit from this research?
Beyond the academic community, it is anticipated that this work will provide impact primarily through the provision of information that is relevant to public health professionals, clinicians and global health practitioners.
How might they benefit from this research?
In addition to the immediate health consequences of undernutrition, it is now widely accepted that the early life environment (especially the early life nutritional environment) has lifelong effects on human health. The 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease' (DOHaD) hypothesis is built on a substantial body of evidence from epidemiological, animal and human intervention studies and demonstrates associations between the early environment and a wide range of health outcomes. These data have placed a much greater emphasis on a lifecourse strategy for disease prevention, recognising that there are periods in early life that provide a window of opportunity for both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. A comprehensive understanding of the timing and mode of action of early nutrition is therefore needed before interventions can be developed for lifelong health. Within this portfolio of work, I seek to understand these mechanisms and provide tangible targets - accessible to both the academic and non-academic communities - for intervention to improve infant and childhood growth and development.
Beyond the academic community, it is anticipated that this work will provide impact primarily through the provision of information that is relevant to public health professionals, clinicians and global health practitioners.
How might they benefit from this research?
In addition to the immediate health consequences of undernutrition, it is now widely accepted that the early life environment (especially the early life nutritional environment) has lifelong effects on human health. The 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease' (DOHaD) hypothesis is built on a substantial body of evidence from epidemiological, animal and human intervention studies and demonstrates associations between the early environment and a wide range of health outcomes. These data have placed a much greater emphasis on a lifecourse strategy for disease prevention, recognising that there are periods in early life that provide a window of opportunity for both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. A comprehensive understanding of the timing and mode of action of early nutrition is therefore needed before interventions can be developed for lifelong health. Within this portfolio of work, I seek to understand these mechanisms and provide tangible targets - accessible to both the academic and non-academic communities - for intervention to improve infant and childhood growth and development.
Organisations
- King's College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- World Health Organization (WHO) (Collaboration)
- University of California, Berkeley (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Washington State University (Collaboration)
- Emory University (Collaboration)
- University of California, Davis (Collaboration)
- Birkbeck, University of London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Sophie Moore (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Kinshella MW
(2021)
Maternal Dietary Patterns and Pregnancy Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
in Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)
Lane AA
(2019)
Household composition and the infant fecal microbiome: The INSPIRE study.
in American journal of physical anthropology
Naumenko DJ
(2021)
A Novel method for the identification and quantification of weight faltering.
in American journal of physical anthropology
Griffiths PL
(2016)
Do socio-economic inequalities in infant growth in rural India operate through maternal size and birth weight?
in Annals of human biology
Moore SE
(2020)
Using longitudinal data to understand nutrition and health interactions in rural Gambia.
in Annals of human biology
Moore SE
(2017)
Early-Life Nutritional Programming of Health and Disease in The Gambia.
in Annals of nutrition & metabolism
Bourassa MW
(2020)
Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: call to action for change in recommendation.
in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Schoenbuchner S
(2018)
In rural Gambia, do adolescents have increased nutritional vulnerability compared with adults? Nutritional vulnerability in Gambian adolescents
in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Bourassa MW
(2019)
Review of the evidence regarding the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries.
in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Gomes F
(2020)
Setting research priorities on multiple micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy.
in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
| Description | Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, NIHR Research Group |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Development of MSc course module in Global Women's Health |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://hmhbconsortium.org/meet-our-members/ |
| Description | Maternal and Child Nutrition working group membership (SACN) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative - Strategic Plan - Report Author |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant: Assessing pelvic size and bone plate growth and closure in girls and women in LIC - a systematic review |
| Amount | $80,611 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1182346 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant: The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Project: A Multi-Center Collaborative Study |
| Amount | $5,221,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1148405 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | Confidence in Global Mental Health Research: Institutional "pump-priming" awards to develop new opportunities in Global Mental Health Research |
| Amount | £199,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Confidence in Global Nutrition and Health Research: Institutional "pump-priming" awards to develop new opportunities in Global Nutrition and Health Research |
| Amount | £144,260 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Confidence in Global Nutrition and Health Research: Institutional "pump-priming" awards to develop new opportunities in Global Nutrition and Health Research |
| Amount | £199,999 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Diet on Microbiome interactions for better Immune Outcomes (DoMInO) study |
| Amount | £49,954 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 215860/Z/19/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | PRECISE-DYAD: linking maternal and infant health trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Amount | £4,016,242 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 217123/Z/19/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Research Enrichment - Public Engagment |
| Amount | £42,665 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 220225/Z/20/A |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
| Amount | £2,280,346 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 220225/Z/20/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | ASSET |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am part of a network of researchers from across KCL, led by Professor Martin Prince, who have received funding from NIHR for a Global Health Center for ASSET: heAlth System StrEngThening in SSA. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As a multidisciplinary group, all partners are providing relevant expertise into this network. |
| Impact | No outputs as yet. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | BMGF Knowledge Integration (KI) Growth Failure Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine we have contributed data (longitudinal anthropometry and health data on children from birth to two years of age) and input into a pooled analysis of data from multiple contexts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data and required knowledge relating to the data. Scientific input into research outputs. |
| Impact | There are currently three manuscripts in preparation. This data has also been presented at a number of international meetings, including at WHO. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | BMGF-funded Knowledge Integration - Gestational Weight Gain Pooling |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have engaged with this consortium and will provide data and intellectual input to the pooling and analysis of gestational weight gain data from multiple country contexts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As above. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet to report. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | BRINDA Pregnancy Working Group |
| Organisation | Emory University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joining BRINDA (Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutrition Determinants of Anemia) Pregnancy working group, and contribution of data for pooled analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Emory are leading this international project and will co-ordinate data analysis and publications. |
| Impact | None yet - just at data sharing stage. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Global fNIRS |
| Organisation | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | GlobalfNIRS is a multidisciplinary project dedicated to advancing global health initiatives through the use of a low cost, portable and non-invasive neuroimaging technology, functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Our goal is to provide tools which supplement current methods for assessing cognitive function of the developing brain in resource poor settings. We believe that establishing earlier and more objective biomarkers of typical and atypical cognitive development will be of value in assessing interventional outcomes and risk prevention strategies. The role of the MCN Group at MRC Human Nutrition Research is to provide input into the application of fNIRS to assess the impact of early nutritional deprivation on infant cognitive development. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise by the lead partners in Medical engineering (UCL) and child psychology (Birkbeck) |
| Impact | Published peer-reviewed papers: Lloyd-Fox S, Papademetriou M, Darboe MK, Everdell NL, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell, CE. (2014). Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to assess cognitive function in infants in rural Africa. Nature Scientific Report, 4, 4740, doi: 10.1038/ srep04740. Publications in Press: Begus K, Lloyd-Fox S. Halliday D, Papademetriou M, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, Elwell CE. Using fNIRS to Study Working Memory of Infants in Rural Africa. Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXXVII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Poster presentations: Applying fNIRS to study the effects of nutrition on cognitive development in infants: A pilot study of working memory in infants in UK and rural Africa. Begus K, Lloyd-Fox S, Halliday D, Papademetriou M, Everdell N, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell CE. Poster presented at International Society Oxygen Transport Tissues, London, UK, June 28-July 3, 2014. Brain Imaging of Cognitive Development in Rural Gambia: Studies from Birth to 24 Months of Age. Halliday D, Lloyd-Fox S, Begus K, Maris H, Papademetriou M, Everdell N, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell CE. Poster presented at Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, USA, April 26-30, 2014. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Global fNIRS |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | GlobalfNIRS is a multidisciplinary project dedicated to advancing global health initiatives through the use of a low cost, portable and non-invasive neuroimaging technology, functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Our goal is to provide tools which supplement current methods for assessing cognitive function of the developing brain in resource poor settings. We believe that establishing earlier and more objective biomarkers of typical and atypical cognitive development will be of value in assessing interventional outcomes and risk prevention strategies. The role of the MCN Group at MRC Human Nutrition Research is to provide input into the application of fNIRS to assess the impact of early nutritional deprivation on infant cognitive development. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise by the lead partners in Medical engineering (UCL) and child psychology (Birkbeck) |
| Impact | Published peer-reviewed papers: Lloyd-Fox S, Papademetriou M, Darboe MK, Everdell NL, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell, CE. (2014). Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to assess cognitive function in infants in rural Africa. Nature Scientific Report, 4, 4740, doi: 10.1038/ srep04740. Publications in Press: Begus K, Lloyd-Fox S. Halliday D, Papademetriou M, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, Elwell CE. Using fNIRS to Study Working Memory of Infants in Rural Africa. Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXXVII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Poster presentations: Applying fNIRS to study the effects of nutrition on cognitive development in infants: A pilot study of working memory in infants in UK and rural Africa. Begus K, Lloyd-Fox S, Halliday D, Papademetriou M, Everdell N, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell CE. Poster presented at International Society Oxygen Transport Tissues, London, UK, June 28-July 3, 2014. Brain Imaging of Cognitive Development in Rural Gambia: Studies from Birth to 24 Months of Age. Halliday D, Lloyd-Fox S, Begus K, Maris H, Papademetriou M, Everdell N, Darboe MK, Prentice AM, Moore SE, & Elwell CE. Poster presented at Experimental Biology Conference, San Diego, USA, April 26-30, 2014. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | INSPIRE |
| Organisation | Washington State University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am part of an international collaborative network of research scientists interested in defining 'what is normal' when it comes to human breast milk. Initially, this was a research grant (funded by the National Science Foundation (US)), completed in 2017. We still engage collaboratively as a network, planning future, follow up work. My contribution is to engage scientifically with this group, contributing to new ideas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Input from research scientists from different disciplines (anthropology, laction physiology, microbiome research, immunology, nutrition etc) into the research network. Participation at meetings. |
| Impact | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713365 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28356278 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | MILQ: The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality Project |
| Organisation | University of California, Davis |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Myself and my MRC HNR funded PhD student (Kamilla Eriksen) were part of a Technical Advisory Group formed in 2015 to create a multi-centre study to develop reference values for human milk nutrient concentrations. As a direct consequence of this collaboration, we formed a research group and received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a multi-site study on this topic. We will lead the Gambian and Danish arms of this study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have contributed intellectually to secure funding for a large research study. |
| Impact | Funding from BMGF. No publications as yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Modelling mother-infant resource allocation and its health consequences |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Formed a research consortium to explore opportunities to use existing Gambian data to develop mathematical models of mother-infant resource allocation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input to study designs. Support with grant writing. |
| Impact | Grant shortly to be submitted to the Leverhulme Trust |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | PRECISE |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I was part of a consortium of research scientists who applied for GCRF funding to establish a research network: The PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network: a sub-Saharan network for placental disorders. Led by Professor Peter von Dadelzsen (formally SGUL, now KCL), I lead on the diet and nutrition aspects across all participating countries, and also sit within the 'epidemiology' working group. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a multidisciplinary group, and all collaborators contributed to the study design, and now to the implementation. The launch meeting was held in Nairobi in February 2018, where all partners contributed. |
| Impact | Non as yet. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Pooled analysis of maternal LNS trials |
| Organisation | University of California, Davis |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data contribution for pooled individual patient meta analysis and systematic review. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution of data from completed trial (ENID) on which I am the PI. Intellectual input into analysis plan. |
| Impact | Still engaged in data compilation - no outputs to report yet. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Risk Stratification Working Group |
| Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Intellectual input to working group, and data contribution. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input to working group, and data contribution. |
| Impact | No outputs yet - project still ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | TALENT |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am part of a collaborative network, who secured GCRF "pump priming" funding to establish a network of research scientists with an interest in adolescent nutrition - "TALENT: Transforming Adolescent Lives Through Nutrition". In addition to contributing to the grant application, I attended the first project workshop in India in March 2018 and, together with colleagues from the MRC Unit The Gambia, I will lead on a qualitative study of factors determining diet, nutrition and health in adolescent boys and girls in rural Gambia. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a multidisciplinary group of qualitative and quantitative research scientists, together with partners from India and sub-Saharan Africa, all working together to get essential pilot data for future grant applications for further research to improve adolescent nutrition and health. |
| Impact | No outputs as yet. Project funding awarded 01/02/18. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Abstract: Epigenomics of Common Diseases |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Environmentally sensitive hotspots in the methylome of the early human embryo. Dr Matt Silver, Dr Sophie Moore et al |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-events/epigenomics-common-diseases-2019/ |
| Description | Abstract: Micronutrient Forum (abstract accepted for presentation) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Target product proles for a micronutrient assessment tool and associated blood collection device for use in population health surveys: An expert consensus. Emily Smith, Dr Sophie Moore et al |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://conference.micronutrientforum.org/ |
| Description | Abstract: Micronutrient Forum (abstract accepted for presentation) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Acknowledging the gap: a systematic review of micronutrient supplementation in infants under 6 months of age in low- and middle-income countries. Isabella Steele, Dr Sophie Moore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://conference.micronutrientforum.org/ |
| Description | Abstract: fNIRSUK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Habituation and novelty detection fNIRS and EEG brain responses in 5 month old infants: The Gambia and UK. Dr Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Dr Sophie Moore et al |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://fnirs-uk2019.weebly.com/ |
| Description | Advanced Qualitative Research for Global Health Course - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30-40 individuals from KCL and beyond attended this KCL hosted course to get advanced training in qualitative reasearch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www1.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/shortcourses/home/clcourse/ |
| Description | Attendance and presentation at ICIS 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentations and networking at the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS) Assessing cognitive skills from infancy to preschool age among children from rural Gambia" Authors- Bosiljka Milosavljevic, Ebrima Mbye Ebou Touray, Tijan Fadera, Mariama Saidykhan, Fabakary Njai, Ousman Kambi, Giulia Ghillia, Samantha McCann, Lena Acolatse, Clare Elwell, Sophie E.Moore, Sarah-Lloyd-Fox, & The BRIGHT Project Team Infant EEG markers of novelty detection show longitudinal associations with pre-school executive function outcomes in rural Gambia. Authors- laura Katus, Bosiljka Milosavljevic, Ebrima Mbye, Ebou Touray, Tijan Fadera, Mariama Saidykhan, Muhammed Ceesay, Ousman Kambi, Giulias Ghillia, Samantha McCann, Lena Acolatse, Luke Mason, Sophie Moore, Clare Elwell, Michelle de-Haan, Sarah Lloyd-Fox. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://infantstudies.org/2022-congress/ |
| Description | Attendance at Launch Event - Lancet Series on Women and Children's Health in Conflict Settings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Launch of a global report; participation at event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thelancet.com/series/conflict-health#:~:text=The%20Lancet%20Series%20on%20Women's,nutrit... |
| Description | Attendance to fNIRS Society conference in Tokyo, Japan - Ms Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 3 members of the BRIGHT project team attended the fNIRS Society conference in Tokyo, October 2018. An oral presentation was given on the topic of ' fNIRS habituation responses in infants between 1 and 8 months of age in Gambia and UK'. And a poster presentation was given on the topic of 'fNIRS Working memory responses in infants at 8 and 12 months in the UK and The Gambia' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BabyBrains Instagram Live Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Instagram live interview on 'Nutrition and Brain Development in The Gambia' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.babybrains.info/ |
| Description | Chair of the External Advisory Board for "INPreP3" (Improved Nutrition Preconception Pregnancy Post-Delivery), NIHR Southampton 1000DaysPlus Global Nutrition Research Group. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chair of the External Advisory Board for "INPreP3" (Improved Nutrition Preconception Pregnancy Post-Delivery), which is the NIHR Southampton 1000DaysPlus Global Nutrition Research Group (from September 2018 to 2021) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Conference presentation; Iron status in early infancy is associated with attentional flexibility and global cognitive development in rural Gambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the American Society for Nutrition "Nutrition 2021" virtual meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meeting.nutrition.org/ |
| Description | Creating Global Health Science forum at KCL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Together with a colleague at KCL, Sophie Moore initiated the 'Global Health Science Cafe' a forum for networking/sharing of scientific ideas across global health with the Department of Women and Children's Health at KCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Department of Women and Children's health breakfast meeting: "MILQ study protocol overview and PhD plans" - Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented the findings of my ongoing analysis of HERO-G study data to the King's College London Department of Women and children's health monthly breakfast meeting. Received useful feedback and answered questions from colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ENN Wasting and Stunting Technical Interest Group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Early Nutrition Network Wasting and Stunting group open meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Early Life Nutrition Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributing to a KCL-led virtual training course on Early Life Nutrition (presenting and participating). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/early-life-nutrition-masterclass-2021 |
| Description | Early Nutrition Meeting, Munich. Lecture on "Early life nutritional programming of health and disease in The Gambia" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the Early Nutrition meeting in Munich, Germany. Spoke at session in session focused on research in low income settings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | FASEB meeting on the Origins and Benefits of Biologically Active Components in Human Milk (Lisbon, Portugal) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presnted a lecture as part of this FASEB meeting on my research from The Gambia looking at the importance of nutrition during the first 1000 days on life course health outcomes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Faculty Postgraduate symposium 22 Oct 2020: "Associations of pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain with infant anthropometric outcomes in rural Gambian Infants" - Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Submitted a poster at the annual symposium for all of the KCL School of Life Course Sciences postgraduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Flux 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance and networking at the Flux 2022 meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://fluxsociety.org/2022-paris/ |
| Description | GLOW Webinar: Demystifying qualitative research in global maternal and newborn health - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Glow is a conference series holding multiple online webinars now due to COVID. This webinar specifically focused on qualitative research in global maternal and newborn health. This gave the opportunity to expand my knowledge in this field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Gave a Lunch and Learn research seminar at the Women's Health Research Institute titled, "A human rights-based lens to exploring conceptualizations of gender and motherhood within the First 1,000 Days approach to nutrition" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 40+ researchers, clinicians and trainees at the Women's Health Research Institute attending this talk, which sparked questions and discussion afterwards including potential collaboration with other researchers and guest speaker on a podcast |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Gave an Origins of Child Health and Disease (OCHaD) research seminar at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute titled, "Maternal dietary patterns and risk of pregnancy hypertension in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 40+ researchers, clinicians and trainees at the BC Children's Research Institute attending this talk, which sparked questions and discussion afterwards including potential future areas of research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Global Launch of Lancet Series on Women and Children's Health in Conflict Settings - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event attracted 1,343 people from 85 countires. It gave the opportunity to 'meet' key players in the field of women and children's global health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Greenman Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Focus on nutritional biomarkers and future health. Public engagement activity, August 16-20. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Human biology Association meeting: Abstract: "Accuracy of anthropometry-based equations versus air-displacement plethysmography for the estimation of fat mass in rural Gambian infants" - Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Named author on an abstract submitted to the annual US Human Biology Association Meeting. I didn't personally attend the meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ICIS Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog as part of the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS Blog): "Going the extra mile (or 1000 miles) to represent infants." August 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://infantstudies.org/going-the-extra-mile-or-1000-miles-to-represent-infants/ |
| Description | Informal consultation - Growth in the First Six Months |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engagement in a WHO consultation on Growth in the First Six Months |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | International Child Health Group Winter meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation and engagement in an online meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://internationalchildrenshealthgroup.eventscase.com/EN/ICHGWinterMeeting2021#:~:text=The%202021... |
| Description | International Congress of Infant Studies - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Many members of the BRIGHT team presented within the international congress of infant studies in July 2020. SMcCann presented a talk called ' Undernutrition in Infancy is Associated with Early Brain Development in The Gambia:An fNIRS Study' within a symposium called 'Environmental influences on early attention'. B Milosavejkevic presented a talk 'Mother-infant interactions, maternal mental health and infant cognitive outcomes in The Gambia' in the symposium on 'parent infant interaction styles in diverse populations and their impact on infant development. M Perapoch presented a poster titled' Exploring newborn behaviour using the Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale in Gambia and the UK', L Katus presented the poster 'Explicit memory development over the first year of life: An ERP study in The Gambia and the UK' and C Bulgarelli presented 2 posters titled 'Developmental changes in auditory social perception between 5 and 24 months in a Gambian cohort' and 'The impact of iron deficiency and early maternal interactions on functional connectivity in low- and middle- income countries' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://infantstudies.org/congress-2020/ |
| Description | International Fieldwork During a Pandemic - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Fieldwork During a Pandemic was a webinr focuing on the challenges many researchers have faced due to COVID-19 which have pushed to innovate, and while there are many obstacles yet to be overcome, there have been positive experiences as well. This talk was aiming to stimulate further dialogue and reflection |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited Expert Panel: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation "Modeling Neurodevelopment: Physical Growth Above the Neck" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Modeling Neurodevelopment: Physical Growth Above the Neck. BRIGHT study overview and preliminary results (joint presentation Sophie Moore & Sam McCann) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited Guest Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited guest seminar at Born in Bradford on the topic of "Neurocognitive Development in Rural Gambia; Insights from a decade of in-depth research" (Dr Sam McCann) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/ |
| Description | KCL 3MT 3 minute thesis competition - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I submitted a 3 minute video entry to the 3MT competition within the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, KCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | KCL Departmental Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | KCL Department of Women & Children's Health Seminar 'Nutrition Interventions in the First Six Months'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | KCL Global Health Photography competition - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I submitted a photo entry to a KCL Global Health competition. The photos were displayed at an exhibit at KCL and are now on display within the KCL campus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | KCL School of Life Sciences Away Day Presentation - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a talk at the KCL School of Life Sciences Away day, which was attended by under graduates, post graduates and visiting scientists including staff from the Born in Bradford study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Keynote Lecture delivered at the 26th Watson Memorial Study Day, Newcastle University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited keynote lecture to paediatric infectious disease expert, Northern Deanery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | King's Global Health Institute PhD Student Representative - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30 or so faculty from King's Global Health Institute attending a talk about coping during COVID and I spoke as a representative for remaining resilient during a PhD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lecture - Global Health MSc, Oxford University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture MSc Global Health, University of Oxford (annually since 2016) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Lecture - MSc Global Health, University of Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Provided a lecture on International Nutrition to MSc students (Global Health) at Oxford University, with the aim of highlighting career opportunities within this academic research field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lecture - Maternal and Child Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Provided a lecture to MSc students at LSHTM on strategies to improve maternal and child micronutrient status |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lecture to Global Health Nutrition MSc students at LSHTM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture on 'Micronutrient interventions in pregnancy and childhood' as part of the MSc module on Maternal and Child Nutrition and LSHTM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| Description | Lecturing, Imperial College London. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gave a lecture on International Nutrition as part of the Global Health MSc programme at Imperial College London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | MNF Connected Conference contributions - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented a poster on iron and neurodevelopment, which used data from BRIGHT, at the MNF connected conference. I also atteended the conference remotely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://micronutrientforum.org/conferences/connected/ |
| Description | MNF Global Meeting 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contributing to the Global Micronutrient Forum 'Connected' meeting, held virtually in November 2020. As a member of the Programme Committee for this meeting, I contributed in the planning of the programme and also organised and chaired two sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | MRCG at LSHTM Nutrition theme meeting: "Associations of pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain with infant anthropometric outcomes in the HERO-G cohort - current findings and future plans for analysis"- Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented the findings of my ongoing analysis of HERO-G study data to the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Nutrition Theme monthly meeting. Received useful feedback and answered questions from colleagues and collaborators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Management Group of the London Metallomics Consortium. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Management Group of the London Metallomics Consortium (September 2019 - ). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Micronutrient Forum + poster submission - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Micornutrient forum is an international event with delegates from many different sectors. Unfortunately because of COVID it was an online forum and I could not display my poster, but I was able to have it in the online 'poster hall' which all delegates had access to. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://micronutrientforum.org/conferences/connected/ |
| Description | Micronutrient Forum, Mexico |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Together with my PhD student, led and spoke at a session on "Is maternal supplementation effective for increasing micronutrients in breast milk?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at 14th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium on "Dietary Lipids and Carbohydrates - Impact on Human Health" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Nutrition International - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Nutrition International was an online webinar for further training in the topic of infant and maternal nutrition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Nutrition Society Live 2020 - Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Annual 2 day conference. Attended the conference online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meeting.nutrition.org/ |
| Description | Nutrition Society Live 2020 - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Nutrition Society Live in an annual confernce across two days, with a focus on micronutrients one of the days this year. It was conducted online due to COVID so it's reach was greater. This is a US based organistion so gave a greta opportunity to gain knowledge from novel experts in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meeting.nutrition.org/ |
| Description | Nutrition Society Training Academy - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NSTA was an online webinar for further training in the topic of infant nutritional requirements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.nutritionsociety.org/training-academy |
| Description | Nutrition and Growth 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two keynote presentations at the Nutrition and Growth 2022 meeting (Sophie Moore and Sam McCann) on the topic of Growth and development in the first six months. "Nutrition Interventions in the First Six Months: A Policy Perspective" "Nutrition and Neurodevelopment in the First Six Months: Novel Approaches for Global Health" (S McCann) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nutritiongrowth.com/ |
| Description | OpeN-Global Launch Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | London, May 2018. Partner meeting with ~35 international partners from academia, science and industry to launch the OpeN-Global project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://open-global.kcl.ac.uk |
| Description | OpeN-Global website live launch - Drs Moore & Farebrother |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This activity is the online launch of the OpeN-Global website, that was live streamed to an international audience. OpeN-Global is an online knowledge resource that brings open-access information and technical support on nutrition biomarkers to nutrition researchers and other nutrition stakeholders globally. The website was launched officially online with a launch event on 27 Feb 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://open-global.kcl.ac.uk |
| Description | Participation in Gates funded meeting on assessment of micronutrients, Oakland, March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Formal Advisory Committee meeting sponsored by the Micronutrient Forum and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to contribute to projects relating to the broad topic on 'Determining optimal blood processing and handling parameters for micronutrient assessment' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Participation in fNIRS Society Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance by two members of my research group (Dr Sam McCann and Mr Samuel Beaton) at this international conference and participation / leadership in sessions targeted at Early Career Researchers. Poster presentations: "Implementing High Density Diffuse Optical Tomography to measure infant brain function in rural Gambia: A pilot study" October 2022. Authors- Samantha McCann, Ebrima Mbye, Mariama Saidykhan, Samuel Beaton, Borja Blanco, Anna Blasi, Sophie E. Moore. "Infant fNIRS brain responses at participant level" October 2022. Authors- A. Blasi, C. Bulgarelli, S. McCann, L. Katus, E. Mbye, M. Rozhko, L. Mason, S.E. Moore, C.E. Elwell, S. Lloyd-Fox, and the BRIGHT project team "The longitudinal development of functional connectivity in Gambian infants over the first 2 years and its relationship with cognitive outcomes and growth measures" October 2022. Authors- C. Bulgarelli, A. Blasi, B. Milosavljevic, S. McCann, E. Mbyee, E. Touraye, S. Drammeh L. Acolatse , S.E. Moore, S. Lloyd-Fox, C.E. Elwell, A.T. Eggebrecht and the BRIGHT Team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://fnirs2022.fnirs.org/ |
| Description | Poster presentation at Nutrition & Growth conference (Paris) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation on "MATERNAL MID-PREGNANCY LIPID LEVELS IMPACT ON INFANT ANTHROPOMETRY", given by Dr Sandra Okala from my group at KCL. Presentation led to interest from other research scientists, including suggestions for future research direction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Poster presentation to KCL Post Graduate Research Symposium - Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I submitted a poster to the KCL PGR symposium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Poster presentation: Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Habituation and Novelty Detection fNIRS brain responses from 5 to 12 months of age: The Gambia and UK. Sam McCann & Dr Sophie Moore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3882 |
| Description | Poster: DOHaD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Health, autonomy and caregiver frustration: exploring drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity across sub-Saharan Africa and India. Dr Polly Hardy-Johnson, Dr Sophie Moore et al |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://dohadsoc.org/world-congess-2019/ |
| Description | Presentation - Society for the Study of Human Biology Meeting (Oxford, UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave a plenary lecture at the Society for the Study of Human Biology's 60th meeting focused on "Cohort Methods and Applications in Human Biology" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at DOHaD 2022 meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr Prachand Issarapu at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Meeting, 2022. GENE METHYLATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH HEIGHT IN INDIAN AND GAMBIAN CHILDREN: THE EMPHASIS STUDY |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.dohad2022.com/ |
| Description | Presentation at DOHaD meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on "Critical windows for nutritional interventions to promote growth and development: Lessons from The Gambia" as part of a workshop on the First 1000 Days at the DOHaD meeting in Rotterdam, October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at International Colloquium on Hyperemesis Gravidarum 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Sophie Moore on "Nutritional deficiency and adverse outcomes in other settings" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.hgresearch.org/ichg2022 |
| Description | Presentation at International meeting on fieldwork during a pandemic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sharing of experiences in International Fieldwork During a Pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at London Metallomics Facility meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Dr McCann on "Iron status in early infancy and neurodevelopment in rural Gambia" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/metallomics |
| Description | Presentation at Maternal and Child Health Systems & Policy Research Seminar - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented my work thus far for my PhD at a seminar series to about 30 guests from the Women and Children's Health Department. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation at Sapiens Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and participation at the Sapiens Early Social Development conference, 2022: "Associations between Maternal Responsiveness and Infant Neural Social Selectivity and Later Language in a rural Gambian Context" Authors- Helena-Céline Arøe Stevelt, Bosiljka Milosavljevic, Chiara Bulgarelli, Ebrima Mbye, Ebou Touray, Samantha McCann, Maria M. Crespo-Llado, AnnaBlasi, Mariama Saidykhan, Tijan Fadera, Ousman Kambi, Sophie E. Moore, Clare Elwell, Sarah Lloyd-Fox & The BRIGHT Project Team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sapiensconference.org/ |
| Description | Presentation at the Nutrition and Growth 2019 meeting in Valencia, Spain (Sophie Moore, March 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a research paper on the relationships between wasting and stunting among Gambian infants at a conference attending by a broad range of international academic and industry delegates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://2019.nutrition-growth.kenes.com/ |
| Description | Presentation of a poster at the Nutrition and Growth Conference - Dr Sandra Okala |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of a poster titled "Maternal mid-pregnancy lipid levels impact on infant anthropometry". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/2/11/nzy040/5048988 |
| Description | Presentation, Global Women's Research Society (GLOW) Meeting, London UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research at the Global Women's Research Society (GLOW) meeting, held in King's College London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Programme Committee for the Micronutrient Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Programme Committee for the Micronutrient Forum meeting (Thailand, March 2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://micronutrientforum.org/conferences/bangkok2020/ |
| Description | Public Engagement event with participants of research sites in Cambridge and The Gambia - Ms Samantha McCann |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 80 participants (40 mothers and 40 fathers) attended a series of interactive workshops designed to educate the audience on the importance of the brain, brain development, mental health and our our research techniques (fNIRS and EEG). The day was run by local staff in the local language and activities were tailored to non-literate participants and children. We included evaluation questions at the start and end of the day which showed an increase in knowledge regarding the importance of mental health and how to cope with the stresses of parenthood, the role and importance of the brain and the function of our project equipment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | RCOG CSG meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Global Health CSG at the RCOG in London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Rosie Midwifery Research Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave an informal seminar as part of the Rosie Midwifery Research Forum, Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge on "The effects of pre-natal and infant nutrition on infant growth and development". The aim of this seminar was to raise awareness among midwives at the Rosie about our ongoing research, so they could help communicate to the pregnant women and their families. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Royal College of Obstetrians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) National Trainee Conference (NTC) 2018 - Ms Alice Maidwell Smith |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Description from conference website, available on [https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/departmental-catalog/Departments/postgraduate-and-scientific-meetings/2061---national-trainees-conference-2018/], cited 9th January 2019: "" The National Trainees Conference 2018 is for trainees at all grades and is organised by trainees. This year's Conference aims to address morale and motivation within our specialty; and inject some vibrancy and balance into our training by showcasing the positives of being an O&G trainee in the NHS and beyond. If you love O&G but sometimes feel as if training is a tick box exercise, if you're considering your career options within O&G, or if you're simply looking for an update on a diverse range of topics within our specialty, then this is the Conference for you. In an increasingly pressurised health service, the requirements on trainees continue to mount. The challenges facing a modern NHS and the challenges in our specialty need to be understood and we need the knowledge, tools and skills to allow us to successfully navigate our training.""" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/departmental-catalog/Departments/postgraduate-and-scientific-meetings/206... |
| Description | SUSTECH Talk - Isabella Stelle. I spoke to potential PhD Students interested in KCL School of Life Course Sciences. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I spoke to roughly 20 potential PhD Students from Asia who were interested in the School of Life Course Sciences at King's College London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Sackler Foundation meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in a meeting reviewing the results of studies using existing datasets to investigate the nutritional status of adolescent girls and young women, Part of a workshop held at the New York Academy of Sciences, November 3-4, 2016, which has led on to a Research Funding call in the area of adolescent nutrition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | School of Life Course Sciences PhD Symposium + poster submission - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a symposium for all of the KCL School of Life Course Sciences. I submitted a poster abstract and a winner from each department (of which I was not) was selected to present to the symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Seminar at Southampton University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar on "The importance of maternal nutrition for healthy growth and development: Research from The Gambia" at the Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism & Cardiovascular seminar series, Southampton University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Stand Up for Science Public Engagement, Media Engagement and Policy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Attendance my my post-doc at this Public Engagement event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Steering group for King's Global Health Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The King's Global Health Institute was formally launched in 2018. I represent the School of Life Course Sciences and Department of Women and Children's Health as a member of the KGHI Steering group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/kghi |
| Description | Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Workshop on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and the SDGs, Stellenbosch South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a workshop to highlight the importance of DOHaD for helping sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Meeting led to a 'View Point' article in Global Health Action. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | TALENT Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | GCRF funded workshop focused on adolescent nutrition. South Africa August 6-10 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Three Minute Thesis Competition - Isabella Stelle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Postgraduate research students from all departments of KCL were invited to present their thesis in a 3 minute video competition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Transforming Nutrition Science for Better Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Joint Wellcome Trust - WHO consultation [15-17th October 2018]. Invited participant. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | WHO meeting on Growth Failure in infants less than six months |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invitation to, and participation at a WHO convened meeting in Geneva, January 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | WaST Technical Expert Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with the Emergency Nutrition Network's Technical Expert Group on Wasting and Stunting. Attending meetings and providing specific expertise into activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Wageningen University: BSc/MSc Study Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | MSc/BSc Students are invited to a European Excursion (7-10 days excursion through 1-4 European countries), during which visits are scheduled to universities, nutrition and health institutes, food and nutrition industries and non-governmental health. The excursion aims to cover all different specializations within the field of nutrition and health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Population Health Strategy Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Participation (as part of Expert Review Group) at the Wellcome Trust's Population Health group meeting, London, January 17th 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Women's Health monthly scientific seminar: "Associations of pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain with infant anthropometric outcomes in rural Gambia" - Andy Doel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented the findings of my ongoing analysis of HERO-G study data to the King's College London Department of Women and children's health monthly seminar. Received useful feedback and answered questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Work in Progress presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Maggie Woo Kinshella on "A mixed methods approach to investigating maternal diet and pregnancy hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa", Origins of Child Health and Disease Work in Progress Seminar, BCCHR, Vancouver, Canada 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | fNIRS Virtual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a virtual conference; sharing of research experience and research results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://fnirs.org/events/conferences/2021-sfnirs-virtual-conference-schedule/ |