Sonia Pombo, MScCampaign Manager (Nutritionist)Centre: Centre for Public Health & PolicyEmail: s.pombo@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0) 20 7882 5941ProfileResearchPublicationsProfileI am a qualified Nutritionist and Campaign Manager for Action on Salt, a charity organisation concerned with salt and its effects on health. We are successfully working to reach a consensus with the food industry and government over the harmful effects of a high salt diet, and bring about a reduction in the amount of salt in processed foods as well as salt added to cooking, and the table. I am responsible for the management of all aspects of the charity’s salt reduction campaign, including research, public and industry engagement management of our award-winning health app FoodSwitch.ResearchResearch Interests: Public Health Nutrition Salt Reduction Cardiovascular health Obesity Food Policy PublicationsFeatured publications Salt reduction in England from 2003 to 2011: its relationship to blood pressure, stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24732242/ Food and the responsibility deal: how the salt reduction strategy was derailed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25922339/