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Claire McEvoy, MPhil, PhD, RD
Dietitian, Nutritional Epidemiologist
Public health research is critical to identify strategies that can optimize healthy aging and prevent or delay dementia in later life.
Current Work
Claire is an assistant professor of nutrition and ageing research at Queen's University Belfast, as well as an American Federation for Aging Research Beeson Scholar. She is investigating the role of diet in brain aging and dementia.
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Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Vision
Claire believes public health research is critical to identify strategies that can optimize healthy aging and prevent or delay dementia in later life.
Strategy
Claire is a public health nutritional epidemiologist investigating the role of diet in brain aging and dementia by analyzing population data and testing scalable dietary interventions for brain health.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Claire gained an understanding of the critical need for transdiscipliniary multisector collaboration for dementia prevention to help people live healthier for longer in our society.
Motivation
The prevalence of dementia is rapidly increasing in Northern Ireland. Public health research is critical to identify strategies that can optimize healthy aging and prevent or delay dementia in later life.
Education & Experience
Claire worked as an NHS dietitian for 10 years before receiving her MPhil (2008) and PhD (2012) degrees in Human Nutrition from Queen's University Belfast.
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