Professor Ashley Adamson, PHIRST Fusion Co-Investigator

Ashley Adamson is Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Newcastle University, Director of the NIHR School for Public Health Research and leads the NIHR Research Support Service Specialist Centre for Public Health hub delivered by Newcastle University and partners. 

After graduation in 1987 I worked as a dietitian in the NHS before moving to Newcastle University as a Research Associate to work on the Northumberland cross sectional cohort studies. I was awarded PhD from the Faculty of Medicine Newcastle University in 1993.

From 1992-95 I worked in clinical practice in a number of community dietetic posts and in primary care in London, returning to Newcastle University in 1995 to take up a post as a Lecturer.

I was awarded a personal chair in 2010, Fellowship of Faculty of Public Health in 2011 and an NIHR Research Professorship in 2012. I was Director of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health from 2014-24.