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Dr. Amy Ahern is a behavioural scientist at the University of Cambridge affiliated with the Cambridge Reproduction research initiative. Her work bridges psychology, public health, and metabolic research, focusing on translating understanding of obesity, diabetes, and weight management into interventions. She specializes in maternal health during pregnancy/postpartum, inter-pregnancy weight gain, and long-term outcomes for women with gestational diabetes.
- Research Themes: Obesity psychology, diabetes self-management, maternal health, health equity, and behavioral interventions.
- Key Collaborations: Involved in interdisciplinary projects like GLoW (diabetes education), SWiM-C (COVID-19 weight management), and RESOLVE (antipsychotic-induced weight gain).
Recent publications emphasize inequalities in behavioral weight management access, cost-effectiveness of interventions, and the role of eating behavior traits in therapeutic outcomes. Her work combines individual participant data meta-analysis, realist synthesis, and health economic modeling to address obesity and diabetes at population and individual levels.
