Laura Thomas

Københavns Universitet

My thesis was written on the health implications of deforestation, following two months of research in Cambodia. The MSc programme promoted multi-disciplinary collaboration on a range of global health topics, including; - key stakeholder partnerships, policies, and politics; - demography, epidemiology, globalisation, climate change, and other drivers of the changing global health context; - major disease burdens around the world, focusing on low and middle income contexts; -… Show more My thesis was written on the health implications of deforestation, following two months of research in Cambodia. The MSc programme promoted multi-disciplinary collaboration on a range of global health topics, including; - key stakeholder partnerships, policies, and politics; - demography, epidemiology, globalisation, climate change, and other drivers of the changing global health context; - major disease burdens around the world, focusing on low and middle income contexts; - advanced research methods and ethics; - planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion and disease prevention strategies; - understanding the structure and development of various health systems and evaluating their effectiveness; - rural livelihoods, vulnerability, adaptation, and resilience; - agroforestry; - environmental epidemiology; - qualitative research methods for agricultural development Show less

Oxford Brookes University

The BSc Nutrition programme gave me a broad introduction to human biology, biochemistry and statistics before I focused on international nutrition. I wrote my dissertation on gestational iron deficiency anaemia and also assisted in a research programme investigating phytochemicals through in-vitro digestion.Topics covered in the programme included: mammalian biochemistry, human biology, statistics, applied human nutrition, systemic physiology and pathophysiology, health promotion… Show more The BSc Nutrition programme gave me a broad introduction to human biology, biochemistry and statistics before I focused on international nutrition. I wrote my dissertation on gestational iron deficiency anaemia and also assisted in a research programme investigating phytochemicals through in-vitro digestion.Topics covered in the programme included: mammalian biochemistry, human biology, statistics, applied human nutrition, systemic physiology and pathophysiology, health promotion, international nutrition, clinical nutrition, food science and analysis. Show less

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