Elisa Pineda

Elisa Pineda is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London's School of Public Health and an honorary fellow at the Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation. She holds an Imperial College Research Fellowship to study food environment interventions' impact on dietary choices.

Education includes:

• PhD in Spatial Epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition, University College London
• MSc in Nutritional Science, Food and Development Research Centre (Mexico)
• BSc in Chemical-Biology, University of Sonora (Mexico)

Research focuses on food environment interventions for preventing diet-related diseases, spatial epidemiology, food policy analysis, and sustainable diets. Current projects include behavioral economic strategies for promoting healthy food choices in Mexican supermarkets and the UK Salt Substitute and Stroke Study.

Publication trends demonstrate consistent focus on food environment interventions, policy evaluation, and obesity prevention across diverse settings including Mexico, UK, Spain and South Asia. Recent works increasingly address environmental sustainability aspects of dietary choices.

Awards include the Imperial College Research Fellowship (2022).

Professional experience spans academic positions in Mexico and the UK, including roles at the University of Sonora and The George Institute for Global Health.