
Maria is a Reader in Public Health Nutrition based at the University of York and the Bradford Institute of Health Research. She is a nutritionist with almost 20 years’ experience in the design and delivery of trials and related methodological research in the field of diet and obesity. Her methodological interests include development and evaluation of public health interventions; food systems, trials and related methodology for obesity, diet and lifestyle interventions; implementation evaluation; and applied health research. She is passionate about partnership working and is dedicated to ensuring meaningful engagement in all aspects of her work. In addition to being the strategic lead of a portfolio of research focused around public health nutrition within the Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School, Dr Bryant is the Director of Nutrition Research for Born in Bradford, the academic lead for Diet and Obesity evaluation for a Better Start Bradford, theme lead for ActEarly (Evaluation theme and Food and Healthy weight theme) and the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the UK Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO).