Research group

Nutrition, Endocrinology and Metabolism

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Our mission is to understand disease processes and to improve lifelong human health and wellbeing through research and innovation in the areas of nutrition, endocrinology and metabolism.

Part of Medicine

About

Our research aims to improve the understanding of human disease, health and wellbeing across the lifecourse. We investigate: 

  • how lifestyle and nutrition influence growth, development, function, and resilience 
  • how nutrition, endocrinology, and metabolism link to altered functional capacity in cardiometabolic diseases 
  • how early life nutrition influences functional capacity and resilience in later life 
  • translation of new innovations to promote healthy aging in clinical/care settings

We propose new mechanisms, and test interventions, studying molecules, cells, individuals, and populations. We are especially interested in endocrine, metabolic, muscle and immune health. Our discoveries have identified new understandings for maintaining health and reducing disease risk, new therapeutic targets, new disease treatments and have influenced government policy. 

Our research teams and labs  

Our early career researchers

We welcome potential new ECRs to contact individual lab or team leads directly to enquire about fellowships and upcoming research opportunities.

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Professor Nicola Englyst

Professorial Fellow-Education

Research interests

  • Educational projects
  • Patient-centred language in social media
  • Lab based research (collaborative) on platelets and microvesicles
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Dr Paul Afolabi

Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Penny Nestel

Principal Teaching Fellow
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Professor Philip Calder

Head of School

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Richard Holt

Professor in Diabetes And Endocrinology
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Dr Stephen Lim BM, PhD, MRCP(UK)

Principal Clinical Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Stephen Wootton PhD FAfN OBE

Associate Professor
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Dr Veronica Santiago

Research Fellow
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