
Sarah's Profile
Job title
Lecturer
Academic qualifications
BSc (Hons), PhD, PGLTVS
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Profile
I completed my undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology at the University of Leicester, where I gained a particular interest in health psychology and the psychology of choice and consumer behaviour. I then went on to complete an interdisciplinary PhD in Chemical Engineering and Psychology at the University of Birmingham, which focused on food formulation and consumer acceptance. I then began working as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham, working with companies such as Quorn and Rich Foods.
I joined University College Birmingham's College of Food and Hospitality Management as a lecturer in 2018, where I began teaching across a range of degree programmes, including Food and Nutrition, Food Development and Innovation, Culinary Arts Management and Bakery and Patisserie Technology. I have also had the responsibility of year management and module leader, and have a wide and varied teaching portfolio.
Teaching
Diet and Nutrition
Commodities, Health and Nutrition
Consumer Behaviour for Food
Nutrition in Context
Research for Food and Nutrition
Applied Food Project
Contemporary Eating Practices
Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals and Legalities
Current Issues in Food and Nutrition
Sensory Evaluation of Food
Dissertation supervision
Introduction to Psychology
Social Influence
Abnormal Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Research interests and scholarly activity
Sensory Science
Consumer Behaviour
Nutritional Psychology
Psychology of Food Choice
Nutrition and Diet Research
External engagements
Member of Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)