Dr Zoë Bell

My portfolio of work aims to improve our understanding of maternal health and nutrition to move towards interventions that improve outcomes for women before, during and after pregnancy. My research adopts multiple methods, with a particular focus on qualitative and co-development approaches. I’m currently holding a 12-month postdoctoral fellowship from the Economic and Social Research Council. This programme of work involves a collaborative placement with Lambeth Council’s Health Determinants Research Centre (HEART) to explore food insecurity across the perinatal period in Lambeth. Phase one involves interviews with women both during and after pregnancy. Phase two involves a series of co-design workshops using creative methodologies.

I have supervision experience at PhD, master’s and undergraduate level and previously led the BSc/MSc Clinical Nutrition module. I’m currently serving as a co-opted events operations committee member for The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO). My work is informed by my research background within the fields of biomedical science, human nutrition, and social science research methods training.