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.  

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Not all processed meats carry the same cancer risk

• Meat and Cancer broadcast

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