Staff Profile
Dr Andrea Fairley
Lecturer in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 0298
- Address: School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences
Office 5.12, 5th Floor
Dame Margaret Barbour Building
Newcastle University
NE2 4DR
Dr Andrea Fairley (née McGrattan) is a HCPC registered research dietitian.
Qualifications:
BSc Hons Dietetics - Ulster University, Coleraine (2008-2012)
MSc Health Promotion and Public Health - Ulster University, Jordanstown (2013-2014)
PhD Public Health Nutrition - Queen’s University Belfast (2015-2018)
Professional Memberships:
Health and Care Professions Council – Dietitian
The Nutrition Society
Previous Positions:
Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Newcastle University, UK (2019-2021)
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-213X
Background
My main research interests are in the area of healthy ageing, to include risk reduction of cardiovascular and neurocognitive diseases. Specifically, I am interested in the design, development and testing of diet and lifestyle interventions to promote health behaviour change among at-risk populations. I am interested in process evaluation methods understanding the impact and usefulness of complex interventions.
One of my current research projects is focused on the co-design and development of culturally adapted dementia risk reduction resources for individuals from South Asian communities living in the UK.
Previous Projects: Dementia Prevention and Enhanced Care Project (DePEC) - P.I Prof Louise Robinson
The overall objective of the DePEC-Nutrition study is to demonstrate the feasibility, acceptability and the potential to deliver a dietary intervention to increase the consumption in high-nitrate green leafy vegetables and reduce salt intake over a 6-month period among Malaysian adults with raised blood pressure. The objectives focus on the core areas of an intervention study that need to work for the study to succeed procedurally and gather information on the effect size of the intervention on cognition and blood pressure, which will be instrumental in the design and calculation of the sample size of a follow-on efficacy trial.
The DePEC-Nutrition study is a 6 month randomised 2*2 factorial trial including four parallel arms: (1) control, (2) high-nitrate vegetable consumption, (3) low salt consumption and (4) combined high-nitrate vegetable consumption plus low salt consumption. The trial will be conducted among 120 middle-aged and older Malaysian adults.
For more information on the DePEC project, have a look at the project website: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/global_health_depec/
Esteem Indicators
Poster Prize Winner - The Nutrition Society Irish Section Summer Conference 2018
Associate Editor - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (from 31st Dec 2020)
Funding Awards
Alzheimer’s Research UK (North East Network) Engagement and Involvement Funding - £500 (14/05/24).
Tilly Hale Award: £1995.80 (12/02/24).
FMS Research Excellence Development Award: £702 (03/07/23).
Alzheimer’s Research UK (North East Network) – Pump Prime Funding: £4416 (05/04/23).
FMS Start-up Funding: £5000 (11/11/22).
Alzheimer’s Research UK (Northern Ireland Network) – Pump Prime Funding: £4887 (31/05/18).
PhD Supervision
Fay Shahatah - The association between processed food intake and biomarkers of health and disease in the very old: The Newcastle 85+ study
Bashayr Alzughaibi - An exploration of nutritional inequalities in paediatric and young adult food allergy
I am a lecturer in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, contributing to teaching across the Master of Dietetics (MDiet - B401) programme. I also contribute to teaching on BSc Food and Human Nutrition and BSc Nutrition with Food Marketing programmes.
Qualifications:
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Module leader:
DTC2002 Applied Therapeutic Diets
DTC4003 Master's Research Project
Module contributor:
DTC1003 Introduction to Dietetics
NUT2006 Measurement and Assessment of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status
NUT3011 Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health
DTC3001 Clinical Medicine and Dietetic Practice
NUT3002 Research Project
DTC3002 Dissertation
Personal Tutor:
I am a personal tutor for students enrolled on the Master of Dietetics (B401), BSc Food and Human Nutrition and BSc Nutrition with Food Marketing programmes.
Admissions Tutor:
I am admissions tutor for the Master of Dietetics (B401) programme.
Education related funding:
Newcastle University Education and Place Fund Award -
A collaborative project with representatives from local ethnic minority communities to co-create teaching activities for student dietitians at Newcastle University
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Articles
- Sim YJ, Townsend RF, Mills S, Stocker R, Stevenson E, McEvoy C, Fairley AM. Understanding engagement in diet and dementia prevention research among British South Asians: a short report of findings from a patient and public involvement group. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2024, 37(4), 899-908.
- Townsend R, Fairley A, Gregory S, Ritchie C, Stevenson E, Shannon O. Nutrition for dementia prevention: a state of the art update for clinicians. Age and Ageing 2024, 53(Supplement_2), ii30–ii38.
- Tan L, Stagg L, Hanlon E, Li T, Fairley A, Siervo M, Matu J, Griffiths A, Shannon O. Associations between Vegetable Nitrate Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Mortality: A Systematic Review. Nutrients 2024, 16(10), 1511.
- Soh Y, Fairley A, Alawad M, Lee S, Su T, Stephan B, Reidpath D, Robinson L, Yasin S, Siervo M, Mohan D. Assessing Sodium Intake in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Elevated Blood Pressure: Validation of Spot Urine Excretion and Dietary Survey-Derived Estimates. Nutrients 2024, 16(10), 1461.
- Shannon OM, Townsend R, Malcomson FC, Matu J, Griffiths A, Jennings A, Ward N, Papier K, Best N, French C, Scheelbeek P, Kim C, Ochieng B, Jay F, Shepherd K, Corfe B, Fairley A, McEvoy CT, Minihane A-M, Sim YJ, Stevenson E, Gregory S. Adherence to the Eatwell Guide and population and planetary health: A Rank Prize Forum report. Nutrition Bulletin 2024, 49(1), 108-119.
- Mattap SM, Mohan D, McGrattan AM, Allotey P, Stephan BCM, Reidpath DD, Siervo M, Robinson L, Chaiyakunapruk N. The economic burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): a systematic review. BMJ Global Health 2022, 7(4), e007409.
- Stephan BCM, Tang E, Pakpahan E, Biswasd B, Guptae A, Fairley A, Bosco A, Richardson CD, Robinson L, Siervo M. Secular Trends in Dementia Free Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 88(2), 417-428.
- McGrattan A, Pakpahan E, Siervo M, Mohan D, Reidpath D, Prina M, Allotey P, Zhu Y, Shulin C, Yates J, Paddick SM, Robinson L, Stephan BCM. Risk of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions 2022, 8(1), e12267.
- McGrattan A, Stephan BCM, Shannon OM, Mazidi M, Gilchrist M, Smallwood M, Winyard P, McMahon N, Blekkenhorst LC, Mohan D, Bandinelli S, Robinson L, Ferrucci L, Siervo M. Independent and interactive associations of dietary nitrate and salt intake with blood pressure and cognitive function: a cross-sectional analysis in the InCHIANTI study. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2022, 73(4), 491-502.
- Lee SS, McGrattan A, Soh YC, Alawad M, Su TT, Palanisamy UD, Hussin AM, Kassim ZB, Ghazali A, Stephan BCM, Allotey P, Reidpath DD, Robinson L, Mohan D, Siervo M. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Dietary Intervention to Reduce Salt Intake and Increase High-Nitrate Vegetable Consumption in Malaysian Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Elevated Blood Pressure: Findings from the DePEC-Nutrition Trial. Nutrients 2022, 14(3), 430.
- Fairley A, Stewart C, Cassidy A, Woodside J, McEvoy C. Diet Patterns, the Gut Microbiome, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2022, 88(3), 933-941.
- Elsahoryi N, Al-Sayyed HF, McGrattan AM, Odeh MM, Hammad FJ. Using of licensed and unlicensed anti-obesity medications among the university students. Nutrition and Food Processing 2021, 4(2), 1-9.
- Soh YC, Yap KH, McGrattan A, Yasin S, Reidpat D, Siervo M, Mohan D. Protocol for a systematic review assessing the measurement of dietary sodium intake among adults with elevated blood pressure. BMJ Open 2021, 12, e052175.
- McGrattan AM, Zhu Y, Richardson CD, Mohan D, Soh YC, Sajjad A, Aller CV, Chen S, Paddick SM, Prina M, Siervo M, Robinson LA, Stephan BCM. Prevalence and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2021, 79(2), 743-762.
- McGrattan AM, McEvoy CT, Vijayakumar A, Moore SE, Neville CE, McGuinness B, McKinley MC, Woodside JV. A mixed methods pilot randomised controlled trial to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle education intervention ‘THINK-MED’ among people with cognitive impairment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2021, 7, 3.
- Mohan D, Yap KH, Reidpath D, Soh YC, McGrattan AM, Stephan BCM, Robinson L, Chaiyakunapruk N, Siervo M. Link Between Dietary Sodium Intake, Cognitive Function, and Dementia Risk in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2020, 76(4), 1347-1373.
- McGrattan AM, Mohan D, Chua PW, Hussin AM, Yee CS, Alawad M, Kassim ZB, Ghazali AN, Stephan B, Allotey P, Reidpath D, Robinson D, Siervo M. Feasibility and acceptability of a dietary intervention study to reduce salt intake and increase high-nitrate vegetable consumption among middle-aged and older Malaysian adults with elevated blood pressure: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2020, 10(8), e035453.
- Elsahoryi N, Al-Sayyed H, Odeh M, McGrattan A, Hammad F. Effect of Covid-19 on food security: A cross-sectional survey. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 2020, 40, 171-178.
- Shannon OM, Grisotto G, Babateen A, McGrattan A, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M. Knowledge and beliefs about dietary inorganic nitrate among UK-based nutrition professionals: development and application of the KINDS online questionnaire. BMJ Open 2019, 9(10), e030719.
- McGrattan AM, McGuinness B, McKinley MC, Kee F, Passmore P, Woodside JV, McEvoy CT. Diet and Inflammation in Cognitive Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease. Current Nutrition Reports 2019, 8(2), 53-65.
- McGrattan AM, McEvoy CT, McGuinness B, McKinley MC, Woodside JV. Effect of dietary interventions in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review. British Journal of Nutrition 2018, 120(12), 1388-1405.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- McGrattan A, McEvoy CT, Woodside JV, Linden G, Passmore AP, Holmes C, Patterson C, Teeling J, McGuinness B. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with better cognitive performance many years later in the PRIME cohort. In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC). 2020, Alzheimer's Dement.
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Review
- McGrattan A, van Aller C, Narytnyk A, Reidpath D, Keage H, Mohan D, Su TT, Stephan B, Robinson L, Siervo M. Nutritional interventions for the prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia in developing economies in East-Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2022, 62(7), 1838-1855.