Our interactive National Student Webinars provide current, new and future dietetic students with the opportunity to hear more about what the BDA does for dietetics, as well as what we offer students specifically.
You will also learn about the variety of career paths available to you following your degree from our selection of guest speakers working across the profession.
There will be a total of six webinars hosted in October and February. We look forward to seeing you there!
Clinical Researcher in Nutrition and Dietetics , University of Hertfordshire
Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications , BDA
Jessica is currently interim Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications for the British Dietetic Association (BDA). Her role includes leading on membership engagement, recruitment and retention, as well as managing both member facing and external communications for the organisation. A specialist in audience communications and engagement, Jessica has over 10 years’ experience in a broad range of roles in the arts, charity and membership sectors.
Company Dietitian, Dr Schär UK Ltd
Katie graduated with a MNutr degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Nottingham in 2003. Her first dietetic role was a community post in Cambridgeshire, covering a range of clinical and health promotion activities. Following this, she took a role as a specialist paediatric dietitian in Nottingham, specialising in diabetes and gastroenterology. Katie embarked on her first industry role in 2007, taking a position as Senior Dietitian at Alpro UK. She started her own freelance dietetic consultancy business in 2009 to fit around family commitments, before taking her current position as Company Dietitian for Dr Schär UK in 2011. In her role for Dr Schär, Katie provides support to the local marketing and sales team, helps to oversee Dr Schär’s medical research programme and collaborates with international colleagues regarding product development and recipe reformulation.
Clinical Researcher in Nutrition and Dietetics , University of Hertfordshire
Angela started her career working as a dietitian in the NHS going on to specialise in liver disease. This led her into research and after completing her PhD at University College London, she became a lecturer. She worked first at London Metropolitan University and then at the University of Hertfordshire where she started the Nutrition and Dietetics group and first Dietetics programme in the East of England. Her current role is Clinical Researcher in Nutrition and Dietetics at Hertfordshire and includes supervising dietitians working on their PhDs and she is also a Trustee of the BDA General and Educational Trust.