The Centre for Healthier Lives in collaboration with the Global Challenges Academy and the Policy Academy hosted an online Workshop.

The workshop aimed to address how the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting issues around food, physical activity and alcohol and their impact on health. Researchers from among our global partners and across the University who undertake research in the Healthier Lives space shared examples of research projects and identified future research priorities.

A programme of the Workshop can be found here: GlobalResearch_Programme. A recording of the workshop can be viewed here. 

The Centre for Healthier Lives in collaboration with the Policy Academy hosted an event entitled "Lifestyle-based interventions in the post-COVID world" on Monday 15th June 2020.

The Workshop addressed how behaviours including diet, physical activity and alcohol consumption are drivers of multiple health outcomes that are major public health issues globally. As we emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, what are the policy priorities for these behaviours? COVID-19 has exposed some of our most persistent health inequalities and highlighted the need for more effective, and pervasive, interventions to promote and facilitate behaviour change.​

A programme of the Workshop can be found here: Lifestyle_Programme. A recording of the workshop can be viewed here:

“Global Nutrition Challenges in the next 25 years”
Wednesday 23rd October 2019

To celebrate our 25th year, we will be holding a 25th Anniversary Conference on Wednesday 23rd October in the Urban Sciences Building (USB) Event Space, Helix Site, Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Our confirmed speakers are:
Prof Francesco Branca (World Health Organisation)
Prof Sir George Alberti (Imperial College London)
Dr Denise Robertson (University of Surrey)
Prof Amelia Lake (University of Teesside)
Prof Georg Lietz
Prof Emma Stevenson
Prof Roy Taylor
Dr Suzanne Spence
Prof John Mathers
Prof Ashley Adamson

Further details of their talks will follow.  Please download the programme.

We will be holding a 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for all Masters and PhD students based in the Human Nutrition Research Centre (HNRC).  Please download the guidelines for applications to the 3MT competition.

We invite all HNRC staff and students to bring a Poster along on the day, to show-case your current research. If you plan to bring a poster, please advise Yasmin Ibrahim and send her the title of your poster, the size (A1 etc) and the orientation (portrait/landscape).

Registration is now closed.

The HNRC is delighted to host the Nutrition Societies’ annual “Nutrition Futures Conference” (formerly the Student Conference) on September 10th and 11th 2018 in the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle. The conference will be a diverse and interactive experience for all nutrition science students and graduates. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to gain knowledge across a range of disciplines and areas of nutrition research, in a developmental and supportive environment. Nutrition Futures 2018 will feature thought-provoking lectures by speakers from a variety of universities, and unique professional development sessions intended to help students develop essential skills. The conference will include a careers panel enabling engagement with representatives from the charity, media and communications, sports nutrition, political, industry, and academic sectors. There will opportunity for delegates from across the nutrition community to present their research within the Original Communication and lightening sessions.

Deadline for abstract submissions to present in the Original Communication and lightning sessions: EXTENDED until midnight on Monday 23 July 2018.

The local organiser for the event is Sarah Corsi, PhD student, HNRC. More information can be found here.

We are delighted to host NuGO Week 2018 in Newcastle on 3- 6 September. The theme of the conference is "Mitochondria, Nutrition and Health". Prof Doug Turnbull will be giving the opening Plenary Lecture.

In addition, from 1 - 3 September we will be running a course for PhD students and early career researchers on the topic: ‘Temperature and Metabolism: Implications for nutrition studies’.

We will also run a workshop “Using a FAIR database for nutritional studies, to make data reusable” on 2 - 3 September 2018. This workshop will be held as a satellite meeting of NuGOweek 2018. It will provide hands-on experience of using the European Nutritional Phenotype Assessment and Data Sharing Initiative (ENPADASI) database to maximise the benefits of experimental studies in nutrition.

For more details on the full NuGO Week 2018, please click here.  

Hotel accommodation can be booked at several City Centre hotels via the NewcastleGateshead hotel booking page.

 

We are delighted to be hosting the 6th International Sport and Exercise Nutrition Conference again at Newcastle University.

We have a fantastic programme lined up with speakers from all over the world contributing to the proceedings.  Speakers include Prof John Mathers and Prof Emma Stevenson from the HNRC.  

We will be hosting a welcome reception on the first evening of the conference at Newcastle University Student’s Union and we are privileged to be hearing from Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic track cycling gold medallist at this event. Further details on the conference can be found at www.isenc.org .

Short Course: Personalised Nutrition: from scientific discovery to interventions

Date: 5-7 July 2016
Venue: University of Newcastle – The CORE
Organisers: Prof John Mathers, Dr Fiona Malcomson, Mrs Michelle Barr

Download the abstracts from this conference:

• Introduction to the course (PDF: 149 KB)
• Keynote Lecture 1 by Professor Hannelore Daniel (Technical University of Munich) 'Technologies for personalising nutrition interventions' (PDF: 139 KB)
• Dr Carlos Celis-Morales 'Using genetic-based advice to deliver personalised advice and improve lifestyle' (PDF: 131 KB)
• Professor Lorraine Brennan 'Using 'metabotypes' in personalised nutrition' (PDF: 135 KB)
• Dr Hyang-Min Byun 'Diet, mitochondrial DNA methylation and the risk of human diseases' (PDF: 132 KB)
• Professor Dianne Ford 'Genotype effects on metabolism of soy isoflavones' (PDF: 134 KB)
• Professor John Mathers 'Building a personalised nutrition intervention platform' (PDF: 134 KB)

More information about the NuGO Training Programme.

Nutrition and Healthy Ageing

The meeting was hosted by Newcastle University on 15-18 July.

There were four symposia focussing on:

• biology of ageing
• epidemiology of human ageing
• nutritional modulation of the ageing trajectory
• public health interventions to enhance healthy ageing

The meeting attracted over 300 delegates with talks from more than 30 international speakers.

The inaugural Nutrition Society Postgraduate Conference was held at Newcastle University on 10 and 11 September 2012.

The conference was jointly run by students at Newcastle University and the Nutrition Society Student Body. It was exclusively open to student members.