PhD Students

Principle Investigators of the Human Nutrition Research Centre currently supervise a growing community of MD and PhD students.

Our current students and supervisors include:

Student Name	Project Title	Supervisor (s)
Babateen, Abrar	Effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on metabolism and cognitive function in older adults	Prof John Mathers Dr Mario Siervo
Breininger, Stella	Mechanisms linking obesity, ageing and colorectal risk Further Information	Prof John Mathers Dr Laura Greaves Dr Jelena Mann
Brown, Rebecca	The effect of vitamin D and physical activity on knee osteoarthritis symptoms in older obese adults: a mixed methods study	Prof John Mathers Dr Nicola O'Brien Dr Leah Avery Dr Daniel Cuthbertson (Liverpool University)
Corsi, Sarah	Mitochondrial epigenetics; a molecular link between ageing and age-related diseases	Prof John Mathers Dr Hyang-Min Byun
Cutler, Laura	Parental perceptions of their child’s weight status and assessments of their child’s Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)	Prof Ashley Adamson Dr Kathryn Parkinson Dr Bronia Arnott Dr Angela Jones
Donley, Dion	Effects of SIRT1 and circadian rhythm on lifespan in honeybees	Prof. Dianne Ford Prof Jeri Wright
Goffe, Louis	Population drivers of an obesogenic diet	Prof. Ashley Adamson Prof. Martin White Prof Steve Rushton
Hussin, Azizah Mat	Ageing, vitamin D and cardiovascular disease Further Information	Prof John Mathers Dr Mario Siervo Dr Tom Hill
Joel, Al		Prof John Mathers
Mann, Kay	Whole grain intake, diet quality and cardio-metabolic health in two UK cohorts Further Information	Prof. Chris Seal Prof Mark Pearce
Mendonca, NuNo	Micronutrients and health in the very old: Analysis of the Newcastle 85+ Study	Dr Tom Hill Prof Chris Seal Prof Carol Jagger
Moore, Anthony	Nutrient modulation of gut inflammatory responses to microbial challenges	Prof John Hesketh
Robinson, Natassia	DNA methylation as a mediating mechanism linking early-life events and subsequent obesity: finding intermediate biomarkers of obesogenic environments	Dr Jill McKay Dr Heather Brown Prof Mark Pearce Dr Viviana Albani Dr Amelia Lake
Sae-Lee, Chanachai	Investigating a personalised nutrition approach for modulating epigenetic profiles to reduce the risk of obesity-related comorbidities	Prof John Mathers Dr Hyang-Min Byun
Simpson, Emma	Making data publics ( Digital Civics Doctoral Training Centre )	Dr Madeline Balaam Dr Emma Foster Prof Ashley Adamson
Timms, Jessica	DNA methylation as a mediator of early life exposures on risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia	Dr Jill McKay Dr Gordon Strathdee Prof Judith Rankin Prof Caroline Relton
Ware, Darren	Modelling nutrient-gene interactions that influence selenoprotein metabolism	Prof John Hesketh
Webster, Mary	The development and evaluation of an SMS-based intervention to facilitate the control of blood glucose in children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes	Dr Emma Foster Prof Ashley Adamson Dr Timothy Cheetham Dr Rob Comber
Whitehall, Julia	Induction of beige adipose tissue by the dietary polyphenol genistein: a potential dietary approach to protect against age-related metabolic syndrome	Prof Dianne Ford Dr Laura Greaves