PhD Students
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) |
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Babateen, Abrar | Effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on metabolism and cognitive function in older adults |
Prof John Mathers |
Breininger, Stella |
Mechanisms linking obesity, ageing and colorectal risk
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Prof John Mathers |
Brown, Rebecca |
Prof John Mathers |
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Corsi, Sarah | Mitochondrial epigenetics; a molecular link between ageing and age-related diseases |
Prof John Mathers |
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 |
Donley, Dion | Effects of SIRT1 and circadian rhythm on lifespan in honeybees |
Prof. Dianne Ford |
Goffe, Louis | Population drivers of an obesogenic diet |
Prof. Ashley Adamson |
Hussin, Azizah Mat |
Prof John Mathers |
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Joel, Al |
Prof John Mathers |
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Mann, Kay |
Whole grain intake, diet quality and cardio-metabolic health in two UK cohorts |
Prof. Chris Seal |
Mendonca, NuNo | Micronutrients and health in the very old: Analysis of the Newcastle 85+ Study |
Dr Tom Hill |
Moore, Anthony | Nutrient modulation of gut inflammatory responses to microbial challenges | Prof John Hesketh |
Robinson, Natassia |
Dr Jill McKay |
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Sae-Lee, Chanachai | Investigating a personalised nutrition approach for modulating epigenetic profiles to reduce the risk of obesity-related comorbidities |
Prof John Mathers |
Simpson, Emma | Making data publics ( Digital Civics Doctoral Training Centre ) |
Dr Madeline Balaam |
Timms, Jessica | DNA methylation as a mediator of early life exposures on risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
Dr Jill McKay |
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 |
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 |