Education
She studied at Surrey University on a course which included a six-month placement in an oncology research group at Street Bartholomew"s Hospital, London.
She studied at Surrey University on a course which included a six-month placement in an oncology research group at Street Bartholomew"s Hospital, London.
She is the United Kingdom Government"s advisor on obesity in the United Kingdom. She was born Susan Ann Parkinson. She is interested in diet and the effect this has on obesity.
Medical Research Council
She was Head of Nutrition and Health Research at the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research in Cambridge.
University of Oxford
She chairs the Food Network on the Department of Health"s Public Health Responsibility Deal. In 2008 she was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to public health.
In 2014 she gave advice on the United Kingdom government"s outlawing of sugary drinks for children.