Health Research (Lead PI: Dr M C Leva)

Products and processes which are safe, healthy, nutritious and appealing

• Human factors and ergonomics 
• Ethnopharmacology and natural product research are vital for health and wellbeing, exploring traditional medicinal knowledge and biodiversity to discover sustainable therapeutic agents, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. Investigating the traditional use of medicinal plants, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
• Development of innovative dietary interventions (apps, devices and supplements) for the treatment and prevention of obesity and chronic disease.
• Treatment and prevention of Covid-19 with vitamin D.
• Drug Discovery: Developing novel bioactive indane scaffolds as potential therapeutic agents: synthesis, characterisation, and pharmacological evaluation. The development of novel therapies and treatments that address unmet medical needs and improve patient outcomes. This research fosters innovation by identifying and validating new drug targets and bioactive compounds, accelerating the translation of scientific discoveries into clinical applications.
• Protein structure prediction and the early stages of nutraceutical/drug development for diseases encompassing Type II Diabetes and cancer.
• Food derived biomolecules implicated in reducing the risk of chronic diseases.
• Transformative Digital Solutions. Using 3D Food printing to design and develop foods which can be eaten by those with dysphagia e.g. those suffering with Alzheimers.