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Cromore Road, Coleraine Campus
BT52 1SA Coleraine
United Kingdom
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Kirsty graduated from Ulster University with a BSc Hons (first class) Human Nutrition, followed by a PhD in Nutrition. She worked as a Research Associate within the Nutrition team at Ulster on a range of externally funded research projects (2011-2014), before being promoted to Research Fellow in July 2014 and taking up her current Lecturer role in 2019. Kirsty is a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with the Association for Nutrition.
Kirsty is author on more than 65 peer-reviewed publications investigating various aspects of agri-food nutrition and consumer innovation, food choice, vitamin D and health, and has a strong track record in PhD supervision across these research areas.
In 2014, Kirsty was the inaugural recipient of the Julie Wallace Medal Lecture awarded by the Nutrition Society in recognition of early stage scientific excellence in the field of nutrition. More recently, Kirsty was awarded the Distinguished Researcher Overall Champion at the 2023 Research Excellence Awards.
As well her teaching and research commitments at Ulster, Kirsty is also invovled in the following civic, institutional and professional contributions:
Lead: Agri-Food & Consumer Innovation research, sub-group within the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE).
Other research interests: vitamin D requirements for health; consumer food choice; polyphenols & gut health; nutrition & health in ileostomates; food safety; aquaponics; sustainable food systems.
PhD research: “Indices of body composition as predictors of immune and inflammatory responses: implications for health”.
Course Director, BSc (Hons) Food & Nutrition
Module Coordinator: Food Science (NUT303); Practical Application of Nutrition in the Food Industry (NUT321); Global-led Innovation & Entrepreneurship (BIO385); Food Science & Microbiology (NUT813); Associate module coordinator: MSc Nutrition Research Project (NUT815)
Teaching areas: Food Science; Food Industry; Food Innovation & trends; Food & Nutrition Labelling; New Product Development; Food Sustainability; Research Methods; Nutritional Biochemistry
Other academic responsibilities:
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):
PhD, Nutrition
Oct 2007 → Oct 2010
Award Date: 1 Feb 2011
Bachelor, Human Nutrition, School of Biomedical Sciences
Sept 2003 → Jul 2007
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pourshahidi, K. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Honorary award
Pourshahidi, K. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
Pourshahidi, K. (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Pourshahidi, K. (Editor in chief)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Magee, J. (PI), Bates, J. (CoI), Folli, R. (CoI), Keeney, D. (CoI), Montgomery, I. (CoI), Power, S. (CoI), Dixon, B. (CoI), Parkin, A. (CoI), Gault, A. (CoI), Melki, H. (CoI), Fleming, K. (CoI), Dargie, S. (CoI), Quigley, T. (CoI), Chen, Y. (CoI), Logan, D. (CoI), Meakin, E. (CoI), Brolly, R. (CoI), Dunlop, P. (CoI), Moore, P. (CoI), Mc Ginn, M. (CoI), Golden, S. (CoI), Lyons, F. (CoI), O'Connor, K. (CoI), Fomin, M. (CoI), Pourshahidi, K. (CoI), Charles, D. (CoI), Mc Garrigle, C. (CoI), Quinn, J. (CoI), McIlhagger, A. (CoI), Fernandez-Ibanez, P. (CoI), Byrne, J. (CoI), Forsythe, W. (CoI), O'Neill, P. (CoI), Jackson-Smyth, J. (CoI), Duffy, A. (CoI), Yazirlioglu, L. (CoI), Morgan, B. (CoI) & Newell, K. (CoI)
1/10/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research