Invited Speaker: 11th congress of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) in Madrid, Spain “Genetic and epigenetic variation: potential biological basis for personalised nutrition” (October 2011) Invited Participant: Scientific meeting of the UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) in Cambridge (January 2012) Invited Speaker: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago “Can Cancer Prevention Be Individualized?” (March 2012) - Invited Participant: Evaluation Panel to evaluate applications within the fields of epidemiology, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, paediatrics, obesity, nutrition and physical activity at the Academy of Finland (February 2012) PhD and MD student supervision in major areas of research interest especially nutritional genomics and epigenetics Esteem Indicators Nutritional genomics: ageing and nutrition Nutritional epigenetics and mechanisms by which environmental factors, especially diet, impact on health in the long term Postgraduate Supervision Newcastle University Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality sponsored by BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC Future Research Impact of Non-Digestible Carbohydrates on Biomarkers of GI Health: A Human Intervention Study funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Systems biology approach to defining impact of a genetic variant of GP x 4 and selenium intake funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Mechanisms of DNA methylation instability funded by Dunhill Medical TrustįSF - Cancer stem cells in colorectal cancer funded Northumbria Health Care NHS Foundation Trust Molecular nutrition research: cancer-related studies cardiovascular disease and diabetes-related studies Public health nutrition research: nutritional epidemiology nutrition and ageing Current Research Projectsĭiet, physical activity and dementia risk in UK adults: Epidemiology and MedEx feasibility study funded by Alzheimer's Research UKįood4Me: Personalised Nutrition: An Integrated Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges funded by Commission of the European Communitiesĭevelopment of interventions to enhance health and wellbeing in later life (The LIVEWELL programme) funded by the MRC on behalf of the LifeLong Health and wellbeing initiative Molecular Epidemiology Group Silver Medal (2015) Neonatal Society "Widdowson Lecture" (2015) NUTRIM Lecture, University of Maastricht (2014) The British Nutrition Foundation Prize for outstanding contributions to nutrition (2002) President, The Nutrition Society (2001- 2004) Member of UKRI-BBSRC COVID-19 Cohort of Experts (2020 - present) Honours and Awards Member of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Panel (2018 - present) Member of Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellowships Panel (2018 - present) Member of International Grants Panel for World Cancer Research Fund International (2018 - present) Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Joint Programming Initiative "A healthy diet for a healthy Life (2019 - present) Trustee and Chair of Nutrition Committee, Rank Prize Funds (2018 - present)Īdvisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) (2008 - present) Rank Prize Funds Nutrition Committee (2014 - present) Trustee, British Nutrition Foundation (2014 - present)
Honorary Fellow, Association for Nutrition Professional Responsibilities
PhD in Nutrition, University of Cambridge, 1979, Dissertation Title: Interrelationships between energy and protein metabolism in the rumenĭiploma in Nutrition, University of Cambridge, 1973īSc in Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition, Newcastle University, 1971 Membership Teaching on several undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes including: MBBS, BSc (Hons) Food & Human Nutrition and MRes in Medical & Molecular Biosciences Ageing and Health. This work includes studies on the biological basis of ageing and ranges from molecular and cell biological studies, through investigations in human volunteers to nutritional epidemiology and large-scale intervention studies. Principle Investigator for a portfolio of research projects in the areas of nutrition and the prevention of complex diseases including colon cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia. Director of the Human Nutrition Research Centre (HNRC) and Director of the Centre for Healthier Lives