People
Professor C. Fergus Lowe – Director, Bangor Food and Activity Research Unit (BFARU)
Professor Fergus Lowe (BA, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS) is Professor of Psychology at Bangor University (in the most recent national Research Assessment Exercise the School of Psychology was rated 5A* [on a 1-5* scale of excellence]). His main research interests lie in the area of children's learning and language development and his work in this domain has been published extensively in leading international journals and books. He has also successfully applied the findings of his basic research to a number of health issues, including children’s dietary habits. Professor Lowe, together with Dr Pauline Horne were winners of the Caroline Walker Trust Award in 1998 for their "outstanding contribution to health through good food".
Dr. Pauline Horne – Director, BFARU
Dr. Pauline Horne (BSc Biochemistry; MPhil Biochemistry; BA, PhD Psychology) is Senior Lecturer at Bangor University. Together with Professor Lowe, she has directed the work of the BFARU since its inception in 1992. In addition to research on food preferences, her main research interests include the development of imitation in human infants and young children, and the development of language and its impact on human learning and consciousness. Together with Professor Fergus Lowe and other BFARU colleagues, she has published papers in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, and the British Food Journal.
Dr. Charlotte Hardman – Research Officer, BFARU
Dr. Charlotte Hardman (BSc Psychology, PhD) has been a member of the BFARU since 2000. She began work as a research assistant on the Food Dude Programme and was responible for its implementation and evaluation in schools. Her PhD research, completed in 2005, focused on the development of a new intervention to increase children’s physical activity. This was closely modeled on the Food Dude Programme. She is currently involved in the co-ordination of the Food Dude Programme and is also developing new research projects in the physical activity domain.