Human Nutrition Research Centre Staff

Director

Professor John Mathers
Professor of Human Nutrition

PA To Director

Michelle Barr
PA to Professor John Mathers, Lead Secretary for the HNRC

Academic Staff

Professor Ashley Adamson
Prof of Public Health Nutrition

Dr Kirsten Brandt
Senior Lecturer

Dr Iain Brownlee
Lecturer

Dr Mei-Yen Chan
Senior Lecturer in Food and Human Nutrition

Professor Dianne Ford
Professor of Molecular Nutrition

Dr Emma Foster
Lecturer

Professor John Edward Hesketh
Professor of Mammalian Molecular Biology

Dr Thomas Hill
Senior Lecturer

Dr Dawn Jones
Lecturer

Dr Georg Lietz
Senior Lecturer

Dr Jill McKay
Lecturer in Molecular Epidemiology

Professor Paula Moynihan
Prof of Nutrition & Oral Health

Professor Caroline Relton
Prof of Gen & Epigenetic Epidemiology

Professor Chris Seal
Prof of Food & Human Nutrition

Dr Mario Siervo
Lecturer in Nutrition & Ageing

Dr Ruth Valentine
Senior Lecturer

Professor Martin White
Professor of Public Health

Research Staff

Dr Jean Adams
Senior lecturer in Public Health

Claire Bamford
Senior Research Associate

Dr Christine Bosch-Saadatmandi
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow

Dr Iain Brownlee
Lecturer

Dr Carlos Celis Morales
Research Associate

Jennifer Delve
Research Assistant

Dr Hannah Elliott

Dr Emma Foster
Lecturer

Dr Hannah Gautrey
Research Associate

Louis Goffe
Research Assistant

Dr Alexandra Groom

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 241 8823

Dr Sumanto Haldar

Dr Ben Heaven
Research Associate (Social Science)

Dr Nicola Hobbs
Research Associate (Health Psychology)

Dr Angela Jones
Research Associate

Dr Sabine Langie

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7914

Dr Jose Lara-Gallegos
Research Associate

Dr Jill McKay
Lecturer in Molecular Epidemiology

Dr Catherine Meplan
Senior Research Associate

Dr Edward Okello
Executive Director of the Medicinal Plant Research Group

Dr Anthony Oxley
Research Associate

Dr Kathryn Parkinson
Senior Research Associate

Linda Penn
Research Associate

Dr Kate Potter
Research Associate

Dr Rosa Spencer

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 241 8684

Dr Sokratis Stergiadis
Research Associate

Carolyn Taylor
NU-Foods Support Technician

Dr John Tyson

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8947

Dr Luisa Wakeling
Research Associate

Dr Naomi Willis
Research Associate

Administrative Staff

Michelle Barr
PA to Professor John Mathers, Lead Secretary for the HNRC

Sue Bell
PA to Professor Ashley Adamson and PH&AHI Administrator

Sanchia Coatsworth
Project Administrator

Lisa Gilder
PA and Research Support Co-ordinator

Technical Staff

Wendy Bal
Research Technician

Christopher Bulman
Research Technician

Julie Coaker
Technician

Philippa Hepplewhite
Technician

Dr Long Xie
Technician