Michelle Morris is Professor of Data Science for Food in the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds and a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, the UK national institute for data science and artificial intelligence in London. She leads the interdisciplinary Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team which uses novel forms of data, including supermarket transaction records from a number of UK supermarkets, for research into lifestyle behaviours and health. She is an investigator at the Economic and Social Research Council Funded Consumer Data Research Centre where she leads the Healthy Lifestyles research theme which includes the Priority Places for Food Index. Michelle leads a consumer data work package within the UKRI Transforming Food System grant FIO Food, looking at food insecurity in people living with obesity. She leads a further work package in associated project DIO Food which is evaluating the impact of government legislation to restrict the promotion of food and drink high in saturated fat, sugar and salt. Michelle additionally leads a programme of work funded by the IGD to test and evaluate strategies to encourage consumers to purchase and consumer healthier, more sustainable and affordable diets. Michelle is academic chair of the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics Data Scientist Development Programme.
Fun fact about Michelle
Michelle has cycled to Everest base camp in Tibet as part of a 600 mile cycling adventure through the Himalayas.
