Staff Profile
Dr Zainab Akhter
Research Associate
- Address: Dr Zainab Akhter
Baddiley Clark Building
Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
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Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
NE2 4AX
Background
Research interests
My current research interests are pregnancy and nutrition - particularly food insecurity, maternal obesity, bariatric surgery, and inequalities.
Qualifications
PhD 2016-2022, Â鶹´«Ã½ - Pregnancy after bariatric surgery: Investigating perinatal outcomes and healthcare
BSc Biomedical Genetics 2013-2016, Â鶹´«Ã½
Research
Food, Pregnancy & Me: Exploring food intake and access for pregnant women and people in the UK
https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/food-pregnancy-and-me/
Teaching
Supervision of students completing research projects on the following courses: BSc Biomedical Sciences, BSc Nutrition, and MDiet Dietetics. Teaching material on Clinical Epidemiology module.
Publications
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Articles
- Akhter Z, Rankin J, Shackford-Alizart A, Ackroyd R, Devlieger R, Heslehurst N. . Nutrients 2023, 15(20), 4415.
- Akhter Z, Heslehurst N, Ceulemans D, Rankin J, Ackroyd R, Devlieger R. . Nutrients 2021, 13(5), 1699.
- Heslehurst N, Vieira R, Akhter Z, Bailey H, Slack E, Ngongalah L, Pemu A, Rankin J. . PLoS Medicine 2019, 16, e1002817.
- Akhter Z, Rankin J, Ceulemans D, Ngongalah L, Ackroyd R, Devlieger R, Vieira R, Heslehurst N. . PLoS Medicine 2019, 16(8), e1002866.
- Ngongalah L, Rankin J, Rapley T, Odeniyi A, Akhter Z, Heslehurst N. . Nutrients 2018, 10, 8.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- Akhter Z, Rankin J, Vieira R, Ngongalah L, Devlieger R, Ackroyd R, Heslehurst N. . In: 20th Annual Conference of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS 2018). 2018, Brighton, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.