Claire Robertson

Biography

Having completed an undergraduate degree in Applied Human Nutrition at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh (1997), I joined the Queens University of Belfast to complete a PhD entitled 'the role of carbohydrate and the glycaemic index concept in cardiovascular risk' (2001). This position initiated research experience within the study recognized globally as one of the most in-depth nutritional epidemiology projects ever conducted: the INTERnational collaborative study of MAcro and micronutrients and blood Pressure (INTERMAP).  Acting as site (Belfast centre) and later, country (UK) nutritionist, this has led to international recognition for my work on dietary assessment (most recently, I was an invited speaker at the 12th Asian Congress of Nutrition, Japan: May 2015).

Research Interest

Diet, lifestyle and its impacts on breast cancer survival and recurrence; Assessing intakes: The complexities of nutritional epidemiology and Diet, Lifestyle and it's interactions on the inflammatory pathogenesis of breast cancer and other non-communicable diseases