Professor Kevin Cashman - Principal Investigator
Position: Professor of Food and Health
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 1317
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: k.cashman@ucc.ie
Dr Mairead Kiely - Principal Investigator
Position: Senior Lecturer
Tel: 00353 (0)21 490 3394
Fax: 00353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: m.kiely@ucc.ie
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Dr Karen Galvin-Technical Officer
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 3126
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: k.galvin@ucc.ie
Karen graduated with a BSc in 1991 and a PhD (Nutrition) in 1996 from UCC. She is now a technical officer in the
Dr Alice Lucey - Post-Doctoral Scientist
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 2310
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: a.lucey@ucc.ie
Kelly Seamans - Post-Doctoral Scientist
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 1328
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: kseamans@ucc.ie
Biography
Kelly is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and completed her undergraduate honours degrees (2001-2005) and PhD (2005-2009) in Nutritional Science at University College Cork, Ireland . Her PhD theme is the effect of genotype on bone response to nutrient supplementation. She has plenty of work experience obtained at this early stage of her career at General Mills Inc. Minnesota and Glanbia Plc, Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Michael Kinsella-Post Doctoral Researcher
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 3606
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: michael.kinsella@ucc.ie
Mike Kinsella graduated with a first class honours BSc in Applied Chemistry with Quality Management from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2007. Having successfully secured an Irish research council for Science, Engineering & Technology (IRCSET) scholarship for postgraduate studies, he conducted his PhD studies at Waterford Institute of Technology under the supervision of Dr Claire Lennon. His doctoral studies included organic and analytical chemistry, specifically the design and synthesis of novel organic-based catalysts for chemical reactions. He has successfully published a number of papers in Peer reviewed journals and has presented his work at national and international conferences. He joined the School of Food & Nutritional Sciences in UCC in October 2010 where his primary role is in method development and operation of two liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy systems within the department and also with other departments in UCC.
Lucinda Black -PhD Student (Nutritional Sciences)
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 2321
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: l.black@ucc.ie
Lucinda completed a Bachelor of Science at The University of Queensland, followed by a role as project manager in a nutrition intervention study at Queensland University of Technology, assessing malnutrition in aged care residents. She then joined the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre at The University of Queensland as a researcher on the national dietary intake survey. Lucinda joined the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork in 2006, where she collaborated with EuroFIR to compile the Irish food composition database and develop eBASIS (www.eurofir.net). Lucinda is currently completing a PhD in the area of food composition and vitamin D, conducting a risk-benefit analysis of a food fortification programme for the prevention of vitamin D deficiency in European populations.
Joy Yue Zhang - PhD Student (Nutritional Sciences)
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 1836
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: y.zhang@umail.ucc.ie
Joy is from Sichuan, China. She completed honours undergraduate degree in Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork (2005-2009). She has gained work experience in Glanbia Plc in quality control laboratory. She is currently working on the DMUMS study. Her title of her thesis is “Health outcomes of vitamin D supplementation on breastfeeding mothers”.
Sinéad O' Donovan -PhD Student (Nutritional Sciences)
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 1836
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: Sinead.ODonovan@ucc.ie
Sinéad is from Cork, and completed her honours undergraduate degree in Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork (2005-2009). She has gained work experience in Glanbia Plc in both research and development and quality control. She is currently a PhD student and working on the Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort study. The focus of her research is on dietary, genetics and environmental predictors of eczema in the first year of life, in particular the vitamin D status of newborns.
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Carol ní Chaoimh -PhD student (Nutritional Sciences)
Tel: 353 (0)21 490 1836
Fax: 353 (0)21 427 0244
Email: c.nichaoimh@umail.ucc.ie
Carol is from Fermoy, Co. Cork. She completed her honours undergraduate degree in Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork (2007-2011). She has gained work experience at Kepak Cork where she was a member of the quality control team. She is currently working with the Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort study. The title of her thesis is “Cardio-metabolic phenotyping in toddlers-body composition and metabolic profiles at 2 years