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Professor Sean Strain

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Coleraine

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+44 28 7012 3539 Email Maria Mulhern

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Berienis Muki

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Berienis Muki

Project: Increasing fish consumption among young children: a public health challenge?

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Juddy Jean-Baptiste

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Juddy Jean-Baptiste

Project: Changing dietary patterns within the Seychelles and the associations with childhood obesity.

@JeanJuddy23046

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James McMullan

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James McMullan

Project: Investigating the associations between fish consumption and biological markers of ageing: A lipidomics based approach.

@JamesMcMullan7

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Maria Wesolowska

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Maria Wesolowska

Project: Investigating the role of selenium in maternal and child health.

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Graeme Duncan

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Graeme Duncan

Project: Changing dietary patterns in the Seychelles and implications for cardiovascular disease

@graeme_g2

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Cealan Henry

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Cealan Henry

Project: The benefits and risks of fish consumption on immune function.

@cealanhenry97

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Dr William Crowe

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Dr William Crowe

Project: An investigation of the relationship between exposure to inorganic and organic mercury and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Dr Marie Conway

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Dr Marie Conway

Project: Factors influencing the biological status of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA): The role of diet and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes.

@Marie_C12

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Dr Toni Spence

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Dr Toni Spence

Project: Associations between maternal diet, markers of inflammation and oxidative stress in pregnancy: implications for maternal health and child outcomes.

@tonispence04

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Dr Anna Monaghan

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Dr Anna Monaghan

Project: The role of iodine & thyroid function in pregnancy and child development.

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Dr Joanna Jurek

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Dr Joanna Jurek

Project: The role of environmental/dietary mercury exposure in autoimmune response associated with T helper 17 (Th17) axis.

@JoannaMJurek

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Dr Laura Beggan

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Dr Laura Beggan

Project: Early life vitamin D status: implications for child neurodevelopment.

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