Dr Julie Armstrong

Senior Lecturer in Nutrition Dr Julie Armstrong

Profile:

Julie is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, she has a PhD in Nutrition Epidemiology, a Masters in Public Health, also she is a Registered Nutritionist and a Registered Dietitian.

Julie started her career in nutrition in 1981 as a research nutritionist in the MRC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the University of Aberdeen. Following this she qualified as a Dietitian and worked in Leeds, London and finally Cambridge, where she was a Paediatric Dietitian. In 1989 she took a post overseas to work as a Nutritionist in Tonga in the South Pacific. There she further developed her expertise in maternal and infant nutrition as a programme manager for a World Health Organisation project developing an integrated approach to food and nutrition policy in the Tongan Government. In 1991 she joined Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). Over the years at GCU she has been active in research which has informed government policy on maternal and infant nutrition, and childhood obesity.

Research Interests:

Nutritional Epidemiology
The influence of maternal and infant nutrition on health and well being
Public health policy on food and nutrition

Julie’s area of research on maternal and infant nutrition relates to global and national health priorities in both developed and developing countries. As a member of a number of government health, research and development strategy groups over the past 12 years Julie’s research has informed health policy development. She has written a number of evidence papers related to research priorities and current practice in nutrition. She has considerable experience in translational research (science into health policy and practice).

Teaching Interests:

Academic programme development of the MSc Clinical Nutrition and Health: for UK, EU and International students.
Lead for MSc. modules; Nutrition through the lifecycle, Nutrition and Public Health, MSc Research Project.

Selected Recent Publications:

Wrieden WL, Armstrong J, Sherriff A, Anderson AS, Barton KL. (2012) Slow Pace of Dietary Change in Scotland: 2001 to 2009 Br J Nutr (in press)
Abraham EC, Godwin J, Sheriff A, Armstrong J (2012) Infant feeding in relation to eating patterns in the second year of life and weight status in the fourth year. Public Health Nutriton. Volume 15 Issue 9 p1705-1714
Reilly JJ, Armstrong J, Sherriff A, Dorosty AR, Emmett PM, Ness A , Rodgers I, Steer C, ALSPAC Study Team. (2005) Early risk factors for childhood obesity in contemporary children BMJ 330: 1357.

Collaborations:

Dr Jon Godwin, Dr Christie Abraham, Professor Andrew Collier (visiting professor)
Professor Anne Merewood, School of Medicine, Boston University, USA
Professor John Reilly, Physical Activity for Health Research Group, University of Strathclyde
Dr James Chalmers, Consultant in Public Health, Information and Statistics Division
NHS National Services Scotland
External links
Member of the Course Accreditation Committee for the UK Association of Nutrition (from 2011) http://www.associationfornutrition.org/
Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Lactation (from 2012) http://jhl.sagepub.com/

In her leisure time Julie is in a choir and enjoys sports such as swimming, sailing, kayaking and hill walking