Professor Annie Anderson

Professor Annie S. Anderson is a Public Health Nutritionist and dietitian with extensive experience in designing, implementing and evaluating lifestyle intervention trials whilst based at the Universities of Cambridge, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Dundee. Since taking up the post of Director at the Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research (University of Dundee Medical School) in 1997 a number of studies have contributed to a programme of work on theory based, behaviourally focused dietary interventions.

Advisory work includes activities at an international level through the UICC (International Union against Cancer) Taskforce on Cancer Prevention. She is also a member of the Taskforce on Diet, Nutrition and Long term health of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS). In 2007 she was awarded a Healthway Fellowship in Perth, Australia to explore obesity prevention research and practice.

At UK national level she has been an expert science member of the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) since 2000, advisor to the UK Food Standards Agency (Nutrient Profile committee and the Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Programme development group on Maternal and Child Nutrition. In 2003 she was awarded The Caroline Walker Trust Award for Public Health Nutrition.

During 2008/9 she has been responsible for leading work on health and sustainability for the development of the Scottish government Food and Drink policy.

Nutrition and dietary behaviours in the undergraduate Medical curriculum and post registration training. (British Dietetic Association representative in the Academy of Medical sciences Intercellegiate Group on Nutrition.

Extensive contributions at local, Scottish and UK level to Pubic understanding of Science contributions (relating to food, diet and health).

81 Peer reviewed papers, 22 Book Chapters, 30 editorials and comments