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Amelia Lake is a Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Teesside University and Deputy Director of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. She holds a Visiting Professorship at Sheffield Hallam University (2024–2027) and has been an Associate Director at Fuse since 2017. Her academic journey includes roles at Northumbria University (Senior Lecturer), Durham University (Associate Professor), and Newcastle University, where she completed her PhD on obesogenic environments. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and runs the David Ashwell Foundation, supporting research into rare lung diseases in newborns.
Education: PhD in Public Health Nutrition from Newcastle University (2004), Bachelor of Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Glasgow Caledonian University (1999), HCPC-registered Dietitian (1999).
Research Interests: Amelia’s work focuses on the interplay between environmental factors and individual behaviors, particularly in food environments, obesity, energy drinks, and policy interventions. Her current projects include healthy planning policy, food insecurity, and the obesogenic environment. She has contributed to national and international initiatives, including evidence submissions to the UK Parliament’s House of Lords and House of Commons.
Awards & Recognition: ASO Young Achiever Award (2010), Timewise Power 50 (2020), prestigious NIHR Post-doctoral Fellowship (Obesogenic Environments), and membership in advisory panels like the British Nutrition Foundation.
Grants & Projects: Leads the NIHR School for Public Health Research Phase III (2022–2027) and co-leads the Fuse Sustainability Renewal project. Active in grants addressing food poverty in mental health populations and healthy workplace interventions. Collaborates on projects like the HEALTHEI food tax analysis and interventions targeting South Asian and Black communities.
Labs & Teams: Co-founder of the North East Obesogenic Environment Network (NEOeN). Serves on editorial boards for Cities & Health and Nutrition Bulletin, and advises organizations such as the British Dietetic Association and Royal Town Planning Institute.
