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The management team

The SHEFS programme would not have been as successful as it is today without the invaluable contribution of the late Prof Dame Georgina Mace. We are very grateful to have worked with her and she is greatly missed by the SHEFS team.

Professor Rob Slotow

Professor Rob Slotow

University of Kwazulu-Natal

Professor Rob Slotow has been appointed at the University of Kwazulu-Natal since 1996, and has been a Full Professor since 2007. Since 2014, he has been an Honorary Full Professor in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and

Professor Richard Chandler

Professor Richard Chandler

Co-Investigator

Richard Chandler is Professor of Statistics and Head of the Department of Statistical Science at University College London (UCL). His expertise includes spatiotemporal modelling, uncertainty analysis and evidence synthesisl...

Professor Andy Haines

Professor Andy Haines

Co-Investigator

Andy Haines is Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health and has a joint appointment in the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society and Department of Population Health at the London School...

Dr Barbara Haesler

Dr Barbara Haesler

Co-Investigator

Barbara Haesler DVM, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Agrihealth at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the London Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health. She is a veterinary researcher with expertise in...

Professor Corinna Hawkes

Professor Corinna Hawkes

Co-Investigator

Professor Corinna Hawkes is Director of the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, a centre dedicated to advancing the thinking and practice of integrated and inclusive food policy through

Dr Cecile Knai

Dr Cecile Knai

Co-Investigator

Cecile Knai’s first degree was in European history at McGill University. This was followed by a Master’s degree in public health nutrition at the University...

Professor Albert Thembinkosi Modi 

Professor Albert Thembinkosi Modi 

Co-Investigator

Albert Thembinkosi Modi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is also Professor of Crop Science. His primary goal is...

Dr Sailesh Mohan

Dr Sailesh Mohan

Co-Investigator

Dr. Sailesh Mohan is a Senior Research Scientist and Associate Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi, India. He has trained...

Professor Bhavani Shankar 

Professor Bhavani Shankar 

Co-Investigator

Bhavani Shankar is Professorial Research Fellow in Food and Health at the University of Sheffield, where he co-leads the Food Consumption, Health and Sustainability research pillar. He has held past appointments at the University of Reading and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Anna Taylor

Anna Taylor

Co-Investigator

Anna Taylor OBE joined the Food Foundation as its first Executive Director in 2015. Prior to that, she had spent five years at the Department for International Development (DFID), where she led the policy team...

Isabel Hughes

The Food Foundation

Isabel joined the Food Foundation as Policy Engagement Manager in April 2020 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where she worked on domestic and EU policy development.

Kevin Queenan

Kevin Queenan

Royal Veterinary College

After completing Bachelor degrees in Agriculture and in Veterinary Science in South Africa, Kevin Queenan worked in clinical veterinary practice for 20 years before completing an MSc One Health in 2014 at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and...