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Cromore Road, Coleraine Campus
BT52 1SA Coleraine
United Kingdom
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Dr Catherine Hughes is currently a lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at Ulster University. She was awarded her PhD in Human Nutrition from Ulster University in 2010 having previously graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Biomedical Science and PGCE in Secondary Teaching (Science). Catherine is a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr, Public Health specialism) with the Association for Nutrition.
Catherine is the recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award (2024) for the Faculty Life and Health Science, Ulster University. She has extensive experience of research study design and conducting highly controlled nutrition studies in the general population and clinical groups. Her research is focused on nutrition and healthy ageing and she is the lead of the Centre for Excellence in Nutrition and Ageing (CENA). Catherine is the Coordinator of the TUDA study, a large, interdisciplinary North-South study of ageing that aims to provide a better understanding of how nutrition and related factors impact diseases of ageing in a cohort of over 5000 community dwelling older adults. Catherine is also leading research on nutrition and Parkinson’s disease (PD) and is currently conducting a food-based intervention in those living with Parkinson’s Disease. She also has an interest in one-carbon metabolism and B-vitamins in health and disease.
To date, Catherine has published extensively in the area of nutrition and healthy ageing with over 40 papers in highly impactful peer- reviewed impactful journals and has generated over £3.5 million in research grant income.
Teaching Interests
Human nutrition across the Lifecycle; Biochemistry; Research Design and Biostatistics; Food Regulatory Affairs; Consumer Behaviour; Health Inequalities.
Professional activities / Leadership roles
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Registered Nutritionist - Public Health Specialty, Association for Nutrition (AfN)
Award Date: 26 Jun 2024
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE
Award Date: 17 Oct 2023
PhD, Nutrition
Award Date: 13 Dec 2010
PGCE Science Education , Liverpool John Moores University
Award Date: 1 Jul 2003
Bachelor, Biomedical Science , Liverpool John Moores University
Award Date: 1 Jul 2002
External Examiner, University of Leeds
1 Jun 2023 → …
Member of Editorial Board , Nutrition Research Reviews
2 Mar 2023 → …
Member of Editoral Board , Frontiers in Nutrition
9 Mar 2021 → …
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Hughes, C. (Recipient), 26 Mar 2024
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Hughes, C. (Recipient), 18 Oct 2023
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Hughes, C. (Speaker)
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Person: Doctor of Philosophy