Dr Jennifer Carter
Colleges
Jennifer Carter
BA, MRes, PhD, SFHEA
Associate Course Director, MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology, Senior Research Fellow, CTSU
As an Associate Course Director, Jennifer assists with curriculum development and pedagogical leadership for the MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology. She provides lectures, tutorials and assessments as a module lead for both the Statistics and Epidemiology modules on this course. She also coordinates the Summer Lecture Series, short courses in epidemiology and statistics.
As a Senior Research Fellow, Jennifer’s current research examines the measurement and influence of adiposity, dietary intake and other vascular risk factors with the risk of cardiovascular disease in large, prospective studies around the globe. She is currently a research member of the common room for Kellogg College.
Before coming to Oxford, Jennifer completed a Master of Research (MRes) degree in Psychology at the University of Manchester, and a PhD in Epidemiology at King’s College London. Her previous research examined psychosocial influences on the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental and physical health across the life course.
In 2017, Jennifer won the Medical Sciences Division Early Career Teaching Excellence Award. She also won 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer of the Year' in 2018 for the Oxford Student Union student-led teaching awards. In 2021, she was awarded the 'Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy' (SFHEA) title for her leadership in the promotion of teaching excellence.
In 2024, Jennifer was the highly commended finalist in the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Innovative Teaching and Assessment for her creation of the Fundamentals of Statistical Software and Analysis course.
Recent publications
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Associations between dietary patterns and incident colorectal cancer in 114,443 individuals from the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study.
Journal article
Skulsky SL. et al, (2024), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Body fat distribution and bone mineral density in a multi-ethnic sample of postmenopausal women in The Malaysian Cohort.
Journal article
Bihun H. et al, (2024), Arch Osteoporos, 19
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Abstract P341: Physical Activity and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Measured Body Composition in Global Multi-Ethnic Cohorts
Journal article
Carter JL., (2024), Circulation, 149
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Associations of general and central adiposity with hypertension and cardiovascular disease among South Asian populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal article
Re F. et al, (2023), BMJ Open, 13
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Associations between types and sources of dietary carbohydrates and liver fat: a UK Biobank study
Journal article
CARTER J., (2023), BMC Medicine
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IUNS 22nd International Congress of Nutrition - Abstracts.
Conference paper
(2023), Ann Nutr Metab, 79 Suppl 1, 14 - 1172
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Body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in global multi-ethnic populations
Journal article
Carter JL. et al, (2023), International Journal of Obesity