Louise Goff
I am an academic dietitian and joined Leicester Diabetes Centre as Professor of Nutrition Science in 2023. I completed my PhD in Nutrition & Biochemistry at Imperial College London, where my interest in cardiometabolic health began. My research career over the last 20 years has focused on the role of nutrition in the development, prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk, with a particular interest in ethnicity. I lead an inter-disciplinary programme of research focused on improving our understanding of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and nutrition interventions for tackling ethnic inequalities in cardiometabolic health.
Favourite way to be active
Everything from CrossFit to running to yoga!
Contact
louise.goff@leicester.ac.uk
Research Areas
Current Projects
Healthy Eating & Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (‘HEAL-D’): a multicentre, pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of culturally tailored versus standard diabetes self-management programmes in Black-African and Black-Caribbean adults with type 2 diabetes. NIHR HTA.
Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle for Diabetes (HEAL-D) in African and Caribbean Communities: preparing for scale. NHS England National Insights Prioritisation Programme.
Understanding ethnic differences in the progression to type 2 diabetes: a phenotyping study.
Dysregulated fatty acid trafficking in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes: a study of Black-British and White-European men. King’s Health Partners PhD Studentship.