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Staff Profile

Dr Gina Nguyen

Research Associate

  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Newcastle University
    Baddiley Clark Building,
    Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BN
Background

My current research focuses on maternal obesity and reproductive health, particularly relating to health inequalities and food insecurity during pregnancy:

https://research.ncl.ac.uk/shapes/

https://research.ncl.ac.uk/nourishingfutures/

https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/exploring-food-insecurity-in-pregnancy-in-the-uk-to-inform-future-public-health-intervention-needs/


Qualifications

PhD in Human Nutrition, the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.

MSc in Public Health Nutrition, the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

BSc in Nursing, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

 

Research

2024- present: "Weight Stigma Environment and Equipment Checklist for Healthcare settings: a national review and feedback" (Newcastle University)

2024- present: "Does food insecurity increase the risk of developing gestational diabetes in minoritised ethnic groups? A study to inform food insecurity and maternity policy requirements to mitigate health inequalities impact on pregnancy outcomes" (FMS REDA, Newcastle University, UK)

2023- present: "Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy" (SPHR funded project, Newcastle University, UK)

2021- present: "Study of How Adiposity in Pregnancy has an Effect on outcomeS (SHAPES)" (NIHR funded project, Newcastle University, UK)

2020-2021: “Effect of livestock farming on the consumption of animal-source foods and the nutritional status of children and women in low and middle-income settings” (the University of Edinburgh and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI))

2021: "Assessing nutritional status, eating disturbance issues and to propose nutritional care interventions for patients with dementia in Vietnam”. (VAN program, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, University of California, Davis/National Geriatric Hospital of Vietnam)

2021: "Violence against women and children as an impact of COVID19 crisis”. (UNICEF, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University).

Nov 2015- Nov 2019: "Measurement of household food insecurity in the United Kingdom"-PhD research project (University of Aberdeen, UK)

2015: "Strategies for tackling the double burden of malnutrition: application of Japanese experience in Vietnam" (National Institute of Health & Nutrition (NIHN) Research Fellow Award, Tokyo, Japan).

2013-2015: “The Effects of Climate Change and Prevalence of Non- Infectious and Infectious Diseases in 8 Provinces of Vietnam” (Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam).

2012: "Breastfeeding and postpartum weight change: a systematic review" (MSc research disertation project, University of Aberdeen, UK)

 

 

Teaching

2023-2024: MPH students project supervisor: Associations between maternal food insecurity and breastfeeding in high-income countries: a systematic review of observational studies

2022-2023: MPH students project supervisor: Experiences of food insecurity during pregnancy in high income countries: a qualitative systematic review

2021-2022: MPH students project supervisor: "Exploring food insecurity among pregnant women living in high-income countries: a qualitative systematic review" 

 

2013-2021: Lecturer in Nutrition at Hanoi Medical University

2019-2022: Guest lecturer for an MSc Global Food Security& Nutrition course at the University of Edinburgh, UK 

 

Publications