![Professor Kirsty Kiezebrink Professor Kirsty Kiezebrink](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/hsu122/Kirsty_Kiezebrink_deputy.jpg)
BSc (Hons), PhD, FHEA
Dean for Educational Innovation, Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- k.kiezebrink@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438034
- Office Address
Postgraduate Education Group, Rm 1:068 Polwarth Building University of Aberdeen Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD Scotland
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Kirsty joined the university in July 2010 as RCUK funded research fellow based in the health services research unit. She has since then taken on the lead of the Postgraduate Education Group and works closely with colleagues to conduct and disseminate research into teaching and learning at a postgraduate level. Kirsty leads the development and enhancement of online learning for the Institute of Applied Health Sciences. Within this role, she has worked with staff from across all the research groups within the institute to develop and run our four highly successful fully online masters in Clinical Nutrition, Health Economics for Health Professionals, Applied Health Sciences and Public Health. Kirsty’s research currently focusses on the public’s understanding and engagement with science with particular reference to medical and health related research. Alongside Kirsty’s role as postgraduate coordinator for both our taught and research programmes Kirsty is also the deputy director for Applied Health Sciences.
Kirsty is keen to supervise PhD students in the field of public health nutrition particularly around communication of health messages. She is also keen to supervise projects looking at enhancing education and training in applied health science fields in addition to projects looking at the role of technology in enhancing the learning environment.
- Research
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Research Overview
Latest research project Towards inclusive intelligence: a comprehensive examination of GenAI attitudes among HE stakeholders funded by AdvanceHE Collaborative Development Fund 2023-24. We are recruiting now for staff and students to contribute to this project
Kirsty is willing to supervise PhD students looking at enhancing education and training in applied health science fields. Any student interested in this should contact her directly to discuss their ideas prior to submitting a formal application
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences, Education.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Education Policy
- Adult Education
- Education Studies
- Higher Education
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Kirsty’s current research focuses on communication of science with a particular focus on health and nutrition.
She is currently undertaking and extensive evaluation of methods of learner engagement comparing the traditional on campus environment with online environment. Through this work Kirsty and her team aim to identify areas of good practice which enhance student experience for both online and on campus students.
Embedded within this evaluation is a distinct project looking at the acceptability and feasibility of a new model for provision of assessment feedback, which will address student needs for more timely and detailed feedback whilst minimising staff resources required to facilitate this. Specifically we aim to determine if the provision of detailed feedback prior to assessment submission promotes student engagement with the feedback process and enhances learning by providing students with the opportunity to reflect and make changes as a result of the comments before a final grade is determined?
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Kirsty is the postgraduate coordinator for the Institute of Applied Health Sciences. This role involves overseeing the postgraduate taught course (both on campus and online) within the institute. Kirsty also coordinates two courses in research methods; one using an on-campus delivery mode and the second an online delivery mode, in addition to contributing to a wide range of courses within applied health sciences. With her role as postgraduate coordinator for taught courses Kirsty chairs the student staff liaison committee and exam boards for applied health sciences and has taken a key role in the university in developing procedures to enhance online learning.
In addition, Kirsty also has the responsibility for postgraduate coordinator for research this role involves overseeing the postgraduate research programmes within the institute and supporting both students and supervisors through their study period. Within the role Kirsty works collaboratively with the other 4 institutes within the school to provide a support environment for student to develop their skills and enhance their experience whilst undertaking their research degrees. Within the university Kirsty has taken a lead within the postgraduate research school in developing procedures for assessing progression throughout the research degree and has worked with colleagues across the university to identify ways enable these new processes to be standardised across the university whilst still retaining level of flexibility to ensure they are relevant to the discipline
- Publications
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Genetic correlations of psychiatric traits with body composition and glycemic traits are sex- and age-dependent
Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 5765Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGenome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa
Nature Genetics, vol. 51, pp. 1207-1214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0439-2
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13518/1/Watson_et_al_2019_Nature_Genetics_Manuscript_Combined_File_AAM.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13518/2/Watson_et_al._2019_Supplementary_Tables.xlsx
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Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa
Molecular Psychiatry, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1169-1180Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.202
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa suggests a risk locus implicated in dysregulated leptin signaling
Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 3847Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01674-8
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How important are the influencing factors to the decision on whether to provide seafood in infant and young child feeding?
Appetite, vol. 117, pp. 224-233Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSignificant Locus and Metabolic Genetic Correlations Revealed in Genome-Wide Association Study of Anorexia Nervosa
American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 174, no. 9, pp. 850-858Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16121402
Understanding perceived determinants of nurses’ eating and physical activity behaviour: A theory-informed qualitative interview study
BMC Obesity, vol. 4, 18Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0154-4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8766/1/early_online_070617.pdf
Factors influencing mothers' decisions on whether to provide seafood during early years' feeding: A qualitative study
Appetite, vol. 108, pp. 277-287Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA comparison of preprepared commercial infant feeding meals with home-cooked recipes
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 101, no. 11, pp. 1037-1042Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeafood inclusion in commercial main meal early years' food products
Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 860-868Contributions to Journals: Articles