Fiona Dykes
Fiona Dykes MA, PhD, FHEA.
Fiona is Professor Emeritus of Maternal and Infant Health within the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire. She is an Adjunct Professor at University of Western Sydney. Fiona has a particular interest in the global, socio-cultural and political influences upon infant and young child feeding practices; her methodological expertise is in ethnography and other qualitative research methods. She is a member of the editorial board for Maternal and Child Nutrition, the Wiley-Blackwell published international journal and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Fiona has worked on WHO, UNICEF, European Commission, Government (DH), NHS, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), TrusTECH® Service Innovation (UK), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Wellcome Trust, British Council and Australian Research Council (ARC) funded projects. Fiona is author of over eighty peer reviewed papers and the monograph Breastfeeding in Hospital: Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line (Routledge). She is also joint editor of several books including Infant and Young Child Feeding: Challenges to implementing a Global Strategy (Wiley-Blackwell) and Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health (Routledge).
Phone: +44(0)1772 893828
Address: Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN),
School of Community Health and Midwifery,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston,
Lancashire, PR1 2HE
Fiona is Professor Emeritus of Maternal and Infant Health within the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), School of Community Health and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire. She is an Adjunct Professor at University of Western Sydney. Fiona has a particular interest in the global, socio-cultural and political influences upon infant and young child feeding practices; her methodological expertise is in ethnography and other qualitative research methods. She is a member of the editorial board for Maternal and Child Nutrition, the Wiley-Blackwell published international journal and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Fiona has worked on WHO, UNICEF, European Commission, Government (DH), NHS, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), TrusTECH® Service Innovation (UK), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Wellcome Trust, British Council and Australian Research Council (ARC) funded projects. Fiona is author of over eighty peer reviewed papers and the monograph Breastfeeding in Hospital: Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line (Routledge). She is also joint editor of several books including Infant and Young Child Feeding: Challenges to implementing a Global Strategy (Wiley-Blackwell) and Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health (Routledge).
Phone: +44(0)1772 893828
Address: Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN),
School of Community Health and Midwifery,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston,
Lancashire, PR1 2HE
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