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Dr

Fernanda Morales Berstein

Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Population Health

Public Health - Environments and Society

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8237-2021
  • Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Population Health
    Public Health - Environments and Society

BIO

I am a Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Population Health in the Department of Public Health, Environments and Society. I have a background in Nutritional Epidemiology and a PhD in Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology from the University of Bristol. My research focuses on strengthening causal inference in nutritional epidemiology by triangulating evidence from multiple epidemiological approaches. I am currently working with Steven Cummins and others in the Population Health Innovation Lab (PHI-Lab), investigating the impact of food system changes on population and environmental health. I am also finalising a project I started during my PhD, examining the genetic architecture of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption in the EPIC cohort, Lifelines, the Nurses Health Study (I and II) and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Population Health
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom22 Jul 2026 - present
  • Research Assistant
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United KingdomApr 2020 - Sep 2020

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Senior Research Associate
    University of Bristol, Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol, United Kingdom22 Jul 2026 - present
  • Research Associate (Wellcome Trust Transition Fellowship)
    University of Bristol, Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol, United Kingdom30 Sep 2025 - 21 Jul 2026

DEGREES

  • PhD, Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology
    University of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomOct 2020 - Sep 2025
  • MSc, Nutrition for Global Health
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United KingdomSep 2018 - Oct 2019
  • BSc, Nutrition and Dietetics
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, ChileMar 2012 - Dec 2016

CERTIFICATIONS

  • ANutr
    Association for Nutrition, London, United Kingdom2020 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read and understand

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • United Kingdom
  • European Union
  • United States of America

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES