Anika Knüppel
PhD
Nutritional Epidemiologist
Anika Knüppel is a nutritional epidemiologist with a profound interest in relationships between diet, lifestyle, psychosocial factors and non-communicable diseases.
At the Cancer Epidemiology Unit Anika will work as part of the Wellcome Trust funded LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) project. The project focusses on associations between the intake of animal products and physical health. For this, Anika will work with data from large scale prospective cohort studies such as the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and UK Biobank.
Anika joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in 2018 after receiving her PhD in Epidemiology & Public Health from University College London (UCL). There she worked with data from the London-based Whitehall II cohort study investigating links between diet, adiposity and mental health. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from Martin Luther University, Germany.
Recent publications
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Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and breast cancer risk: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses with ~430,000 women
Journal article
KNUPPEL A. et al, (2020), Annals of Oncology
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EAT-Lancet score and major health outcomes: the EPIC-Oxford study.
Journal article
Knuppel A. et al, (2019), Lancet
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Comparison of Major Protein-Source Foods and Other Food Groups in Meat-Eaters and Non-Meat-Eaters in the EPIC-Oxford Cohort.
Journal article
Papier K. et al, (2019), Nutrients, 11