NESI is the Network of Early Career Researchers and Students of ISBNPA, the leading voice in behavioral nutrition and physical activity science. NESI was founded in 2016 and our mission is to promote, stimulate and advocate the work and research of early career researchers and students in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity.

Student & ECR Spotlight – Emma Pollock is a PhD student evaluating the wide-ranging benefits of a world-first father-daughter physical activity program

Please tell us about your career pathway to date (positions and institutes). I graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Teaching (secondary) / Bachelor of PD/H/PE in…

Continue ReadingStudent & ECR Spotlight – Emma Pollock is a PhD student evaluating the wide-ranging benefits of a world-first father-daughter physical activity program

Student & ECR Spotlight – Na shares her work in creating a prospective pregnancy cohort to investigate the effects of nutrition on maternal and children’s health

Please tell us about your career pathway to date (positions and institutes). I majored in nursing as Bachelor and Master. After postgraduate, I have been working until now in Obstetrics…

Continue ReadingStudent & ECR Spotlight – Na shares her work in creating a prospective pregnancy cohort to investigate the effects of nutrition on maternal and children’s health

Student & ECR Spotlight – Ekta Jain shares her career journey into epidemiology and using inter-disciplinary knowledge to aid public health research

Please tell us about your career pathway to date (positions and institutes).  I am a Bioinformatician by training with a Masters in Research in Bioinformatics, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne,…

Continue ReadingStudent & ECR Spotlight – Ekta Jain shares her career journey into epidemiology and using inter-disciplinary knowledge to aid public health research