Dr Marjorie Lima do Vale is a Lecturer in Public Health Education in the Department of Population Health at King’s College London. She obtained her MSc in Human Nutrition and Health at the Ceará State University (UECE), Brazil, and received her PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism from the University of Alberta (UAlberta), Canada. She was granted MSc and PhD scholarships by the Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement in Brazil and had her dissertation and thesis nominated for awards. Subsequently, she held post-doctoral research and teaching roles at King’s College London.

Her research focuses on implementation research applied to the development and evaluation of interventions to improve nutrition and health in communities. She has worked in collaboration with colleagues on projects aiming to design and/or evaluate food and nutrition policies and programmes targeting early learning settings in Canada, investigate adaptations in nutrition and physical activity policies for children under five during the pandemic in the UK, and explore the feasibility of recruiting and training hair and beauty businesses in London to support heart disease and breast cancer prevention in partnership with local primary care services (BELONG study UK).

Marjorie has also led evidence-synthesis projects focused on obesity and cardiovascular disease prevention. Marjorie has contributed to the development and delivery of nutrition and health programmes for a variety of audiences, including food, nutrition and health workers in the government and third sectors. At King’s, Marjorie was the Academic Lead for the Food Habits module run by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has also supervised several BSc and MSc students in Brazil, Canada and the UK.

Alongside her post at King’s, Marjorie also serves on the Board of Directors of the NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health.