Leeds Trinity University leads in pioneering nutrition research

Thu, 04/06/2015 - 09:30

Nutrition Integrates Conference, London, United Kingdom, 4th June 2015 / Sciad Newswire / Academics from Leeds Trinity University’s Department of Sport, Health and Nutrition have been awarded funding to help a regional healthcare business grow with a pioneering research project.

The project, which is the first in its field, aims to assist Skipton-based Principle Healthcare Ltd progress in the industry and develop credible nutrition products, through combining the expertise of healthcare professionals and academics.

The academics from Leeds Trinity University went through a rigorous process and fought off tough competition from other Yorkshire Universities before successfully being rewarded the financial support from the Yorkshire Innovation Fund.

Sally Moore, Principle Investigator and Associate Senior Lecturer in Food and Nutrition at Leeds Trinity University says: “Here at Leeds Trinity University, our success in working within nutrition research and with industry experts stems from building the right relationships. This then enables us to bring consumer healthcare professionals and scientific insight to the doorstep of industry to really make an impact and help Principle Healthcare grow through real life innovation.”

The research project is in its final stages and will be completed this month, with the aim of developing a new consumer product based on the professional and scientific research.

Nazli Dag, Group Nutritionist at Principle Healthcare international says: “This project represents a continuation of our work with academia and universities to develop credible and effective products which we know our consumers will want. Our work with Leeds Trinity University is the first in this field.”

Sally, along with Leeds Trinity University’s Nutrition Research Officer, Joe Rose, and Professor of Nutrition Education, Professor Judy Donnelly, will share their insights on academia and industry partnerships at the Nutrition Integrates 2015 Conference on 4 June.

Sally continues: “The conference is a great platform to share our experiences with other industry and academic panellists. We will be joined by heavyweights Unilever, Proctor and Gamble and representative from Nottingham University, so it’s a great honour to be part of such a high calibre line-up.”

Nutrition Integrates is held in London and promotes debate and discussion amongst senior level strategists from the nutrition and wider business communities.

Leeds Trinity University is becoming increasingly renowned for research excellence, with some of its research recently rated as 4*, world-leading in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) which assesses all the research published by UK institutions. The results support the University’s ambitious research strategy, which aims to secure Research Degree Awarding Powers by 2020. 

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