Maia joined the Scottish Obesity Alliance as a Policy and Partnership Officer in July 2024.
Maia has a MA(SocSci) in Social and Public Policy from the University of Glasgow. Maia's dissertation examined the role of stigma in women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and she currently attends the Scottish Government's Cross Parliamentary Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Maia previously worked as a project officer for the University of Glasgow supporting citizen science projects, and as the marketing and recruitment manager for Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Maia has also held voluntary roles at Sexpression UK and St Andrew's First Aid.
email: maia.quail@scottishobesityalliance.org