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Group members in the Nutrition, Biomarkers, & Health lab
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We extend a warm welcome to our visiting researchers this summer.
Professor Lorraine Brennan
Professor & Principal Investigator
Professor Brennan investigates metabolism and altered metabolic pathways in health and disease. She is currently Director of the European Nutrigenomics Organisation (NuGO). She is a recipient of an ERC consolidator grant (2015) and participates in a number of national and European projects.
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Dr Aoife O'Gorman
Research Project Manager
Dr S.C. Sri Harsha Pedapati
Post-doc
Dr Pedapati is currently working on the Food Biomarkers Alliance (FOODBALL) project aimed at systematic exploration and validation of biomarkers, to obtain a good coverage of the food intake in different population groups within Europe. Specifically he aims to discover novel biomarkers of dietary intake in carrots and legumes by 1) conducting standardized short-term intervention studies and 2) analysis of biofluids through LC-MS and GC-MS based metabolomics platforms.
Dr Xiaofei Yin
Post-doc
Dr Yin is involved in the application of metabolomics and lipidomics for the discovery of biomarkers of disease. She is currently working on biomarker discovery in ultra-high risk for psychosis: towards prediction of psychotic disorder, non-psychotic mental disorders and recovery.
Dr Roberta Hack Mendes
Research Scientist
Dr Hack Mendes is conducting research within the new Opti-Age project.
Dr. Silvia D'Angelo
Post-doc
Dr. D'Angelo works on the A-Diet project. She is involved in developing novel statistical approaches to integrate dietary and biomarker data.
Dr. Heleena Moni Bottu
Post-doc
Dr. Moni Bottu works on the the SusFood2 project ImPrOVe for validation of Pomace bioactive compounds for prophylactic factors and interacting bio markers with metabolic aspects as evidence in cosmetics and improved foods with significance to cell culture systems.
Dr. Janine Wirth
Post-doc
Dr. Wirth's current project examines the impact of different types and times of protein intake on muscle functional parameters, biomarkers of metabolic health, sleep quality and quality of life.
Aoife McNamara
PhD student
Aoife McNamara's PhD research is aiming to identify novel biomarkers of dietary intake. These biomarkers are molecules or compounds found in biological samples that give researchers information on what foods a person has eaten, both over a short period time or as part of their regular diet.
Dr Roshaida Abdul Wahab
PhD student
Dr Abdul Wahab's PhD research forms part of the FoodBall project.
Elaine Hillesheim
PhD student
Elaine Hillesheim's PhD research is aiming to explore the use of metabotypes to deliver personalised nutrition.
Maria Heffernan
MSc student
Maria is working on the Opti-Age project which aims to investigate the role of B-vitamins in healthy ageing.
Orla Prendiville
MSc Student
Orla Prendiville's MSc research is aiming to examine the reproducibility of dietary patterns and individual dietary biomarkers, using data from the A-Diet project.
Geetha Sundaramoorthy
Research Assistant
Geetha Priya's research involves conducting metabolomic analysis as part of the A-DIET project.
Claire Connolly
Research Assistant
Claire Connolly works on both intervention and metabolomic studies. She is currently involved in the NUTRIMAL study investigating nutrition and healthy ageing.
