Unit Head of Communications Oliver Francis talks to Dr Jean Adams from the Dietary Public Health team at the Unit and Centre for Diet and Activity Research about how we might improve the nation's diet, the politics of what we eat, moving from medicine to public health and what motivates her scientific inquiry ..read more

Dr Felix Day in the Growth and Development programme at the MRC Epidemiology Unit talks to Oliver Francis about genetics, puberty and unusual career trajectories. (Since recording, Felix has been promoted from Career Development Fellow to Senior Research Associate ..read more

Dr David Ogilvie, Programme Leader and MRC Investigator in the Population Health Interventions group, talks to Oliver Francis. They discuss how we evaluate complex interventions and phenomena; how we put together the findings of multiple studies in a meaningful way; and what we do with all this evidence if we want to improve public health. David reflects on his career studying physical activity, health and the built environment; what we can learn from the Covid pandemic; and Sherlock Holmes. You can find links to papers and resources referenced in the conversation at https://www.mrc-epid.cam.a ..read more

Across the world our diets are often poor, damaging our health, and putting pressure on collective resources such as healthcare. And the negative effects of the unhealthy food available in our shops, restaurants and takeaways tend to hit the poorest in society hardest. Governments, public health agencies and commercial companies have attempted various measures to get us to eat more healthily, including food labelling, taxes, changing the recipes of processed foods, and influencing what shops are on the high street. The choice of which approach to use is not only a matter of what works, but tou ..read more