Anne Moorhead
Dr Anne Moorhead
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Ulster University

Dr Anne Moorhead is a Senior Lecturer in Health Communication at Ulster University. She has a MSc Human Nutrition and a PhD Biomedical Sciences (Nutrition); and is a Registered Nutritionist, Public Health (RNutr), Chartered Scientist (CSci), and Accredited Healthcare Communicator. She has experience working in clinical and consultancy in the areas of public health and mental health. Anne’s research interest is in healthcare communication, in particular communication technologies in healthcare in the areas of mental health and obesity. She has led interdisciplinary national and international research projects and teams, secured research funding and achieved extensive publications including research papers, reports and book chapters. She has completed various civic activities over many years, worked with numerous organisations and community partners in the area of public health locally and nationally. She has numerous global networks, working with universities, clinical partners, and industries in Ireland, the UK, Europe and America. She is a Board member and Section Editor for the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the leading e-health peer-reviewed journal, and a Board member for the Journal, Patient Education and Counselling.  She is a reviewer for various international journals and funding organisations and is currently a member of several funding panels including Horizon 2020. She has supervised and is currently supervising numerous PhD students, including being a PhD examiner. She is a member of several external committees, including the research committee for the International Association for Communication in Healthcare,  also the Vice Chair of the NHS Research Ethics Committee, Office of Research Ethics Committees for Northern Ireland.