Newcastle University

Qualifications

Postgraduate certificate in Teaching and Learning (Cork)

Ph.D (Vitamin D and bone health) Cork

B.Sc (Nutritional Science) Cork

Previous positions

Research Associate, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland (January 2005 – June 2011)

 Research interests

• Nutrition and musculoskeletal health
• Nutrition and performance
• Vitamin D nutrition

Editorial activity

Editor: Nutrition Research Reviews.

Recent reviewer in the following journals:

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Public Health Nutrition.
• British Journal Of Nutrition
• Nutrition Reviews
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Committee membership

National Dairy Council (UK): Expert Scientific Advisory Panel. 

Food Safety Authority of Ireland.  Public Health Nutrition sub-committee.

Lectures/tutorials, seminars and practicals in the Food and Human Nutrition degree programme (B4D6):

ACE2036 (Nutrition Principles)

ACE3052 (Human Nutrition- Module Leader)

ACE3053 (Nutrition and Disease)

ACE3056 (Food and Human Nutriton)

ACE3062 (Sports and Exercise Nutrition) 

ACE3090 (Research project- Supervisor) 

Board of Studies Chair for the Food and Human Nutrition and Food Marketing and Nutrition degree programmes at Newcastle and Singapore.

• Cashman KD, Seamans KM, Lucey AJ, Stöcklin E, Weber P, Kiely M, Hill TR. Relative effectiveness of oral 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ and vitamin D₃ in raising winter-time serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in older adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2012. In Press.
• Forsythe L, Livingstone MB, Barnes MS, Horigan G, McSorley EM, Bonham MP, Magee PJ, Hill TR, Lucey AJ, Cashman KD, Kiely M, Strain JJ, Wallace JM. Effect of adiposity on vitamin D status and the 25-hydroxycholecalciferol response to supplementation in healthy young and older Irish adults. British Journal of Nutrition 2011, 107(1), 126-134.
• Barnes MS, Horigan G, Cashman KD, Hill TR, Forsythe LK, Lucey AJ, McSorley EM, Kiely M, Bonham MP, Magee PJ, Strain JJ, Wallace JM. Maintenance of wintertime vitamin D status with cholecalciferol supplementation is not associated with alterations in serum cytokine concentrations among apparently healthy younger or older adults. Journal of Nutrition 2011, 141(3), 476-481.
• Hill TR, Morrissey PA. Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Vitamin K. In: Fox, P.F., McSweeney, P.L.H, ed. Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences. San Diego, California, USA: Elsevier, 2011, pp.667-674; 652-660; 661-666.
• Seamans KM, Hill TR, Scully L, Meunier N, Andrillo-Sanchez M, Polito A, Hininger-Favier I, Ciarapica D, Simpson EE, Stewart-Knox BJ, O'Connor JM, Coudray C, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and indices of bone turnover in older European adults. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research 2011, 81(5), 277-285.
• Cashman KD, Wallace JMW, Horigan G, Hill TR, Barnes MS, Lucey AJ, Bonham MP, Taylor N, Duffy EM, Seamans K, Muldowney S, FitzGerald A, Flynn A, Strain JJ, Kiely M. Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in free-living adults >=64 years. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009, 89(5), 1366-1374.
• Seamans KM, Hill TR, Wallace JMW, Horigan G, Lucey AJ, Barnes MS, Taylor N, Bonham MP, Muldowney S, Duffy EM, Strain JJ, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Cholecalciferol supplementation throughout winter does not effect markers of bone turnover in healthy young and elderly adults. Journal of Nutrition 2010, 140(3), 454-460.
• Seamans KM, Hill TR, Scully L, Meunier N, Andrillo-Sanchez M, Polito A, Hininger-Favier I, Ciarapica D, Simpson EEA, Stewart-Knox BJ, OConnor JM, Coudray C, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and its correlations with measures of cognitive function in healthy older European adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010, 64, 1172-1178.
• Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone relationship in adolescents and its association with bone health parameters: Analysis of the Northern Ireland Young Heart’s Project. Osteoporosis International 2010, 21(4), 695-700.
• Morrissey P, Hill TR. Fat Soluble Vitamins and Vitamin C in Milk and Milk Products. In: McSweeney, P.L.H., Fox, P.F, ed. Advanced Dairy Chemistry; Lactose, Water, Salts and Minor Constituents. New York: Springer, 2009, pp.527-589.
• Cashman KD, Hill TR, Lucey AJ, Taylor N, Seamans K, Muldowney S, FitzGerald A, Flynn A, Barnes MS, Horigan G, Bonham MP, Duffy EM, Strain JJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M. Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in healthy adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008, 88(6), 1535-1542.
• Cashman KD, Hill TR, Cotter AA, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M. Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008, 87(4), 1039-1045.
• Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and its determinants in adolescents from the Northern Ireland Young Hearts 2000 cohort. British Journal of Nutrition 2008, 99(5), 1061-1067.
• Hill TR, McCarthy DA, Jacobsen J, Lamberg-Allardt C, Flynn A, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Seasonal changes in vitamin D status and bone turnover in healthy Irish postmenopausal women. . International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research 2007, 77(5), 320-325.
• Hill TR, OBrien MM, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status of 51-75 year-old Irish women: its determinants and impact on biochemical indices of bone turnover. Public Health Nutrition 2006, 9(2), 225-233.
• Hill TR, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status of young, adult and elderly Irish subjects. Irish Medical Journal 2006, 99, 48-49.
• Hill T, Meunier N, Andriollo-Sanchez M, Ciarapica D, Hininger-Favier I, Polito A, OConnor JM, Coudray C, Cashman KD. The relationship between the zinc nutritive status and biochemical markers of bone turnover in older European adults: the ZENITH study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005, 59(s2), S73-S78.
• Hill TR, Collins A, O'Brien MM, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D intake and status in Irish postmenopausal women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005, 59(3), 404-410.
• Hill TR, O'Brien MM, Cashman KD, Flynn A, Kiely M. Vitamin D intakes in 18-64 year-old Irish adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004, 58(11), 1509-1517.