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Nigel Unwin is a part-time Professor and Director of Research with affiliations at the University of Cambridge (MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine), the University of Exeter (European Centre for Environment and Human Health, College of Medicine and Health), and as an honorary Professor at the University of the West Indies (George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre). He specializes in public health epidemiology with a focus on non-communicable diseases and sustainable food systems.
Education:
- BA (Hons) Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford
- BM BCh Medicine and Surgery, University of Oxford
- DM Research Doctorate in Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oxford
- MSc in Community Medicine, University of Manchester
- FRCP (Edinburgh)
- FFPH (UK)
- Certificate in Sustainable Food and Farming, University of Massachusetts Amherst
His research examines the links between food production, ecosystem health, and human nutrition, particularly in small island states facing climate change and food insecurity. Key interests include diabetes epidemiology, cardiovascular disease prevention, and community-based food interventions for planetary health.
He leads interdisciplinary projects including:
- Intervention Co-creation to Improve Community-based Food Production and Household Nutrition in Small Island Developing States (ICoFaN)
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Community Food for Human Nutrition and Planetary Health in Small Islands (Global CFaH)
Awards and Fellowships:
- Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
He collaborates with the Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group at Cambridge and the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at Exeter, focusing on transdisciplinary approaches to food security and health.
