Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Analysis of dietary intake data within large cohorts and RCTs
- Development of interventions to promote long term behaviour change
- Nutrition intervention studies examining clinically relevant endpoints
- Developing evidence based guidelines through systematic reviews and meta-analyses of dietary intake and cancer risk/progression
- Collaboration with NI Biobank to examine the relationship between nutrition/obesity related molecular markers in tumour tissue and cancer progression.
Public outreach & key achievements
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Dietary glycaemic index, glycaemic load and carbohydrate intake and cancer risk |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Senior Lecturer Queen’s University Belfast |
| PhD Title | Physical activity, nutrition and the aetiology of upper gastrointestinal tract cancers |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, College of Public Health |
| PhD Title | A randomised controlled trial of a diet and physical activity intervention in prostate cancer patients and related studies. |
| Country | UK |
| Current Position | Postdoctoral research fellow, Queen’s University Belfast |