Dr Kath Roberts, PHIRST REACH Co-Lead 
Senior Lecturer of Public Health Nutrition, Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School, University of York

Kath Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at the University of York.  A Registered Nutritionist and epidemiologist, she has 18 years’ experience in public health intelligence for the UK government, focusing on diet, obesity, evaluation methods, inequalities, and the social determinants of health.

Her research interests include evaluating public health interventions, child health, food insecurity, dietary patterns across the lifecourse, and how social factors influence diet quality and obesity. She has a strong interest in using routinely collected health data for research and is committed to collaborative work that informs public health policy and practice.

Kath is Partnerships Director for the BaBi network, operational lead for Communications, Networks and Partnerships at the Association for the Study of Obesity, and Vice Chair of the Faculty of Public Health’s Special Interest Group on Food.