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Dr Sangeetha Thondre

BSc MSc PhD RNutr FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Subject Co-ordinator for BSc Nutrition and BSc Nutrition Science, Commercial Research Lead for Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health (OxBCNH)

School of Sport, Nutrition and Allied Health Professions

Sangeetha Thondre
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Teaching and supervision
Research
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Role

Academic Background

I have an MSc in Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology. My PhD was in Biotechnology from The Central Food Technological Research Institute, India on the topic ‘Microbial production of fructooligosaccharides’. Since 2014, I have been working as a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University. Prior to that, I have had experience in various research roles working on plant tissue culture, analytical food testing and human nutrition studies in India and the UK. I am a Registered Nutritionist and also the subject co-ordinator for BSc Nutrition and BSc Nutrition Science. With expertise spanning food science, functional foods, food sustainability and health-related nutrition research, I actively contribute to advancing knowledge on the role of nutrition in promoting health. Through peer-reviewed publications, knowledge exchange outputs and collaborative research, my work bridges scientific research and practical application, focusing on both academic and public health priorities.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Modules taught

Courses Modules taught
I teach various modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Nutrition for BSc Nutrition, BSc Nutrition Science, MSc Nutrition and MSc Dietetics.

Module leader for:
  • Fundamentals of Food Science NUTR5002
  • Global Nutrition, public health and policy NUTR6003
  • Food Science NUTR7003
  • Global nutrition and Public health NUTR7002

 

Supervision

Currently supervising 2 students as Director of Studies and 2 students as second supervisor.

Research

At Oxford Brookes, I have been working on the impact of dietary fibre, prebiotics, antioxidants and polyphenols on health and supervising PhD students and student projects. I am the commercial research lead at the Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health (OxBCNH). More recently, I have been working on nutrition in prediabetes and prevention of other chronic diseases. As co-investigator of the Edible Streets project, I am promoting urban edible gardening and sustainable food systems. Edible Streets encourage the growing of fresh food on publicly accessible land, improving physical, mental and community health. I have led several knowledge exchange projects including an international collaboration Co-creating guidelines for a sustainable nutrition strategy for The Gambia. I am the Nutrition Technical Lead for the Dietary Adaptations for Managing Extreme Heat (DAMEH) project within the UKRI-funded National Hub on Net Zero, Health and Extreme Heat (HEARTH).

Centres and institutes

Projects

Projects as Principal Investigator, or Lead Academic if project is led by another Institution

  • 'Food waste and behaviour change competition' (led by OBBS) (01/12/2023 - 31/07/2024), funded by: The Association of Commonwealth Universities, funding amount received by Brookes: £0
  • Formulation and validation of Reducose as a functional food ingredient to reduce risk of diabetes (01/09/2023 - 28/02/2026), funded by: Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK), funding amount received by Brookes: £169,024

Projects as Co-investigator

  • 'Food waste and behaviour change competition'(05/09/2023 - 05/05/2024), funded by: The Association of Commonwealth Universities, funding amount received by Brookes: £1,250, funded by: The Association of Commonwealth Universities

Publications

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Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

  • Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition