Our Editorial Board

Justin is a Professor of Nutritional Physiology applied to functional healthspan and exercise at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He is a BANT Fellow and long-standing BANT Registered Nutritionist, as well as current Editor-in-Chief for the Nutrition Evidence Database. He has published >100 peer-reviewed, scientific articles and book chapters, including co-editor of "Integrative Sport & Exercise Nutrition: A Health-Feeds-Performance Perspective" (the first textbook of its kind to bridge integrative nutrition approaches into exercise and sports applications). Justin is a reviewer/guest and topic editor for numerous academic journals including: Frontiers in Physiology; Frontiers in Nutrition; European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism; Nutrients; Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise and the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. His research focuses on nutritional strategies to support functional healthspan, metabolic flexibility and adaptive recovery in relation to active aging, including polyphenol, protein-targeted and wholefood approaches.

Clare is an experienced nutrition practitioner, and a passionate advocate for the provision of nutrition and lifestyle services in community and primary healthcare settings. She completed a MSc in Nutritional Therapy in 2018, examining NHS primary care ‘effectiveness gaps’ and how nutrition could provide solutions to these. She joined the BANT team in 2017 as the Science and Education Manager, where she delivers evidence- based resources to the BANT membership and the wider healthcare community. She is the Managing Editor of the Nutrition Evidence Database and regularly represents BANT at exhibitions targeted at the medical community. She is Principal Investigator for BANT's impact assessment research and aims to publish a proof-of-concept study in 2027. Clare’s area of clinical expertise is digestive health and chronic pain. Through her on-line practice, she reaches individuals across the UK. She works in collaboration with General Practitioners for the best and safe care of her clients and achieves measurable improvements in health outcomes.

Dr Michelle Barrow is Academic Team Director and Clinical Director at the Centre for Nutrition Education and Lifestyle Management (CNELM), providing leadership across undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education. Michelle also supervises PhD research at Middlesex University, Bournemouth University and the University of West London. Michelle completed a Doctorate in Professional Studies (DProf) in 2019, titled "Leading transformation in Personalised Nutrition Practice". Her doctoral research included the construction of clinical tools to enable the development of a new evidence base for personalised nutrition practice in obesity management.   Her ongoing academic work encompasses programme development, research supervision, and scholarly publication, with a particular focus on strengthening the evidence base and advancing the practice of personalised nutrition. Her research has been published in international scientific journals, including Autoimmunity Reviews, Nutrition Reviews and Current Research in Food and Nutrition.

Dr Kate Lawrence is an Associate Professor of Psychology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Her interdisciplinary research spans nutritional psychology, neuroscience and neurodiversity, with a particular focus on dietary and microbiome influences on mental health, cognitive function and sleep. She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and has extensive experience in the critical appraisal, communication and translation of scientific evidence for professional and academic audiences, as well as the general public.