Ms Cristina Stewart

  • Research Associate (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

Biography

I joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU) at the University of Glasgow as a Research Associate in March 2024. I am working on a Wellcome-Trust funded project in collaboration with researchers at the universities of Aberdeen and Oxford exploring how to maximise the potential of plant-based convenience foods to overcome barriers to sustainable diets.

Before joining the University of Glasgow, I was a Research Fellow (Nutrition) at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Edinburgh (Aug 2022-Feb 2024). Before that, I was a researcher in the Health Behaviours team of the Livestock, Environment & People (LEAP) project at the University of Oxford (Oct 2018 - Jul 2022). I joined the LEAP team as a Research Assistant and was later regraded to a post-doctoral equivalent researcher.

I graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MSc in Human Nutrition (Public Health) in 2016, and a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science (Anatomy) in 2010.

My research has been published in the Lancet Planetary Health, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and the European Journal of Nutrition, among others.

 

Research interests

I am interested in the implementation, and analysis, of behavioural strategies that promote healthy and environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours.