Research Seminars
We host a weekly Seminar Series which includes national and international speakers. The seminars are an opportunity for local researchers to present findings from their most recent research projects.
Prof Jason Gill, University of Glasgow
Date/Time: Monday 20 March, 1-2pm
Venue: Med.L2.8, 2nd Floor, Leech building
Isabel Skypala, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals
Date/Time: Monday 6th March, 12-1pm
Venue: via Zoom - see advert flyers
Dr Sophie Phillips, Post-doctoral research associate, PEDAL, University of Cambridge
Date/Time: Monday 20 February, 1-2pm
Venue: MED.L2.3, 2nd Floor, William Leech Building
Dr Michelle Harvie, Research Dietitian, Prevent Breast Cancer Research Unit, Manchester University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust
Date/Time: Monday 6th February, 1-2pm
Venue: Via Zoom
Dr Susanna Mills, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 30 January, 1-2pm
Venue: MED.L2.3, 2nd Floor, William Leech Building
Dr Sarah Berry, Reader, Kings College London
Date/Time: Monday 21 November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
PGR Session (speakers TBC)
Date/Time: Monday 12th December, 1-2pm
Venue: TBC
Prof Lorraine Brennan, University College Dublin
Date/Time: Monday 14 November, 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Prof Johannes von Lintig, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Date/Time: Monday 7 November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Dr Kieran Smith, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 31 October, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
The 2021-2022 Seminar Series is now over.
The 2022-2023 Series will be posted here in due course.
Jen Bradley, Research Assistant, PHSI, Newcastle University. Pre-Viva Presentation
Date/Time: Monday 20 June, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Prof Sarah R Baker, University of Sheffield
Date/Time: Monday 13th June, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr J Bernadette Moore, University of Leeds
Date/Time: Monday 6th June, 1-2pm
Venue: MED.David Shaw Lecture Theatre
Adele Hug, Specialist Oncology Dietitian, Hug Nutrition
Date/Time: Monday 16th May, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Dr David Hughes, University College Dublin
Date/Time: Monday 9th May, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Prof Chris Seal, Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 25 April, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Laura Haigh, Colette Kirk and David Bourne
Date/Time: Monday 7 March, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Prof Hamish McAllister-Williams, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 14th February, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Laura Basterfield, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 31st January, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Prof John Blundell, University of Leeds
Date/Time: Monday 17 January, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Rachel Turnbull, Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria
Date/Time: Monday 13th December, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Dr Pauline F.D. Scheelbeek, Assistant Professor in Nutritional & Environmental Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date/Time: Monday 6th December, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Dr Bina Ram, Imperial College London
Date/Time: Monday 22nd November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Reina Engle Stone, University of California, Davis, USA
Date/Time: Monday 8th November, 4-5pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Duika Burges Watson, PHSI, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 1st November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Elisa Miles, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 18th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Prof Ana M Valdes, University of Nottingham
Date/Time: Monday 25th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom - please see advert flyers
Dr Francene M. Steinberg, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition. Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics Nutritionist in Agricultural Experiment Station. UC Davis California
Date/Time: Monday 24th May, 4-5pm
Venue: Zoom - see below
Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital
Date/Time: Monday 17th May, 1-2pm
Venue: Via Zoom link - see below
Dr Catherine Méplan, Lecturer in Genetics, BNS School, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 26th April, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Frances Hillier-Brown, Lecturer, Public Health Nutrition, PHSI, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 19th April, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom
Dr Angela Jones, Dr Lorraine McSweeney and Hannah Batten, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 12th April, 1-2pm
Venue: Via Zoom
Dr Daniela Barile, Professor and Chemist, Food Science and Technology, UC Davis California
Date/Time: Monday 22nd March, 4-5pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Moneeza Siddiqui, Dundee University
Date/Time: Monday 15th March, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Susan Lennie, Senior Lecturer. School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Science
Date/Time: Monday 22nd February, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Claire McEvoy, Institute for Global Food Security, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast
Date/Time: Monday 8th March, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Adem Dawed, Principal Investigator (Tenure Track), Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, Dundee University
Date/Time: Monday 15th February, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Orla Collins, Lecturer in Food Marketing, Applied Social Sciences, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 8th February, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Adrian Holliday, Lecturer in Exercise Physiology. School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Science.
Date/Time: Monday 1st February, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Justin Lang, Public Health Agency of Canada
Date/Time: Monday 25th January, 3-4pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Carl Hulston, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 18th January, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Cecilia Samieri, PhD, tenure-track researcher INSERM (French National Institute for health) and University of Bordeaux, France
Date/Time: Monday 11th January, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Prof James Betts, University of Bath
Date/Time: Monday 7th December, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Prof Peter McCaffery, University of Aberdeen
Date/Time: Monday 30th November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Prof Jeff Breckon, Sheffield Hallam University, Head of Research in Sport, Professor in Physical Activity Behaviour Change
Date/Time: Monday 23rd November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Charles Stephensen, Professor of Nutrition, University of California, Davis & Research Leader, Immunity and Disease Prevention Research Unit, USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Centre in Davis, CA
Date/Time: Monday 16th November, 4-5pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Prof Marie Murphy, Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of the Ulster Doctoral College, Ulster University
Date/Time: Monday 9th November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Dr Ben Wall, University of Exeter
Date/Time: Monday 2nd November, 1-2pm
Venue: Zoom link below
Ana Vinuela, PhD, NUAcT Fellow: Data Science in Health, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University
Date/Time: Monday 5th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Via Zoom link - see below
Mohammed Salman (PGR) - "Investigating flavour-nutrient learning in human using novel-flavoured, selenium fortified biscuits"
Date/Time: Thursday 5th March, 1-2pm
Venue: Colin Ingram seminar room, Henry Wellcome building
Dr Oliver Shannon, Population Health Sciences Institute - "Talking Greek: Translating the Mediterranean diet into a UK-based dementia risk reduction strategy"
Date/Time: Monday 9th March, 1-2pm
Venue: L2.7, William Leech Building
Dr Kevin Deighton, Leeds Beckett University - 'Appetite and energy balance responses to exercise and dietary interventions'
Date/Time: Monday 10th December, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.8 Leech Building
Carl Brandt - Long-term Lifestyle Change Intervention and E-health Applications- A qualitative interview study
Date/Time: Monday 11th June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Prof Moira Dean - Cooking skills: Key to a healthy diet?
Date/Time: Monday 21st May, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Dr Mosharraf Sarker, Teesside University - "Modulation of macrophage function by Lactobacillus-conditioned medium"
Date/Time: Monday 24th February, 1-2pm
Venue: L2.6, William Leech Building
Prof Kevin Tipton, Durham University - "You know nothing Jon Snow: Nutrition for prevention and treatment of sport-related brain injuries"
Date/Time: Monday 27th January, 1-2pm
Venue: L2.6, William Leech Building
Ms Susan Lennie, Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences - "Dietetics at Newcastle University"
Date/Time: Monday 13th January, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.7, William Leech Building
Dr Laura Basterfield - "Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Children"
Date/Time: Monday 2nd December, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.8, William Leech Building
Prof Peter Rogers, Bristol University - "‘Saucepan and bathtub’: a model of human appetite and weight control "
Date/Time: Monday 9th December, 4-5pm
Venue: Room L2.8, William Leech Building
Dr Kirsten Brandt - “Is micronutrient intake regulation accumulative or homeostatic?”
Date/Time: Monday 18th November, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.2, William Leech Building
Prof John Mathers - "A new look at the role of dietary fibre in cancer prevention"
Date/Time: Monday 4th November, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.5, William Leech Building
Laura Bordoni, University of Camerino - “Platelet mitochondrial DNA methylation and CVD risk: which role for trimethylamine-N-oxide and carnitine supplementation?”
Date/Time: Monday 28th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.5, William Leech Building
Prof Steve Quarrie, University of Belgrade - “Understanding the determinants of school children's food preferences”
Date/Time: Thursday 24th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.5, William Leech Building
Dr Julia Allan, University of Aberdeen - “Increasing the availability of healthy snack options in Scottish hospitals: Is it enough?”
Date/Time: Monday 14th October, 1-2pm
Venue: Room L2.5, William Leech Building
Prof John Mathers - 'How healthy is your diet? Objective measurements using metabolomics'
Date/Time: Monday 7th January, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Dr Suzanne Spence & Grace Gardner - “Approaches to improve what children and young people eat and drink through the Change4 life ‘Sugar Smart’ campaign (marketing) and the school environment (product placement)”
Date/Time: Monday 10th June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.2 Leech Building
Dr Diarmuid Coughlan - 'Association between Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and Dietary Intake with Healthcare Costs: A Cohort Study of Older Americans'
Date/Time: Monday 25th March, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Marion M. Hetherington, University of Leeds - 'The portion size effect and strategies for downsizing in children'
Date/Time: Tuesday 18th June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Prof Colum Walsh, Ulster University - 'EpiFASSTT- Epigenetic effects on children’s psychosocial development in a randomised trial of Folic Acid Supplementation in Second and Third trimester'
Date/Time: Monday 3rd June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.2 Leech Building
Dr Suzanna Forwood, Anglia Ruskin University - "Applying cognitive science to food choice: what do we really know?"
Date/Time: Wednesday 22nd May, 2-3pm
Venue: L2.2 Leech Building
Dr Sheena Ramsay - "Observational studies of ageing: what are we measuring and what does it mean?"
Date/Time: Monday 20th May, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.2 Leech Building
Dr Bess Caswell, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis - "Applications and next steps for tablet-based 24-hour recalls"
Date/Time: Tuesday 2nd April, 1-2pm.
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Prof Moffat Nyirenda, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - "The NCD epidemic in Africa - a metabolic legacy of early undernutrition?"
Date/Time: Monday 8th April, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.8 Leech Building
Prof Sian Robinson - 'Nutritional strategies to prevent and treat sarcopenia – what’s the evidence?'
Date/Time: Monday 1st April, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Ashley Adamson - "Childhood obesity; they should do something about that"
Prof Tim Schulz, DiFE, Potsdam, Germany - 'The role of adipocytic lineages in the development of age-related disorders'
Date/Time: Monday 4th March, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Paul Haggarty - 'From Genomes to Public Health Nutrition'
Date/Time: Monday 25th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Prof Anne Marie Minihane, University of East Anglia - 'n-3 fatty acids, cardiovascular and cognitive health: the truth behind this fishy tale'
Date/Time: Monday 11th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Dr Karen Keane - ‘The application of tart cherries: From molecules to men’
Date/Time: Monday 4th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Daniel Nettle - 'Food insecurity and fatness: Evidence from birds and hints from humans'
Date/Time: Monday 28th January, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Dr Emma Allott, Queen's University Belfast - 'Molecular epidemiology research to inform prostate cancer prevention efforts'
Date/Time: Monday 14th January, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Dr Emma Wightman - Does Mountain tea intake improve cognition in older adults?
Date/Time: Monday 26th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.4 Leech Building
Dr Wendy Wrieden & Cassey Muir - The Booze, the Binge and the Bulge: Findings from the FOrwaRD study (Food, Obesity and Risky Drinking)
Date/Time: Monday 12th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Rory Morrison - The influence of Vitamin D on outcomes following total hip and knee replacement
Date/Time: Monday 19th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Dr Raul Bescos - Understanding the role of nitrate and nitrite in vascular control: where are we going?
Date/Time: Monday 22nd October, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Margaret Allman-Farinelli - Diet and nutrition during young adulthood
Date/Time: Tuesday 24th July, 1-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Jonathan Wells - Body composition changes during and following malnutrition in children, and their long-term consequences
Date/Time: Monday 23rd July, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Prof Helen Truby - Nutrition in Pregnancy: From basic science to translation
Date/Time: Monday 9th July, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Wasim Iqbal, Food and Human Nutrition undergraduate intern - Human Nutrition Research Centre
Date/Time: Monday 18th June, 1-2pm
Venue: L2.3, William Leech Building
Helen Brooker - Platform for Research Online to investigate Genetics and Cognition in Ageing (PROTECT)
Date/Time: Monday 4th June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Dr Luca Panzone - The Impact of Environmental Recall and Carbon Taxation on the Carbon Footprint of Supermarket Shopping
Date/Time: Monday 30th April, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Prof John Mathers - “Using big data in human intervention studies: lessons from the Food4Me Study”
Date/Time: Monday 23rd April, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Jennifer Ford - “Population-based approach to study vitamin A stores in children using compartmental analysis”
Date/Time: Friday 16th March April, 1pm-2pm
Venue: Room 2.04A Ridley Building 1
AJ Joel - BORICC Follow up(BFU) study - A novel longitudinal observational follow up study
Date/Time: Monday 12th March, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.3 Leech Building
Dr Laura Johnson, Bristol University
Date/Time: Monday 19th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Khalil ElGendy - DNA methylation as a biomarker of colorectal cancer risk: evaluation of surrogate tissues
Date/Time: Monday 12th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Fiona Graham - University of Sheffield
Date/Time: Monday 5th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Dr Mario Siervo - Assessment of dietary nitrate intake and effects on cognitive function and cerebral blood flow
Date/Time: Monday 26th February, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.5 Leech Building
Prof Paula Moynihan - Systematic review on starch and oral health: Update of WHO Guideline on carbohydrates
Date/Time: Monday 20th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: D7.021, Dental School
Professor Glenn Gibson, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading
Date/Time: Monday 20th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: Baddiley Clark Seminar Room
Dr Sophie Cassidy - Lifestyle, Weight Loss, and Type 2 diabetes
Date/Time: Monday 30th October, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Dr Aaron Koshy - Heart failure & LVAD (left ventricular assist devices); Exercise as a predictor of long term outcomes.
Date/Time: Monday 13th November, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L2.6 Leech Building
Nuno Mendonca (PGR) - Dietary intake, B vitamins and health outcomes in the very old: analysis of the Newcastle 85+ Study
Date/Time: Monday 2nd October, 1pm-2pm
Venue: L.2.7 2nd Floor, Leech Building
Prof Emma Stevenson - Protein for life: Towards a focused dietary framework
Date/Time: Monday 16th October, 1pm-2pm
Venue: AGRB.3.02, Agriculture Building
Dr Amanda Palmer - Biofortification of staple crops for vitamin A deficiency control in Sub Saharan Africa: the pathway to impact
Date/Time: Thursday 28th September, 1pm-2pm
Venue: Room L2.7, Leech building
PhD Presentations by Chanachai Sae-Lee and Estelle Rickelton
Date/Time: Monday 18th September, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
Dr Hyang-Min Byun - Introduction to Project ELEFANT (Environmental and LifEstyle FActors iN metabolic health throughout life-course Trajectories)
Date/Time: Monday 11th September, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
Chris Holmes - Healthy Takeaways
Date/Time: Monday 4th September, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
Summer Break - The HNRC Seminar Series will resume in September after the summer break.
PhD Presentations: TBC
Date/Time: Monday 23rd October, 1pm-2pm
Venue: TBC
Dr Mario Siervo - Sarcopenic obesity and association with physical disability, cardio-metabolic risk and overall mortality
Date/Time: Monday 10th July, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
Dr Susanna Mills - Cooking at home: insights, challenges and opportunities
Date/Time: Monday 3rd July, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
Ailsa Marsh - Investigating flavour-nutrient learning in humans using selenium-enriched parsnips
Date/Time: Monday 12th June, 1pm-2pm
Venue: William Leech Building, Room L2.6
