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Personal profile
Biography
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 Teaching Fellow role in 2019.
Her research at the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) is focused on agri-food nutrition and consumer innovation, and she also has a particular interest in vitamin D requirements for health. She has supervised a number of PhDs to successful completion across these research areas.
Kirsty has experience of conducting controlled human intervention studies in different population and clinical groups Kirsty is author on more than 45 peer-reviewed publications investigating various aspects of agri-food nutrition and consumer innovation, food choice, vitamin D and health. 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.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Oct 2007 → Oct 2010
Award Date: 1 Feb 2011
Bachelor, School of Biomedical Sciences
Sep 2003 → Jul 2007
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
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Research Output
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Adherence to dietary and physical activity guidelines among shift workers: associations with individual and work-related factors
Kelly, C., Nea, F. M., Pourshahidi, L. K., Kearney, J. M., O'Brien, V. M., Livingstone, B. & Corish, C. A., 23 Sep 2020, In : BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor activation during in vitro and in vivo digestion of raw and cooked broccoli (brassica oleracea var. Italica)
Koper, J. EB., Kortekaas, M., Loonen, L. MP., Huang, Z., Wells, J. M., Gill, C. IR., Pourshahidi, L. K., Mc Dougall, G., Rowland, I., Pereira-Caro, G., Fogliano, V. & Capuano, E., 1 May 2020, In : Food and Function. 11, 5, p. 4026-4037 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Endocannabinoids, endocannabinoid-like molecules and their precursors in human small intestinal lumen and plasma: does diet affect them?
Tagliamonte, S., Gill, C. IR., Pourshahidi, L. K., Slevin, M., Price, RK., Ferracane, R., Lawther, R., O'Connor, G. & Vitaglione, P., 26 Oct 2020, In : European Journal of Nutrition. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Modest improvement in CVD risk markers in older adults following quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) consumption: a randomized-controlled crossover study with a novel food product
Pourshahidi, L. K., Caballero, E., Osses, A., Hyland, B., Ternan, N. G. & Gill, C. IR., 1 Oct 2020, In : European Journal of Nutrition. 59, 7, p. 3313-3323 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Overweight and obesity in shift workers: associated dietary and lifestyle factors
O'Brien, V. M., Nea, F. M., Pourshahidi, L. K., Livingstone, B., Bardon, L., Kelly, C., Kearney, J. M. & Corish, C. A., 30 Jun 2020, In : European Journal of Public Health. 30, 3, p. 579-584 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
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Enhancing Academic Practice in the Disciplines
Pourshahidi, Kirsty (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) Working Group (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2020 → 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Nutrition Society Strategic Communications Committee (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Nutrition Society Irish Section (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2019Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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NNEdPro’s Collaborators Network (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2019Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Institute of Food Science & Technology (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2019Activity: Membership › Membership of network