Nita G. Forouhi

Nita Gandhi Forouhi is a British physician and academic, specialising in nutrition and epidemiology. She is Professor of Population Health and Nutrition at the University of Cambridge, the programme leader of the nutritional epidemiology programme of its MRC Epidemiology Unit, and an honorary consultant public health physician with Public Health England.

Education and early career Forouhi studied medicine at Newcastle University: she also completed an intercalated Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) degree in immunology. She then trained in general medicine, and diabetes and endocrinology in Edinburgh, and gained her Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP). She studied for a master's degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, having been awarded a Wellcome Training Fellowship.

Research Her research focuses on the connections between diet, nutrition and the risk of diabetes, obesity and related disorders. She appears often in British media discussing nutritional research and their relevance to health, and according to BMJ Confidential, "she is known for giving evidence based and balanced views" on such topics.

Awards and honours

University of Cambridge Impact Award, 2016 Rank Nutrition Named Lecture, Diabetes UK, 2017 Senior Investigator, National Institute for Health Research, 2021 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2024