Dr Tanefa A. Apekey

RNutr (Public Health)

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition

ScHARR Staff Profile - Tanefa Apekey
Profile picture of ScHARR Staff Profile - Tanefa Apekey
t.apekey@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0789
Regent Court (ScHARR)

Full contact details

Dr Tanefa A. Apekey
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am a Registered Nutritionist (Public Health) with a PhD in Human Nutrition, MPhil in Food Science and BSc in Food Science and Nutrition. I worked at the University of Leeds as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Food Science and Nutrition, from 2009 to 2010, and as a Researcher on a clinical trial in the Leeds Institute of Health Science from 2010-2013. I joined Leeds Trinity University as a Lecturer in 2014, where I taught undergraduates on the Nutrition and Food course. Prior to joining ScHARR, I worked in the Nutrition and Dietetics team at Leeds Beckett University as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer and a Reader (2022).

Qualifications
  • PhD Human Nutrition
  • MPhil Food Science
  • BSc Food Science & Nutrition
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Research interests

My research takes a multidisciplinary approach and involves collaborations with Health and Social Care Third Sector Organisations, and their Service Users. My current research interests include:

  • Community-based co-development of healthy eating and lifestyle resources and interventions to reduce health inequality, and raise the health profile of minority ethnic groups, and people from socio-economically disadvantage communities [e.g. Co-produced culturally appropriate multi-ethnic healthy eating resources | Migrant Health Research Group | Leeds Beckett University
  • Modified Caribbean Fish Curry | FoodWise (foodwiseleeds.org)
  • Co-produced Culturally Appropriate Healthy Eating Recipe Resources for People of Black Ethnicity Living in Leeds | Doing Good Leeds
Publications

Show: Featured publications All publications

This person does not have any publications available.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Jallow-Badjan H, Bagnall A-M, Apekey T, Tunkara Bah H, Crookes H, Janha RE, Kassama F, Njie H, Erikowa-Orighoye O, Senghore T , Zabula T et al (2025) . PLoS ONE, 20(7).
  • Ells LJ, Brown T, Matu J, Clare K, Rowlands S, Maynard M, Kinsella K, Drew K, Marwood JR, Dhir P , Evans TS et al (2025) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 13(29).
  • Jallow-Badjan H, Apekey TA & Maynard MJ (2025) . BMC Public Health, 25(1).
  • Apekey TA, Moore SG & Maynard MJ (2025) . Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 38(1).
  • Moore S, Kundra A, Bissell E, Ho P & Apekey T (2024) . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82(OCE5).
  • Colgan A, Digby K, Apekey T, Elborough‐Whitehouse I, Seamark L, Radcliffe O, Williams M & Hickson M (2024) . Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 37(2), 396-407.
  • Maynard MJ, Orighoye O, Apekey T, Simpson E, van Dijk M, Atherton E, Blackshaw J & Ells L (2023) . Frontiers in Public Health, 11.
  • Maynard MJ, Joshi K, Ells LJ & Apekey TA (2023) . BMJ Open, 13(9).
  • Moore SG, Kundra A, Ho P, Bissell E & Apekey T (2023) . Nutrients, 15(17).
  • Moore S, Apekey T, Ho P & Bissell E (2023) .
  • Orighoye O, Apekey TA & Maynard MJ (2023) . Sustainability, 15(10).
  • Senior L, Maynard MJ & Apekey TA (2023) . Sustainability, 15(8).
  • Apekey TA, Maynard MJ, Kittana M & Kunutsor SK (2022) . Nutrients, 14(20).
  • Senior L, Maynard M & Apekey T (2022) . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 81(OCE5), e225.
  • Apekey T, Maynard M & Moore SG (2022) . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 81(OCE5), e172.
  • Orighoye O, Maynard M & Apekey T (2021) . European Journal of Public Health, 31(Supplement_3), iii499.
  • Brogan-Hewitt A, Apekey TA, Christian MS & Day RE (2021) . Nutrients, 13(9).
  • Apekey TA, Copeman J, Kime NH, Tashani OA, Kittaneh M, Walsh D & Maynard MJ (2019) . Foods, 8(10).
  • Apekey TA, Copeman J, Kime NH, Tashani OA, Kittana M, Walsh D & Maynard MJ (2019) . Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 78, 9-18.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Laukkanen JA (2015) . European Journal of Epidemiology, 30(8), 599-614.
  • Ricotti G, Apekey T & Gatenby L (2015) . Journal of Health Visiting, 3(4), 216-223.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Cheung BMY (2015) . Journal of Hypertension, 33(12), 2373-2381.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Seddoh D (2015) . International Journal of Clinical Practice, 69(1), 136-144.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA, Van Hemelrijck M, Calori G & Perseghin G (2015) . International Journal of Cancer, 136(5), 1162-1170.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Khan H (2014) . Atherosclerosis, 236(1), 7-17.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA, Seddoh D & Walley J (2014) . International Journal of Epidemiology, 43(1), 187-201.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Walley J (2013) . American Journal of Epidemiology, 178(2), 159-171.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA, Walley J & Kain K (2013) . Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 29(4), 308-318.
  • Kunutsor SK, Apekey TA & Steur M (2013) . European Journal of Epidemiology, 28(3), 205-221.
  • Apekey TA, Morris AEJ, Fagbemi S & Griffiths GJ (2012) . Health Education Journal, 71(2), 154-164.
  • Apekey TA, McSorley G, Tilling M & Siriwardena AN (2011) . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(2), 311-318.
  • Siriwardena AN, Apekey T, Tilling M, Dyas JV, Middleton H & Ørner R (2010) . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 16(4), 731-737.
  • Dyas JV, Apekey TA, Tilling M, Ørner R, Middleton H & Siriwardena AN (2010) . British Journal of General Practice, 60(574), e180-e200.
  • Apekey TA, Morris AJE, Fagbemi S & Griffiths GJ (2010) . Nutrition & Food Science, 40(2), 235-242.
  • Apekey TA, Morris AJE, Fagbemi S & Griffiths GJ (2009) . Nutrition & Food Science, 39(6), 663-675.
  • Dyas JV, Apekey T, Tilling M & Siriwardena AN (2009) . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9(1).
  • Siriwardena AN, Apekey T, Tilling M, Harrison A, Dyas JV, Middleton HC, Ørner R, Sach T, Dewey M & Qureshi ZM (2009) . BMC Family Practice, 10(1).
  • Kunutsor SK, Abbasi A & Apekey TA () . Frontiers in Endocrinology, 5.

Conference proceedings

  • Jeanes Y, Seamark L, Radcliffe O, Gotto J, Elborough-Whitehouse I, Watson B, Trudgeon J, Whiteman N, Stockton E, Apekey T , Colgan A et al (2023) . Gut, Vol. 72(SUPPL_2) (pp a4-a4). Liverpool, United Kingdom, 19 June 2023 - 19 June 2023.
  • Orighoye O, Maynard M & Apekey T (2021) . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 75(Suppl 1) (pp a25-a25). Virtual, 15 September 2021 - 15 September 2021.
  • Maynard M, Apekey T, Kime N, Walsh D, Simpson E & Copeman J (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 28(suppl_1) (pp 99-99). Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 17 May 2018 - 17 May 2018.
Research group

PhD Students at Leeds Beckett University

  • Lauren Senior
  • Haddy Badjan Jallow

Collaboration with Leeds Beckett University

  • Obesity Institute, Tackling Disparities Theme - Tackling Disparities and Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) | Obesity Institute | Leeds Beckett University
  • Re:Mission Study - Meet the Team - Re:Mission (remission.study)
Grants

Current grants

  • Heart Research UK - Co-developing multicultural healthy eating resources. An academic - third sector partnership.
  • Research England - Addressing health inequalities in Leeds: A pilot healthy eating intervention evaluation with a Third Sector Community Organisation and people from African Caribbean communities.
  • MRC Public Health Intervention Development, PHIND - Coproduction of ‘Health Connections’ – a community-based diet, physical activity and healthy weight intervention for UK Black and South Asian adults.
  • WHO Europe Region - Impacts of the COVID-19pandemic on ethnic and migrant inequalities. A rapid evidence review.
  • Public Health England (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) - A coproduced mixed method evaluation of the NHS England low calorie diet implementation pilot.
Teaching interests

I have experience of:

  • Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and across disciplines. 
  • PhD supervision
  • Different modes of teaching (e.g. distance learning) that support active learning. 
  • Enhancing employability of students by through placement, volunteering, participation in real life projects etc.
Teaching activities
  • Nutritional Epidemiology (module lead)
  • Dissertation (module lead)
  • Professionalism and Practice in Nutrition (module lead)
  • Nutritional Biochemistry (contributor)
Professional activities and memberships
  • Trustee for Feel Good Factor Charity in Chapeltown, Leeds.
  • Reviewer for Nutrients and Nutrition journals, 2018-present.
  • Collaborations with Third Sector Organisations (e.g. Heart Research UK, Feel Good Factor Leeds, Touchstone Leeds) to design and delivery health and nutrition awareness raising events in socio-economically deprived communities (e.g. Community healthy eating event in Leeds - Heart Research UK