Michelle McKinley

Professor

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 8936, +44 (0)28 906 32685
Emailm.mckinley@qub.ac.uk

Room 01.025 - Clinical Science A
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Open to PhD applications in the field of nutrition and prevention/management of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Including observational and intervention approaches; mixed methods E.g. • Weight management before, during and after pregnancy • Understanding diet and lifestyle behaviours of different population groups • Developing and evaluating lifestyle behaviour change interventions • Exploring the role of nutrients, foods and dietary patterns in prevention and management of obesity and chronic disease

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Personal profile

Interests

My main research interests are in relation to investigating the ability of dietary interventions to modify risk of chronic disease, particularly diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as exploring novel approaches to encouraging and supporting diet and lifestyle behaviour change.

Research Statement

Michelle’s research investigates the ability of dietary interventions to modify nutritional status and risk of chronic disease, particularly diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as exploring novel approaches to encouraging and supporting diet and lifestyle behaviour change and weight management throughout the lifecycle. Examples of research activities in these areas include developing and evaluating complex interventions to support dietary and lifestyle change: in the school-setting; before, during and after pregnancy; and for people with type 2 diabetes. This work encompasses the use of app and web-based technology to support behaviour change. Current research is also exploring the effect of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance in people with pre-diabetes.

Research funding from: NIHR Public Health Research Programme ( PHR Project: 14/67/20; PHR Project: 14/185/09), Food Standards Agency, Medical Research Council, R&D Office Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, INTERREG and EIT Food.

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Projects

3 Finished
4 Active

R1065CPH: Opportunities for intervention and innovation in the UK School Food System: the GENIUS (Generating Excellent Nutrition In UK Schools) network

Woodside, J., Dunne, L., Hunter, R., McKinley, M. & O'Neill, C.

03/05/2019 → …

Project: Research

R1301CPH: The Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI) - Phase II - Studentships

Kee, F., Cantwell, M., Clarke, M., Coleman, H., Connolly, P., Cupples, M., Donnelly, M., French, D., Hutchinson, G., Kouvonen, A., Longo, A., Marshall, A., McCann, J., McKinley, M., Moore, M., Murray, L., O'Reilly, D., Patterson, C., Tully, M., Woodside, J. & Young, I.

01/08/2012 → …

Project: Research

R1300CPH: The Centre of Excellence for Public Health (NI) - Phase II

01/08/2012 → …

Project: Research

R1139CPH: Development and testing of an algorithm to predict fruit and vegetable consumption <med,psy>

Woodside, J., Appleton, K., McEneny, J., McKinley, M., Stevenson, M. & Young, I.

01/08/2009 → 17/12/2019

Project: Research

R1099CPH: Peer support to encourage adoption and maintenance of Mediterranean diet: a feasibility and pilot study

Woodside, J., Cupples, M., Kee, F., McKinley, M., Patterson, C., Prior, L. & Young, I.

01/08/2011 → 31/03/2016

Project: Research

Research Output

86 Article
17 Paper
15 Meeting abstract
3 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
10 More

Dietary fat Friend or foe?

Ebbeling, C. B., Ebbeling, I. S., Lichtenstein, A. H., Ludwig, D. S., McKinley, M., Perez-Escamilla, R. & Rimm, E., 04 Jan 2020, In : Clinical Chemistry. 64, 1, p. 34-41 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate