Researcher Network

Professor Emeir McSorley

Professor

Dr Emeir McSorley is currently a Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition within the School of Biomedical Sciences and is a registered nutritionist. She received her PhD from Ulster University in the area of nutrition, biochemistry and immunology specialising in omega 3 fatty acids and the autoimmune condition systemic lupus erythematosus.

Dr McSorley has a BSc in Biomedical Sciences and is a registered Medical Laboratory Scientist.  She is a core member of both the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute (BMSRI) and the Northern Ireland Centre for Food & Health (NICHE).

She currently leads the research subgroup ‘Nutritional immunology in health and disease’ and contributes significantly to the ‘Marine bioactives in health and disease’ and ‘Nutrition, toxicology and child development’ subgroups. Emeir is also a recipient of the Ulster University Distinguished Research Fellowship (2014) and the Ulster University Students Union Inspirational Teacher Award (2015).

Research Interests

Dr McSorley's research interests are focused on understanding the influence of diet on aspects on cell function and human health, in particular the effects of vitamin D, n-3 PUFAs, calcium and iron in relation to inflammation and immunity, sports performance, bone health, cancer and pregnancy.

Dr McSorley is actively involved in marine functional food research focused on the development of marine bioactives for incorporation into functional foods. She is also a core member of the Seychelles Child Development Study investigating the risk benefits of consuming fish during pregnancy.

Teaching Interests

• Immunology
• Biochemistry
• Nutrition
• Through the Lifecycle; Research Design and Statistics

Administrative Roles

• Placement tutor for BSc Human Nutrition
• Member of the Faculty Committee for Employment and Engagement
• Edge Champion for School of Biomedical Science

Dr Andrew Sneddon

Senior Lecturer in International History

Dr Andrew Sneddon is an historian of early modern and modern social and cultural history. A graduate of University of St Andrews and Lancaster University, he worked as a curator at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and did his post-doctoral work at Queen's University Belfast. He joined Ulster University's History team in 2009.
He has won numerous awards and grants for his research and has dissimilated it all over the world through conference papers, workshops, invited talks and visiting fellowships. His research has been widely published in books, edited chapters, and journal articles, and most recently deals with the history of supernatural in Britain and Ireland in a global context.

He is committed to civic engagement, outreach, and impactful public history and has designed and delivered numerous public exhibitions, workshops, and talks. He has also consulted on and contributed to a wide range of blogs, podcasts, television and radio programmes (BBC, RTE, TG4, ITV) and written for leading newspapers and magazines.

He teaches early modern global history at Ulster University (from undergraduate to PhD level) and has been external examiner for a number of post-graduate programmes at other Universities.

He is a member of the AHRC Peer Review College, a previous president of Ulster Society of Irish Historical Studies and currently joint editor of leading journal, Irish Historical Studies

Dr Joanne Given

Research Fellow

Dr Stuart Henderson

Senior Lecturer in Financial Services

Dr Deepika Nikam

Lecturer

Dr Khanyisela Moyo

Lecturer

Khanyisela Moyo has been a lecturer at the Transitional Justice Institute / School of Law since 2010. Her research and teaching interests are in postcolonial transitions, jurisprudence, gender, human rights, transitional justice and legal research methods. The thematic focus includes rule of law and judiciary reform, land reform in a transitional context, combating the legacy of impunity and minority rights in transition. She has published widely in these areas.  

Khanyisela is a Fellow of both the Higher Education Academy and the Centre for HE Research & Practice (FHEA & FCHERP). She teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  

In 2001, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) degree from the University of Zimbabwe and was thereafter registered by the Law Society of Zimbabwe as a Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public. She then worked for the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum as a lawyer who mostly represented victims of state orchestrated violence. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies and obtained an MA on the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Oslo (2003), an LLM in Public International Law from the University of Nottingham (2004) and a doctorate in law from Ulster University (2009). She has also acted as a transitional justice consultant to Zimbabwean civic bodies.

Khanyisela is a peer reviewer for a number of leading journals. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the State Practice and International Law Journal with an additional specialised responsibility of Book Review Editor.