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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. 

HDH-NEM Research Teams & Labs  

Spotlight on our Early Career Researchers

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

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Dr Caroline Childs

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Dietary fatty acids
  • Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • Antioxidants

Email: c.e.childs@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met

Email: c.d.byrne@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

Dr Colleen Deane

Lecturer in Muscle Cell Biology

Dr Cornelia Blume

Lecturer B

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Ella Baker PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Plant derived fatty acids
  • Inflammation
  • Cell culture

Dr Helena Fisk PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Human nutrition, inflammation and disease acorss the lifecourse
  • Obesity associated inflammation in subcutaneous white adipose tissue
  • Immunomodulatory actions of nutrients including omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty, probiotics and vitamin D

Email: h.fisk@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

Professor Jaswinder Sethi BSc DPhil FRSB

Professor of Immunometabolism

Research interests

  • Immunometabolism
  • Obesity
  • Metabolic diseases

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.sethi@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

Professor Jon Dorling MBChB, DCH, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH, MD

Research interests

  • Maternal and child health
  • Infant nutrition and feeding
  • Placental transfusion

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.dorling@soton.ac.uk

Address: Princess Anne Hospital, Coxford Road, SO16 5YA

Dr Jonathan Swann

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine

Accepting applications from PhD students

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