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Dr Tilman Kuhn

School of Biological Sciences
Tilman Kuhn

Dr Tilman Kuhn

School of Biological Sciences

For my research I am using cohort studies and dietary intervention trials. I am interested in nutritional epidemiology and preventive nutrition, with a focus on cancer and cardio-metabolic diseases. Further specific topics I am working on are intermittent fasting, plant-based diets, body composition and metabolic health, or nutritional support for cancer patients.

Here are some examples of my work (full texts available on request):

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30475957  
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31075175
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31435679
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32055831 
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31787099
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29381787
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30836637

Contact info

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +49 1577 40 78786

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Nutritional Epidemiology
  • Preventive Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Cancer
  • Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases
  • Global Nutrition
  • Further Interests

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Diet in the prevention of chronic diseases: Really so important or overrated?
  • Polyphenol exposure and cardiometabolic outcomes among breast cancer survivors – a prospective biomarker study.

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Author of nutritional guidelines

Research students

Current projects:

  • Plant-based diets and cardiometabolic diseases
  • Determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition
  • Polyphenols, prognosis and cardiometabolic health among cancer survivors’

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