Dr Rachel Loopstra
Affiliate Lecturer in Nutrition
Research interests
- Nutrition
Biography
I have now moved to the University of Liverpool, but still have an affiliate position with King's College London.
My research focuses on household food insecurity and food bank use in high-income countries. Specific projects involve novel data collected from households using food banks, and secondary data analyses of large data sets to explore the impact of poverty and social policies on food insecurity and nutrition.
Research
Population Health & Nutrition Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary team with a range of observational and interventional studies in the UK, Africa and Latin America Caribbean. Key interests relate to community-based participatory methods and systems perspectives to engage with the complex socio-cultural contexts that drive disparities in health and access to health care, community engagement, co-design and ethnic inequalities in health.
News
Researchers receive grant to monitor responses to COVID-19 food insecurity crisis
A team of researchers, led by Dr Rachel Loopstra from the School of Life Course Sciences, along with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, have been...
New PhD studentship on mental health in the UK now available
King's Centre for Society & Mental Health announces a new PhD studentship on 'Welfare reform, poverty, food bank use and mental health in the UK'.
Events
What is the role of food banks among people experiencing food insecurity in the UK?
Seminar with Dr Rachel Loopstra
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Population Health & Nutrition Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary team with a range of observational and interventional studies in the UK, Africa and Latin America Caribbean. Key interests relate to community-based participatory methods and systems perspectives to engage with the complex socio-cultural contexts that drive disparities in health and access to health care, community engagement, co-design and ethnic inequalities in health.
News
Researchers receive grant to monitor responses to COVID-19 food insecurity crisis
A team of researchers, led by Dr Rachel Loopstra from the School of Life Course Sciences, along with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, have been...
New PhD studentship on mental health in the UK now available
King's Centre for Society & Mental Health announces a new PhD studentship on 'Welfare reform, poverty, food bank use and mental health in the UK'.
Events
What is the role of food banks among people experiencing food insecurity in the UK?
Seminar with Dr Rachel Loopstra
Please note: this event has passed.