Professor Philip Calder

Professor Philip Calder

Head of School

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Philip

Email: p.c.calder@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD (View in Google Maps)

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Research

Research groups

Member of:

Research projects

Active projects

Establishing a collaboration to enable effective nutritional targeting of age-related immune decline and intestinal microbial dysbiosis

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Medical Research Council

Understanding How Food And Beverages Deliver Improved Nutrition Across The Life-course - Diet And Health Open Innovation Research Club (OIRC)

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

,

Doctor Jonathan Swann

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

The efficacy and mechanisms of action of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in people with non-steroidal exacerbated airways disease and uncontrolled asthma

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Mechanisms of inter-generational nutritional programming of non-communicable diseases in three countries - a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative

Researchers:

Doctor Kalyanaraman Kumaran

,

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Medical Research Council

Derisking the commercial opportunities associated with novel omega-3 foodstuffs

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

Research to determine the immunological effects of Dihydroxyquercetin with a focus on respiratory health outcomes in healthy volunteers.

Researchers:

Doctor Caroline Childs

,

Professor Philip Calder

Using cardiovascular magnetic resonance identified scar as the Benchmark Risk

Researchers:

Doctor Sean Ewings

,

Professor Philip Calder ,

Professor Nick Curzen

Sponsor: British Heart Foundation

NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre 2017-2022

Researchers:

Professor Robert Read

,

Professor Chris Byrne ,

Professor Cyrus Cooper ,

Professor Graham Roberts ,

Professor Philip Calder ,

Professor Ratko Djukanovic ,

Professor Keith Godfrey ,

Professor Hasan Arshad ,

Professor Saul Faust ,

Doctor Stephen Wootton

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Completed projects

Calder. Omega-3 status after supplementation with different omega-3 formulations

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: BASF Norge AS

Abbott Labs Research into the area of nutrition and early life origins of bone health and immune health

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

,

Professor Richard Oreffo

Sponsor: Abbott Labs Spain Ricardo Rueda

BIOCLAIMS - EU FP7 - P. Calder

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: European Union

P Calder B.Braun Melsungen AG

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: B. Braun Melsungen AG

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

PC Calder QLK1-CT-1999-00888

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: European Union

P Calder EU aquamax CT-2006-16249

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: European Union

Calder Braun Analysis of german trial samples

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: B. Braun Melsungen AG

Philip Calder Beghinj Meiji Placebo Controlled Fructooligosaccharides Study on the Elderly

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Beghin-Meiji SA

Calder - Investigation of the effects of a synboitic on adipose tissue biology in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

P Calder Orafti studentship

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Orafti Group (Belgium)

Calder Abbott SIPS study follow up

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories

Calder - Pronova - Bioavailablility of omega-3 from novel lipid mixture (July 2018)

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: BASF Norge AS

H2020-PREVENTOMICS-DT-SFS-14-2018: Personalized Nutrition

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: European Union

Calder. KEMRI Wellcome Trust. Maternal nutritional status on maternal and infant polyunsaturated fatty acid status in Kilifi. Material Transfer - Sample Analysis

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme

P Calder Sample Analysis For Second Dove Trial

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Biothera

Calder EQ2200901 Bioavailability and disposition of omega 3 fatty acids

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Vifor

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder

,

Professor Paul Little

Sponsor: National Institute of Health and Care Research

Graham Burdge: BBSRC: How does polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis regulate T lymphocyte function?

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder ,

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

Burdge. BBSRC. Replacing fish with genetically modified plant oil

Researchers:

Professor Philip Calder ,

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council

Godfrey. EpiGen Consortium. Paternal nutrition and its effect on the sperm transcriptome and transmission of altered paternal environments to the embryo and offspring.

Researchers:

Professor Keith Godfrey

,

Professor Philip Calder ,

Professor Karen Lillycrop

Sponsor: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR Research Entities

Byrne 11 0004337 Do high dose purified n3 long chain fatty acids improve hepatic insulin sensitivity

Researchers:

Professor Chris Byrne

,

Professor Geraldine Clough ,

Professor Philip Calder

Sponsor: Diabetes UK

External roles and responsibilities

Name: The Nutrition Society (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 1998 - 2001

Name: The Nutrition Society (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2000 - 2003

Name: The Nutrition Society (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2001 - 2013

Name: The Nutrition Society (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2000 - 2003

Name: British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2001 - 2003

Name: British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2006 - 2011

Name: British Society of Immunology (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 1996 - 1999

Name: The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2003 - 2007

Name: International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2001 - 2012

Name: International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2006 - 2009

Biography

Philip Calder is Head of the School of Human Development and Health and Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. He is an internationally recognized researcher on the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids, with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids, and on the influence of diet and nutrients on the immune and inflammatory responses. His research addresses both life course and translational considerations and includes research in cell and animal models and in healthy humans and patients. He has received many awards and prizes for his work including the American Oil Chemists’ Society Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), the prestigious Danone International Prize for Nutrition (2016) and the DSM Lifetime Achievement Prize in Human Nutrition (2017). Professor Calder was President of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2009-2012), Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism - ESPEN (2012-2016) and President of the Nutrition Society (2016-2019). He is currently President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (2019-2023). Professor Calder was Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nutrition (2006-2013) and is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of Nutrition, Clinical Science, Nutrition Research and Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. He has over 800 scientific publications and is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher.

Prizes

Prize for 3rd Year Biochemistry at Massey University (1979)
PhD Scholarship (1980)
PhD Scholarship (1980)
Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship (1987)
Sir David Cuthbertson Medal (1995)
Outstanding Paper (2000)
Among top 25 papers published in 2001 (2002)
Among top 25 papers published in 2003 (2004)
Belgian Danone Institute Chair (2004)
Best paper published in Clinical Nutrition in 2004 (2005)

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