Rodrigo De Marco
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Humanities and Social Science
This project focuses on the role olfactory and oral perception plays in shaping our consummatory experiences, preferences, and food seeking behaviours. Research into this area is important to health research, shaping understanding of individual differences in food selection, consumption, and other dietary behaviours.
Research suggests that autistic people are at a higher risk of suicide than non-autistic people. Figures show that up to 66% of autistic adults had thought about suicide during their lifetime (compared to 20% of non-autistic adults), and up to 35% had planned or attempted suicide.
Sport and Exercise Sciences
Strands of activity
Rachael is the winner of the Rose Paterson Sportswoman Community Award 2023 for her dedication to the sport of netball in Liverpool. Not only is she an inspiring community sports coach she juggles teaching and being a mum alongside her own development, having most recently gained an MPhil with LJMU.
Find out more about LJMU's commitment to develop cross-faculty research, to exchange knowledge, and to collaborate with external partners and organisations that focus on the Armed Forces community.
ACTivator is LJMU’s programme of researcher development opportunities. It consists of an evolving series of relevant, impactful and encouraging workshops and events created with the aim of supporting you
Examine a range of research methods used in health and social care practice and develop skills in the critical evaluation of research literature in this CPD course.