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Kathryn Dalrymple

Dr Kathryn Dalrymple

Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences

Biography

Dr Dalrymple is a Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London. Kathryn first joined King’s as a MSc Nutrition student from 2011-2012. Following four years working in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry with Danone Nutricia she returned to King's in 2016 to undertake a PhD in Medical Statistics with the Department of Women and Children’s Health under the supervision of Professor Lucilla Poston. After completing her PhD she spent 12 months on secondment to the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre at the University of Southampton to work on longitudinal modelling of dietary data from the Southampton Women's Survey. During which time she also studied part-time for an PGDip in Applied Statistical Modelling and Health Informatics.

Dr Dalrymple's current research interests build on her PhD and Post-Doctoral training and are focused statistical modelling of maternal and infant nutrition and their relationship with early life origins of health and disease.

    Research

    Maternal health
    Maternal and child nutrition

    Women and children have unique nutritional requirements. Emerging evidence highlights that nutrition during early life, especially the period from conception until the first two years of life, plays an important role in setting the health trajectory of an individual and even future generations.

    Migrateful food
    Behavioural & psychosocial determinants of food choice

    Numerous factors influence individuals' food choice and in turn their intake. This broad topic involves investigations of widers behaviours, including food safety behaviours

      Research

      Maternal health
      Maternal and child nutrition

      Women and children have unique nutritional requirements. Emerging evidence highlights that nutrition during early life, especially the period from conception until the first two years of life, plays an important role in setting the health trajectory of an individual and even future generations.

      Migrateful food
      Behavioural & psychosocial determinants of food choice

      Numerous factors influence individuals' food choice and in turn their intake. This broad topic involves investigations of widers behaviours, including food safety behaviours