Dr Emily Haynes

About me:

Emily is a Research Fellow in Global Health Nutrition at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH). She has a clinical and research background in nutrition and is a HCPC registered Dietitian and Anthropometrist. 

Emily has an interest in sustainable food systems, agroecology and the health, social and environmental impacts of global shifts in dietary patterns, in particular the practice of food sourcing and how the consumption of locally produced food affects diet and health. Emily specialises in developing dietary assessment tools and novel methods for evaluating programmes in public health nutrition. 

At the European Centre, Emily currently works on the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Community Food for Human Nutrition and Planetary Health in Small Island States (Global CFaH) and leads work packages in evidence synthesis and dietary data collection. As part of this work and preceding projects, Community Food and Health (CFaH) and ICoFaN, Emily applies her nutritional knowledge to explore the impact of community food production, particularly in small island states, and is involved in developing and applying methods to assess the diet-related impacts of transitioning to sustainable food production and promoting the consumption of locally produced food.

Emily is also involved in the Active Travel Synthesis (AcTS) Study which aimed to develop innovative methods to synthesise large qualitative data sets and has contributed to reports for the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health.

Emily's PhD project explored perceived ‘intrusiveness’ and 'impact on autonomy' of food-related policy to prevent obesity in Australia and compared stakeholder perspectives to existing ethical frameworks.