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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Devlopment Goals
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):
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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Ex Vivo Faecal Fermentation of human Ileal Fluid Collected After Wild Strawberry Consumption Modulates Human Microbiome Community Structure and Metabolic Output and Protects Against DNA Damage in Colonic Epithelial Cells
Diotallevi, C., Fontana, M., Latimer, C., Ternan, N. G., Pourshahidi, L. K., Lawther, R., O'Connor, G., Conterno, L., Gasperotti, M., Angeli, A., Lotti, C., Bianchi, M., Vrhovsek, U., Fava, F., Gobbetti, M., Gill, C. I. R. & Tuohy, K. M., 25 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. p. 2100405 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ex vivo fecal fermentation of human ileal fluid collected after raspberry consumption modifies (poly)phenolics and modulates genoprotective effects in colonic epithelial cells
Dobani, S., Latimer, C., McDougall, G., Allwood, J. W., Pereira-Caro, G., Moreno-Rojas, J. M., Ternan, N. G., Pourshahidi, L. K., Lawther, R., Tuohy, K., Del Rio, D., O'Connor, G., Rowland, I., Mazyad Almutairi, T., Crozier, A. & Gill, C. IR., 30 Apr 2021, In: Redox Biology. 40, p. 1-11 11 p., 101862.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Laser induced graphene sensors for assessing pH: Application to wound management
Barber, R., Cameron, S., Devine, A., McCombe, A., Pourshahidi, L. K., Cundell, J., Roy, S., Mathur, A., Casimero, C., Papakonstantinou, P. & Davis, J., 28 Feb 2021, In: Electrochemistry Communications. 123, p. 106914 6 p., 106914.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The future is bright: Biofortification of common foods can improve vitamin D status
Neill, H., Gill, C. IR., McDonald, E. J., McRoberts, W. C. & Pourshahidi, L. K., 22 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. p. 1 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vitamin D Biofortification of Pork May Offer a Food-Based Strategy to Increase Vitamin D Intakes in the UK Population
Neill, H. R., Gill, C. I. R., McDonald, E. J., McRoberts, W. C. & Pourshahidi, L. K., 3 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in nutrition. 8, p. 1-12 12 p., 777364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Enhancing Academic Practice in the Disciplines
Pourshahidi, Kirsty (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
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Nutrition Society Strategic Communications Committee (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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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 Irish Section (External organisation)
Kirsty Pourshahidi (Member)
2019 → 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of committee