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Anna is a nutritionist with experience in research, private consultancy, third sector, training, education, and public health.

Anna has got BSc (Hons) in Nutrition from the University of Surrey (2006), Master of Engineering degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland (2007) and a PhD from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen (2011). Her first degree (BA) was in teaching English as a Foreign Language from the University of Warsaw (2005) and gave her full teaching qualifications in Poland. Anna has also recently been awarded a Master in Public Health by the University of Edinburgh (2021).

Anna’s PhD involved leading a weight loss intervention clinical trial for people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. After that, she worked for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow in the University of Aberdeen running a randomised controlled trial looking at links between vitamin D and cardiovascular health. She then moved to the NHS Grampian Research and Development, where she spent two years working as a Training Facilitator delivering courses on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and other aspects of research for academics and health professionals involved in human research. At the same time, she also worked as a freelance nutritionist in partnership with personal trainers, helping clients lose weight, improve wellbeing and prepare for sport events. Hoping to make a difference to health and wellbeing at a higher level, in 2015 she applied for a position of Policy Officer in Obesity Action Scotland (OAS) – advocacy group based in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, where she worked for five and a half years. This experience introduced her to public health and encourage to complete Masters in Public Health training in the University of Edinburgh.

Anna worked in partnerships with academics, health professionals and the third sector. She has experience of planning, managing and implementation of both academic and non-academic projects as well as academic supervisory experience, including undergraduate projects and master dissertations. In her previous roles, she designed training courses, workshops and events, managed and developed organisational portfolio of publications including briefings, factsheets, reports, position statements and consultation responses and led on developing and maintaining partnerships and collaborations with key external organisations. She also undertook media work and political engagement; including radio and TV interviews, drafting responses to media enquiries, press releases, creating social media and website content, writing blogs including invited pieces, and designed campaigns.

She was appointed as a Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition in Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ in November 2021.