My role is to lead the development and implementation of research within the Dietetic Team, and support research within the School and Faculty, by coordinating and undertaking research activity, encouraging collaborative working, securing research funding and building the Faculty’s reputation internationally. 

I am the Deputy Director of the SW Clinical Schools. This is an initiative to partner with our colleagues in health and social care organisations in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. I work to lead the Clinical Schools to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach and to build on local successful initiatives, and work closely with the leadership at the five regional Clinical Schools to increase research capacity and capability. More information can be found here http://https//www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools

I am also the Deputy Director for the Doctoral College leading developments for our postgraduate research students within three schools in the Faculty of Health (School of Health Professions, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Psychology). I work closely with Natasha Hill, who covers the other three schools (Peninsula Medical School, Peninsula Dental School, School of Biomedical Sciences).

• Member of the British Dietetic Association
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): DT04924

• Adjunct Professor, Imperial College London
• Honorary Research Dietitian, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Member of the NIHR Faculty of Mentors
• Member of the editorial board for the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Judging panel for HEE/NIHR Internship awards

Previously:

• Member of the judging panel for the NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic awards.
• Member of the Clinical Academic Roles Implementation Network (CARIN)
• Member of the NIHR judging panel for RfPB SW region
• NIHR Clinical Training Advocate for Dietetics

PhD students supervised: 

Zoe Simpson - Ketogenic Diet Quality of Life and Functioning Outcomes: Developing and Piloting a Proxy-Reported Measurement Tool for Children with Epilepsy. Started 2024

Jacqueline Bennion - Does in-bed cycling delivered within 48 hours of mechanical ventilation, reduce the occurrence of delirium in critically ill patients and what is the optimal approach to implementing the intervention? Started 2023

Xiatian Fan - Mining Routinely Collected Electronic Health Records to Identify Effective Dietetic Factors for Optimal Care in General Practice. Started 2023

Isabel Ortiz - Malnutrition and nutritional care in Care Homes in Gibraltar. Started 2023

Hannah Gardiner - Exploring the impact of community food researcher model for food system transformation. Started 2022

Lisa Du Toit - The relationship between the oral microbiome and cardiovascular health. Started 2021

Alex Pinto - Factors affecting metabolism and metabolic control in phenylketonuria. Started 2017

Jennifer Carroll - A mixed methods study to establish core outcomes for refactory childhood epilpsy treated with ketogenic diet therapy. Awarded 2023

Craig Culter - The effect of diet and physical activity on the oral nutrate/nitrite pathway and its impact on vascular control.  Awarded 2025

Julia Eisenblaetter - Dietary counselling of children with food allergy. Awarded 2022

Louise Mole - Improving nutritional care for people living at home with Dementia. Awarded 2021

Anna Julian – Improving nutritional care at the interface between acute and community healthcare. Awarded 2019

Ann Ashworth – Effects of dietary nitrate from vegetables on blood pressure in healthy humans: Awarded 2019

Nurhafzan Anis Ismail – The role of glycaemic index in preventing obesity. Awarded 2014

Liesl Wandrag – An investigation into inflammatory and nutritional markers during critical illness to identify an indicator of anabolism and to explore a method of attenuating muscle mass loss.Awarded 2013

Margaret Coffey – An examination of the clinical utility of fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing as an evaluation tool in laryngectomy and an investigation of the effect of different voice prostheses on swallow, voice function and quality of life after laryngectomy. Awarded 2013

Norlida Mat Daud – The effects of propionate on appetite and gut hormones. Awarded 2013

Charlotte Moss – Comparison of gut hormones in healthy older and young adults. Awarded 2013

Lina Johansson – Broadening Options for Long-term Dialysis in the Elderly. Awarded 2012

Elena Philippou – Dietary carbohydrate manipulation and its effect on coronary heart disease risk factors and body weight maintenance. Awarded 2008

My teaching activities are to support the undergraduate dietetic degree program, particularly the project development module, project supervision, as well as delivering lectures in the field of nutrition, dietetics and ageing.

I also support the Masters programs within the School through supervision of project work and teaching research skills and knowledge.

I have a lead role in the Systematic Reviewing module (MCR706) and also teach on the Frailty Module (ADV758/608).

Awards

2022: Elizabeth Washington Award for best educational work relating to nutrition (Covid-Knowledge Hub). British Dietetic Association.

2021: Roll of Honour: Our Covid-19 Community Heroes. British Dietetic Association

2018    Rose Simmons Award for best publication by a dietitian, British Dietetic Association

2016:    Roll of Honour for contributions Research, British Dietetic Association

2015:    Roll of Honour for contributions BDA Research symposium, British Dietetic Association

2012:    Elizabeth Washington Award for best educational work relating to nutrition, British Dietetic Association

2010:    Best Presentation Award, British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Annual Conference

2009:    Roll of Honour for contributions to the BDA Research Committee, British Dietetic Association

2008:    Rose Simmonds Award for best publication by a dietitian, British Dietetic Association

2008:    Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London