Sharon Cox

Biography

I graduated from University College London with a BSc. (Biochemistry, First Class Hons) in 1996, followed by a post graduate teaching qualification (1997), a Masters in Public Health Nutrition at LSHTM (1998) and finally a PhD, also at LSHTM (2003). My PhD comprised a clinical trial in Ghana of low-dose maternal vitamin A supplementation to determine effects on immunity to malaria in pregnancy. In 2002 I became a staff member at LSHTM within the MRC International Nutrition Group and worked on malaria and anemia in Gambian children. In 2007 I moved to be based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, working mostly on sickle cell disease. In 2015 I was appointed as a Professor at the School of Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nagasaki, where I am now based. I hold a joint position as an Associate Professor at LSHTM. 

Research Interest

Her research field is expertise in Nutrition and Tuberculosis. Other research areas include: Maternal and child health: nutrition and infection on growth and anaemia in these populations Detection and management of malnutrition in hospitalized children (all ages)   Nutrition and infections in the development of chronic, non communicable diseases, in particular diabetes and hypertension