Claire is a Reader in Food, Inequality and Health at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research interests focus on place-based inequalities, particularly in relation to food, health and wellbeing. Before joining the University of Hertfordshire, Claire was based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine working on a variety of projects including Olympic regeneration, alcohol licensing, and a Wellcome Trust Society and Ethics fellowship investigating the health and wellbeing challenges of foodbanking. She completed a PhD in Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London.