Dr Chaitong Churuangsuk3rd Year PhD student, 2016 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Mike Lean, Supported by The Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Medicine, Thailand. I am a medical doctor from Thailand, interested in nutrition in health and diseases. I am currently in my third year of a PhD in Human Nutrition, under the supervision of Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Mike Lean at the University of Glasgow. My research is focussed on low carbohydrate diets in the management of type 2 diabetes. I graduated with a Masters in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Glasgow in 2016. Twitter: @ChaitongMD ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Nora Alshammari3rd Year PhD student, 2016 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Mike Lean, Supported by the Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau. I am a dietitian from Saudi Arabia, interested in nutrition during chronic disease and the effect of diet and lifestyle as an underlying cause of insulin resistance. I am currently in my third year of a PhD in Human Nutrition, under the supervision of Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Mike Lean at the University of Glasgow, UK. I graduated with a Masters in Human Nutrition with a specialisation in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Glasgow in 2014. Twitter: @Noora0015 ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Salma Abuznada1st Year PhD student, 2019 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Mike Lean. Supported by the Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau. I have a Bachelor's degree in Clinical Nutrition and a Masters in Public Health. I'm a lecturer at the College of Health Sciences at the Saudi Electronic University and am now in the first year of my PhD at the University of Glasgow, researching childhood obesity. Twitter: @salmaabuznada_ ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Abdulrahman Alreshidi2nd Year PhD student, 2018 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet, Sr Stuart Gray, and Dr Lindsay Pope. Supported by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau. I am a PhD student at the University of Glasgow. My project focuses on thyroid hormones and micronutrients. I graduated with a BSc in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Hail in Saudi Arabia and completed my postgraduate studies with an MSc in Human Nutrition with specialization in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Glasgow. Twitter: @Alreshidi_A ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Layla Alahmari3rd Year PhD student, 2017 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Dr Alison Parrett. Supported by the Embassy of Saudi Arabia Cultural Bureau. Layla studied a BSc in Nutrition and Food Science in Saudi Arabia. She completed her Masters degree in Family Health and Consumer Science at the Eastern Illinois University in the USA. Layla joined the lab group in March 2018 as a PhD student. Her research focuses on health promotion and attitudes toward food in the UK. Twitter: @Lalooly_55 ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Martha Redway3rd Year PhD student, 2018 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet, Dr Alison Parrett, and Professor Mike Lean, Supported by an MVLS DTP Studentship. I am currently in my third year of a PhD in Human Nutrition. My research is broadly focused on iodine nutrition, and I am currently working on projects relating to the inclusion of seaweed in British diets, iodine bioavailability from foods, nutritional biomarkers of thyroid health, and nutritional adequacy of plant-based and vegan diets. I'm also interested in the regulation and expression of cellular iodide symporters, and the role of the gut microbiota and food matrices in nutrient release. My background is in molecular microbiology, and I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Liverpool in 2017, before starting my PhD. Twitter: @Martha_Redway ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Mircea Martiniuc1st Year PhD student, 2019 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay, Professor Gordon Ramage, and Dr Emilie Combet, Supported by an EPSRC PhD Studentship. I graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2016 with a BSc (Hons) in Physiology, Sports Science, and Nutrition, before undertaking an MSc in Applied Bioscience Skills for Industry at the University of the Highlands and Islands. I then returned to the University of Glasgow as a Lab Technician (2018-2019) and am currently a first-year EPSRC-funded PhD student in the School of Engineering. My research is centered around the development of a pipeline for volatile biomarker discovery related to the oral and gut microbiomes. I am interested in the application of chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques for biomarker discovery and development. Twitter: @mirceamartiniuc ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |
Ruethaithip Surasiang1st Year PhD student, 2019 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Professor Michael Lean, Supported by The Royal Thai Government Scholarship. I joined the Combet lab group in October 2019 as a PhD student at University of Glasgow looking at "Micro-nutrient co-deficiencies, nutrient-nutrient interactions and thyroid function”. I am a native of Thailand and graduated in 2007 with a B.Sc in Public Health and 2011 with a M.Sc in Nutrition at Mahidol University. I am interested in micronutrient deficiencies and thyroid function. Twitter: @RSurasiang Email: [email protected] |
Mike Barnard1st Year PhD student, 2020 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet and Dr Stuart Gray, Supported by the University of Glasgow, ForFarmers UK, and Valorex. I am currently in the first year of my PhD under the supervision of Dr Emilie Combet and Dr Stuart Gray. My research is focused on novel solutions and strategies for optimising the nutritional quality of milk. I'll be particularly focusing on improving omega-3 and iodine content, whilst also looking at production strategies that optimise dairy cow metabolic health and reduce methane emissions. I have a BSc in Nutrition from the University of Nottingham and Master of Research in Food Policy and Food Systems from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Prior to returning to education I was a chef for 14 years where I had the opportunity to engage with our food system from production to plate. Twitter: @mike_l_barnard Email: [email protected] |
Aishat Mary Osagie1st Year PhD student, 2020 - Present, Supervisors: Dr Emilie Combet. I am a PhD student at the University of Glasgow looking to work on diet reformulation. I am a native of Nigeria and graduated in 2012 with a B.Sc. (hons) in Biochemistry Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria and M.Sc. in Biochemistry, University of Benin Nigeria. I am interested in Nutrition and ethnomedicine. ORCiD / ResearchGate Email: [email protected] |