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Professor Susan Jebb is Professor of Diet and Population Health in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford. She also serves as Chair of the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency. She completed her undergraduate degree in Nutrition at the University of Surrey in 1986, qualified as a State Registered Dietitian, and earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her research as a public health nutrition scientist focuses on supporting healthier and more sustainable diets to improve the health of people and the planet. She co-leads the Health Behaviours team, with research spanning systematic reviews, observational epidemiology, experimental studies, qualitative research and health economics, with emphasis on intervention development and testing in feasibility or large-scale trials. Her personal research interests include encouraging healthier and more sustainable food purchasing through consumer support and choice architecture interventions in stores and canteens, as well as developing and testing interventions for the treatment of obesity. Studies led by her team have informed national policies for weight management in routine care, the diabetes prevention programme, and a low-calorie diet programme aiming for diabetes remission. She has a particular interest in the translation of nutrition science into policy and practice. In 2008 she was awarded an OBE for services to public health. She was the science advisor for the Foresight report on obesity and has chaired numerous policy-related groups. She is a member of advisory boards for Public Health England, NHS England and the National Food Strategy. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.