Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

• Dean of Digital Education
• Deputy Dean of Taught Programmes (Faculty of Medical Sciences)
  
• Deputy Head of School of Medicine

Membership

• Physiological Society (University representative)

External roles

• Newcastle representative, Medical Schools Council Assessment Alliance (MSC-AA)
• Newcastle representative, Member, Medical Schools Council Selection Alliance (MSC- SA)
• Newcastle representative, UK Council of Teachers of Professionalism
• External Examiner, Queen Mary University of London Graduate Entry Medicine
• External Examiner, Bristol University Year 2 Medicine
• Board Member, Newcastle Healthy Futures

Undergraduate Teaching

Academic Mentor for MBBS programme

Tutor of the Accelerated (A101) MBBS programme. Teaching contribution includes cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and gastrointestinal physiology, neurophysiology and endocrinology.

Teaching contributions in MBBS include:

• Case 10 (liver and pancreatic health and disease)
• Case 11 (upper gastrointestinal health and disease)
• Case 12 (lower gastrointestinal health and disease)

Teaching contribution in Biomedical Sciences includes:

• CMB1004: Cell Biology (Endocrinology)
• CMB2006: Clinical Skills (Cardiovascular, ECG)
• PSC2018: Human Anatomy for Physiologists
• NUT1005: Human Physiology and Practical Skills for Nutrition

• Javaid U, Kennedy D, Addison C, Tsatlidis V, Razvi S. Frequency, Determinants and Costs of Thyroid Function Testing in a Laboratory serving a large Population. European Journal of Endocrinology 2022, epub ahead of print.
• Babateen AM, Shannon OM, O'brien GM, Okello E, Smith E, Olgacer D, Koehl C, Fostier W, Wightman E, Kennedy D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. Incremental Doses of Nitrate-Rich Beetroot Juice Do Not Modify Cognitive Function and Cerebral Blood Flow in Overweight and Obese Older Adults: A 13-Week Pilot Randomised Clinical Trial. Nutrients 2022, 14(5), 1052.
• Babateen AM, Shannon OM, O'Brien GM, Okello E, Khan AA, Rubele S, Wightman E, Smith E, McMahon N, Olgacer D, Koehl C, Fostier W, Mendes I, Kennedy D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. Acceptability and Feasibility of a 13-Week Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Incremental Doses of Beetroot Juice in Overweight and Obese Older Adults. Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 769.
• Alao A, Burford B, Hrisos S, Alberti H, Kennedy D, Barton R, Vance G. Active participation of ‘real-time’ patients in undergraduate medical education: a qualitative study. In: British Journal of General Practice Research Conference. 2019, London: British Journal of General Practice.
• Finnamore H, Alao A, Alberti H, Kennedy DJ, Burford B, Hrisos S, Vance G. Empowerment and Opportunity in Primary Care: Enhancing the Real-time Patients’ Journey through Undergraduate Medical Education. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Gateshead, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Burford B, Alberti H, Kennedy DJ. Experience and role models: How medical students describe influences on specialty preference. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Gateshead, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Deivanayagam TA, Walker R, Jones S, Kennedy DJ, McKeegan K. How to integrate and embed global health in medical curricula to create global doctors: a case study from Newcastle University Medical School. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Kennedy D, McKeegan K, Moss J, Peterson J, Plummer D. Introduction of academic mentors and an e-portfolio to support students personal and academic development. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Gateshead, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Kennedy DJ, Moss J. Supporting the Student Voice through the MBBS Medical Learning Environment. In: Newcastle University Learning and Teaching Conference: Education for life: Celebrating partnership, encouraging innovation. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Burford B, Vance G, Kennedy DJ. The relationship between medical students’ identity and stress: A longitudinal questionnaire study. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2018, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Alao A, Burford B, Alberti H, Hrisos S, Kennedy D, Vance G. Active participation of 'real-time' patients in undergraduate medical education. In: Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting. 2017, Exeter, UK: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
• Burford B, Alberti H, Kennedy D. Early career intentions of medical students: are we selecting the graduates we need for the 21st century?. Education for Primary Care 2017, 28(6), 354-355.
• Woodhouse L, Kennedy D, Moss J, Lunn B. Candidate use of a feedback site and how that relates to examination performance. In: European Board of Medical Assessors Annual Academic Conference: Crossing Boundaries: Assessment in Medical Education. 2016, Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Medical School.
• Woodhouse L, Lunn B, Kennedy DJ. Comparison of Cohen and Angoff methods of standard setting: is Angoff worth it?. In: European Board of Medical Assessors Annual Academic Conference: Crossing Boundaries: Assessment in Medical Education. 2016, Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Medical School.
• Lunn B, Kennedy D, Jones S, Moss J, Luke J, McKeegan K. Developing an Enhanced Personalised Web-based OSCE Feedback System to Help Students Understand OSCE Performance. In: Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions 2016. 2016, Perth, Australia.
• Kennedy D, Lunn B. Lessons from assessing Professionalism through monitoring Professional attitudes and behaviours. In: European Board of Medical Assessors Annual Academic Conference: Crossing Boundaries: Assessment in Medical Education. 2016, Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Medical School.
• McKeegan KS, Lunn BL, Kennedy DJ, Jones SC. Shared Assessment Drives Institutional Learning. In: Ottawa 2016. 2016, Perth, Western Australia.
• Guilding C, Ball SG, Kennedy DJ, Thanacoody R. Development and Implementation of a Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescribing Strand for Newcastle University’s MBBS Degree Programme Using the British Pharmacological Society’s Core Curriculum for Medical Students. pA2 Online: E Journal of the British Pharmacological Society 2015, 13(3).
• Burford B, Kennedy D, Vance G. Students’ early experience of medical school: adjustments and identity. In: The Association for Medical Education in Europe AMEE 2015. 2015, Glasgow, UK: Association for Medical Education in Europe.
• Guilding C, Kennedy D, Price R. Development of a new end-of-year appraisal format for medical students. In: Association for Medical Education (AMEE) international conference. 2014, Milan, Italy: International Association for Medical Education.
• Kennedy D. Learning outcome-based feedback on multiple choice examinations helps students identify areas of weakness. In: The Association for Medical Education in Europe AMEE 2014. 2014, Milan, Italy: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).
• Cosgrove J, Nesbitt I, Laws P, Baruch M, Sawdon M, Green J, Fordy K, Kennedy D. Thomas the Tank Engine significantly improves the understanding of oxygen delivery and hypoxaemia. Medical Teacher 2012, 34:6, 511.
• Kennedy D, Bradley P. The introduction of an OSCE in Years 1 and 2 improves OSCE performance in Year 3 of the MBBS programme. In: The Association for Medical Education in Europe. 2010, Glasgow, UK.
• Abbot EL, Grenade DS, Kennedy DJ, Gatfield KM, Thwaites DT. Vigabatrin transport across the human intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) brush-border membrane is via the H⁺-coupled amino-acid transporter hPAT1. British Journal of Pharmacology 2006, 147(3), 298-306.
• Kennedy DJ, Thwaites DT. 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA) is an inhibitor of the human intestinal di/tripeptide transporter hPepT1. In: Journal of Physiology. 2005, Bristol, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Kennedy DJ, Raldua D, Thwaites DT. Dual modes of 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride modulation of apical dipeptide uptake in the human small intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2005, 62(14), 1621-1631.
• Kennedy DJ, Gatfield KM, Winpenny JP, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. Substrate specificity and functional characterisation of the H⁺/amino acid transporter rat PAT2 (SLC36A2). British Journal of Pharmacology 2005, 144(1), 28-41.
• Abbot EL, Kennedy DJ, Grenade DS, Thwaites DT. Vigabatrin transport across the intestinal (Caco-2) apical membrane is via the human H+-coupled amino acid transporter (hPAT1). In: Journal of Physiology. 2005, Kings College London: Cambridge University Press.
• Anderson CMH, Grenade DS, Boll M, Foltz M, Wake KA, Kennedy DJ, Munck LK, Miyauchi S, Taylor PM, Campbell FC, Munck BG, Daniel H, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. H⁺/amino acid transporter 1 (PAT1) is the imino acid carrier: An intestinal nutrient/drug transporter in human and rat. Gastroenterology 2004, 127(5), 1410-1422.
• Kennedy DJ, Thwaites DT. EIPA inhibition of dipeptide uptake across the apical membrane of human Caco-2 cell monolayers. In: Journal of Physiology. 2003, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Anderson CMH, Mendoza ME, Kennedy DJ, Raldua D, Thwaites DT. Inhibition of intestinal dipeptide transport by the neuropeptide VIP is an anti-absorptive effect via the VPAC₁ receptor in a human enterocyte-like cell line (Caco-2). British Journal of Pharmacology 2003, 138(4), 564-573.
• Kennedy DJ, Chen Z, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. Isolation and functional characterisation of rat PAT2 (proton-coupled amino-acid transporter 2). In: Journal of Physiology. 2003, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Chen Z, Kennedy DJ, Wake KA, Zhuang L, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. Structure, tissue expression pattern, and function of the amino acid transporter rat PAT2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2003, 304(4), 747-754.
• Grenade DS, Kennedy DJ, Boll M, Foltz M, Miyauchi S, Daniel H, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. The substrate specificity of the human H⁺-coupled amino acid transporter (hPAT1) is similar to the imino acid carrier in rat small intestine. In: Journal of Physiology. 2003, Manchester, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Thwaites DT, Kennedy D, Raldua D, Anderson CMH, Mendoza ME, Bladen C, Simmons N. H⁺/dipeptide absorption across the human intestinal epithelium is controlled indirectly via a functional Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger. Gastroenterology 2002, 122(5), 1322-1333.
• Henderson FD, Kennedy DJ, Ayrton AD, Simmons NL, Thwaites DT. Na⁺-dependent dipeptide uptake at the basolateral membrane of human intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayers. In: Journal of Physiology. 2002, York, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Kennedy DJ, Leibach FH, Ganapathy V, Thwaites DT. Optimal absorptive transport of the dipeptide glycylsarcosine is dependent on functional Na⁺/H⁺ exchange activity. Pfluegers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology 2002, 445(1), 139-146.
• Kennedy DJ, Thwaites DT. Optimal dipeptide uptake across the apical membrane of human intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayers is dependent on functional NHE3 activity. Journal of Physiology 2002, 539(supplement), 10P-11P.
• Kennedy DJ, Thwaites DT. The selective NHE3 inhibitor S1611 modulates dipeptide transport across human intestinal (Caco-2) cell monolayers. In: Journal of Physiology. 2001, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Kennedy DJ, Raldua D, Simmons NL, Thwaites DT. Optimization of dipeptide uptake at the apical membrane of human intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayers requires co-operative activity of the di/tripeptide transporter hPepT1 and the Na+-H+ exchanger NHE3. In: JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON. 2000.