Academic Clinical Lecturer in Public Health

Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders of Later Life

Qualifications

• BSc Biochemistry, University of St Andrews
• PhD Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge
• MPhil in Public Health, University of Cambridge
• Membership of the Faculty of Public Health
• PG Cert in Medical Education, Anglia Ruskin University

Background and experience

Dr Braithwaite is an ST3 Public Health Registrar in the Eastern Deanery and is an Academic Clinical Lecturer at the MRC Epidemiology Unit. Prior to joining Public Health Medicine speciality training, Dr Braithwaite completed an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of St Andrews in 2009 followed by a PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Nutrition and Bone disease at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her work involved designing, conducting and analysing data from a range of nutritional and genetic studies across Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.

Current work and interests

Dr Braithwaite joined Public Health Medicine speciality training in 2019 and was appointed as an Academic Clinical Lecturer in 2023.  Dr Braithwaite has continued her academic interests in public health nutrition and her recent and current studies have included investigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviours, investigating the impact of different diets on nutritional status and developing nutritional interventions that can be delivered remotely.

Professional membership

• Member of the Faculty of Public Health

Publications

• List of all publications in Google Scholar
• Publications in Research Gate
• MRC Epidemiology Unit publications on the Publications Database