Dr Amudha Poobalan, Senior Lecturer in Public Health based at the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen.

Amudha is involved in research collaborations nationally and internationally with India, Singapore, Australia, Nigeria, Kenya, Bangladesh and Nepal working with Medical schools, Universities, NGOs, Government and Private Research Foundations. A truly fascinating academic whose research is around the epidemiology of Obesity, Diabetes and Cancer, with an interest in the lifestyle and health behaviour changes and its implications during ‘TRANSITIONS’ such as from adolescence to young adults; economic, demographic and cultural shifts in transitioning countries; and rural to urban transitions.