Professor Louisa Ells
Leeds Beckett University, Leeds
Professor Louisa Ells is a Professor of Obesity and co-directs the Obesity Institute at Leeds Beckett University. She is a registered public health nutritionist and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.
Louisa specialises in highly applied obesity research and has over 20 years’ experience working across policy, practice, and academia. She has an established track record in coproduced, patient centred, multidisciplinary, cross-sector applied weight management research and evaluation, and has a specialist interest in addressing inequalities.
Louisa has a funding portfolio of more than £11 million, and an extensive publication record. Louisa has been principal investigator of several high-profile projects for the World Health Organization, Public Health England, and the NHS. She has also been an expert advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and sits on delivery boards for the NHS and Office of Health Improvement and Disparities.
Louisa specialises in highly applied obesity research and has over 20 years’ experience working across policy, practice, and academia. She has an established track record in coproduced, patient centred, multidisciplinary, cross-sector applied weight management research and evaluation, and has a specialist interest in addressing inequalities.
Louisa has a funding portfolio of more than £11 million, and an extensive publication record. Louisa has been principal investigator of several high-profile projects for the World Health Organization, Public Health England, and the NHS. She has also been an expert advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and sits on delivery boards for the NHS and Office of Health Improvement and Disparities.
