Amanda, who is an NIHR Research Professor in Public Health and Director of the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) at Loughborough, has been appointed as the new Chair of the NIHR Research Professorships Funding Committee. As Chair, she will support the NIHR Academy in continuing to strengthen the Research Professorships Programme, ensuring the programme continues to attract and support an even broader range of talented health and care researchers. The NIHR Research Professorships are five-year awards that enable outstanding academics to lead health and care research at a professorial level.
NIHR funds and delivers world-leading health and social care research in collaboration with the NHS, universities, local government, health charities, other research funders, patients and the public to improve people's health and wellbeing while promoting economic growth.
Commenting on Amanda’s appointment, NIHR said:
“Amanda brings extensive expertise in public health research, with a particular focus on behavioural medicine, physical activity, weight management, and women's health at Loughborough University. As the principal investigator on several major clinical trials, she has helped shape research that improves health outcomes for people across the UK.”
Professor Amanda Daley specialises in behavioural medicine and studies ways to promote physical activity, healthy eating, and weight management to improve population health and reduce disease risk. She is the Director of the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB), which develops innovative health behaviour change interventions to prevent and treat chronic diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and depression. Amanda also works closely with public health organisations, the NHS and health charities, and is an advisor to the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine.