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Emeritus Professor of Clinical Gerontology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Kay-Tee Khaw MBBChir, MA, MSc, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, CBE is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Gerontology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge and Life Fellow, Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. She trained in medicine at Girton College, University of Cambridge and St. Mary's Hospital, London (now Imperial College) and epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with subsequent clinical and academic posts in the University of London and University of California San Diego. Her research interests are the maintenance of health in later life and the causes and prevention of chronic diseases with a focus on nutrition and hormones. She was principal investigator in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, part of a ten country half million participant research collaboration over three decades. She has >1400 peer reviewed publications (https://research.com/u/kay-tee-khaw).
Kay-Tee first became interested in diet and health when investigating increases in blood pressure and rapidly changing patterns of cardiovascular disease in different communities around the world, including Kenya and the Caribbean. The association of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and osteoporosis with ageing shows wide geographic, social and secular variations. This suggests a a substantial proportion of these disabling conditions are potentially preventable. Kay-Tee led the work in the EPIC-Norfolk study to identify what can be done to maintain health in this population.
She is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and was awarded CBE (Commander of the British Empire ) in 2003.
