Dolly van Tulleken is a policy consultant and visiting researcher at the at Cambridge University’s MRC Epidemiology Unit where she completed her PhD and postdoctoral position examining government policy processes and the history of government policy on obesity and food-related ill health in England. In 2024, she co-authored Nourishing Britain: A Political Manual for Improving the Nation’s Health with Henry Dimbleby, which contains practical political insights about food-related health policy from 20 prime ministers, health secretaries and other senior politicians. Dolly co-founded 50:50 Parliament's cross-party #AskHerToStand campaign which helps women in the UK get selected and elected. She is Vice President of ex-offenders employment charity Tempus Novo and an ambassador of women military veterans charity Salute Her.