(2003-) Ihab Tewfik, School of Biosciences, University of Westminster, UK

Dr. Ihab Tewfik is the Course Leader for BSc. (Honours) Human Nutrition, Human and Health Sciences Department, University of Westminster. In addition to his nutritional biochemistry degree, Ihab holds Master and Doctorate in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition Department, University of Alexandria, as well as PhD from London South Bank University. Ihab’s international research agenda explores the relationship between the obesogenic environment and health outcomes of individual and population. His work embraces the effects of nutritional exposure during childhood and epigenetic risk factors for later non-communicable diseases. This research includes population interventions to improve opportunity for health during early life, and methods for the scaling up of interventions to achieve community level impact. Ihab has been at the forefront of promoting international public health nutrition and in particular among vulnerable group. His current public health nutrition intervention is to delay the progression of HIV to AIDS among people living with HIV. This will also explore how diet quality and food security limit opportunities for individual and community development.  Ihab is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy-UK, with 17 years experience teaching Public Health-Nutrition and related subjects in number of academic institutions. He is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH) and has carried out 11 research projects for UNICEF-UN in aspects of public health nutrition intervention as well as Two Food Standards Agency (FSA) projects on food safety and has published extensively in international peer reviewed journals. Ihab has worked as international consultant for BC and various Ministries of Health in the Middle East for more than 10 years. As Registered Public Health Nutritionist-UK, Ihab has organised several international conferences, workshops, CPD and short training courses and he is key team member to develop international public health education programmes to communicate relevant competencies. Ihab is collaborating with many universities in the GCC, EU, Middle East and Africa, on aspects related to knowledge transfer and public health nutrition intervention programmes that employ dietary diversification and behavioral modification approaches. Ihab is currently the Editor of the International Journal of Food, Nutrition and Public Health as well as member of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of some renowned international journals; Nutrition Bulletin - British Nutrition Foundation and the WRSTSD.