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Our Investigators

Meet our Human Intervention Studies Unit team. Generally during the course of your study you will have regular contact with our dedicated research staff. They provide support for our principle investigators who lead the studies.

Research Staff

Karen Taylor and metabolic nutrition team

Karen Taylor is a registered dietitian based at the Human Intervention Studies Unit. She is in charge of running the metabolic kitchen facility. Her team of nutrition assistants Nina Lamza and Jodie Blackhall and are involved in the preparation of the study diets.

David Bremner

Tel: 01224 438785
Email: d.bremner@abdn.ac.uk

David is based at the Human Intervention Studies Unit and co-ordinates many of our nutrition studies. He will guide you through the volunteering process and answer any queries you may have.

Morven Cruickshank

Tel: 01224 438708
Email: morven.cruickshank@abdn.ac.uk

Morven is a Research Assistant in the Metabolic Health research group.

Jackie Duncan

Tel: 01224 438752
Email: jacqueline.duncan@abdn.ac.uk

Jackie is a Research Assistant in the Metabolic Health research group.

Claire Fyfe

Tel: 01224 438752
Email: c.fyfe@abdn.ac.uk

Claire is a Research Assistant in the Metabolic Health research group and contributes to many of our nutritional studies.

Claire Kidd

Claire is a Research Assistant based at the Human Nutrition Unit of the Rowett Institute.

Kim Moar

Tel: 01224 438709
Email: k.moar@abdn.ac.uk

Kim is a Research Assistant in the Metabolic Health research group.

Professor Baukje de Roos

We are running human intervention studies to see how effective dietary fatty acids and bioactive compounds from plants are in improving cardiovascular health.

Professor Alex Johnstone

My research interest is in appetite control across the lifecourse (children to ageing adults), with emphasis on diet composition during weight loss.

Professor Jennie Macdiarmid

Jennie is a senior research fellow on nutrition at the Rowett and her research aims to understand about how people make food choices and what influences them.

Dr Madalina Neacsu

I am conducting research involving series of acute and chronic human dietary intervention studies examining the nutritional and health effects of supplementing diets with alternative (vegetarian) sustainable sources of protein grown in Scotland.

Dr Vanessa Rungapamestry

Vanessa is a principal investigator in the Metabolic Health research theme and registered nutritionist. Her research interest is in how bioactive compounds from the diet may help improve health, using dietary intervention studies and experimental models, with a focus on heart health.

Professor Wendy Russell

I am investigating the impact of eating important Scottish foods (such as cereals, soft fruits and brassica vegetables) to determine which are likely to be beneficial for human health.

Dr Frank Thies

As principal investigator, I am interested in the influence of various dietary components on cardiovascular function and risk.

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