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*a member of the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, the [[BioSciences Federation]] Council <ref>[http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about/People/senior-staff.html Senior Staff], MRC-HNR website, accessed 3 Mar 2010</ref>
 
*a member of the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, the [[BioSciences Federation]] Council <ref>[http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about/People/senior-staff.html Senior Staff], MRC-HNR website, accessed 3 Mar 2010</ref>
 
*Chair of the [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] (ASO) board since at least January 2010 (when the webpage was last updated). <ref> ASO [http://www.aso.org.uk/about-2/about-us/committee/ Our Trustees, accessed 26 October 2010.]</ref>
 
*Chair of the [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] (ASO) board since at least January 2010 (when the webpage was last updated). <ref> ASO [http://www.aso.org.uk/about-2/about-us/committee/ Our Trustees, accessed 26 October 2010.]</ref>
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*current member of the [[Tanita Medical Advisory Board]] (as at September 2014);<ref name="HTA">Maria Bryant, Lee Ashton, Julia Brown, Susan Jebb, Judy Wright, Katharine Roberts and Jane Nixon [http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/124196/FullReport-hta18510.pdf Systematic review to identify and appraise outcome measures used to evaluate childhood obesity treatment interventions (CoOR): evidence of purpose, application, validity, reliability and sensitivity] ''Health Technol Assess'' 2014; 18(51).</ref>
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*past member of [[Nestlé Advisory Board]] (ceased 2010),
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*[[Coca-Cola Advisory Board]] (ceased 2011)
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*[[Heinz Advisory Board]] (ceased 2011)
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*contributor to the [[Rosemary Conley]] ''[[Diet & Fitness]]'' magazine.<ref name="HTA"/>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 16:46, 18 February 2015

Dr Susan Jebb is head of Nutrition and Health at the Human Nutrition Research (HNR) division of the Medical Research Council, specialising in the role of diet in the aetiology and treatment of obesity and its related metabolic diseases. Dr Jebb also leads the HNR Communication team, which focuses on the translation of health science into policy and practice. The team works with policymakers, health professionals, industry, the media and NGOs. [1]

Jebb is the current chair of the Healthy Weight Healthy Lives: Independent Expert Advisory Group established by the Department of Health. According to the Dept of Health website:

The Expert Advisory Panel was originally established to provide the Cross-Government Obesity Unit with expert advice on the evidence that emerged from the Foresight Tackling Obesities: Future Choices project. The group also ensured that Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: a Cross-Government Strategy for England built on this evidence effectively in the broader context of pragmatic policy making.[2]

Jebb is also chair of the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) board. [3]

On the 10th of November 2011, Dr Jebb received an OBE for services to public health. [4]

Affiliations

As at March 2010:[5]

Notes

  1. Medical Research Council [1] accessed 28 January 2011
  2. Department of Health Healthy Weight Healthy Lives: Independent Expert Advisory Group accessed 1st March 2010
  3. ASO Our Trustees, accessed 26 October 2010.
  4. Medical Research Council [2] accessed 28 January 2011
  5. Department of Health Healthy Weight Healthy Lives: Independent Expert Advisory Group Members accessed 1st March 2010
  6. Senior Staff, MRC-HNR website, accessed 3 Mar 2010
  7. Senior Staff, MRC-HNR website, accessed 3 Mar 2010
  8. ASO Our Trustees, accessed 26 October 2010.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Maria Bryant, Lee Ashton, Julia Brown, Susan Jebb, Judy Wright, Katharine Roberts and Jane Nixon Systematic review to identify and appraise outcome measures used to evaluate childhood obesity treatment interventions (CoOR): evidence of purpose, application, validity, reliability and sensitivity Health Technol Assess 2014; 18(51).