Dr Alison Yeates
Research Fellow in Nutritional Biochemistry
- School/Department
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- Research Institute
- Biomedical Sciences Research Institute
- Campus
- Coleraine campus
- Telephone
- +44 28 7012 3147
- a.yeates@ulster.ac.uk
- Location
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Room W2047
Cromore Road
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1SA
Alison Yeates is currently a Research Fellow in Nutritional Biochemistry within the School of Biomedical Sciences. She graduated with BSc Hons Human Nutrition with Diploma in Industrial Studies and received both a Masters in Research and PhD, in the area of human nutrition, from Ulster University.
Within the Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), Alison leads all research activities of the Seychelles Child Development Study (SCDS); an international consortium studying the impact of toxicants and nutrients from fish consumption during pregnancy on child development. The SCDS is a partnership with the University of Rochester, USA, the Ministry of Health in the Republic of Seychelles and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. This research program has, to date, attracted significant external funding (over £1.5 million) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), European 6th Framework Programme and Swedish Research Council.
Alison has vast experience in the biochemical analysis of nutritional biomarkers, dietary analysis and in conducting nutrition intervention studies. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and contributes to teaching and learning activities within the School of Biomedical Sciences.
Research Interests
- Maternal nutrition
- Risks and benefits of fish consumption for child development
- Contribution of meat and milk to human health
- N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, iodine and selenium
- Nutritional modulation of the immune system
Teaching Interests
- Lipid metabolism
- Micronutrient deficiencies
Professional Membership
- Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Reading
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy
- European Nutrition Leadership Platform (ENLP) Alumni
Administrative Activities
- PURE Co-Editor for NICHE
- Publicity Representative and Social Media Co-Administrator for NICHE
- School of Biomedical Sciences Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team member
- School of Biomedical Sciences Ethics Filter Committee member
Video
Dr Alison Yeates, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, talks about her research into the consumption of fish while pregnant, and the benefits and drawbacks it may have on the child.
Research publications
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To view all publications please visit Ulster University Institutional Repository (UIR)
- Maternal polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes are associated with maternal mercury concentrations and early child neurodevelopment in a population with a fish-rich dietEnvironment InternationalDate: (2018)
- Cow’s milk consumption increases iodine status in women of childbearing age in a randomized controlled trialJournal of NutritionDate: (2018)
- The Effect of Processing and Seasonallity on the Iodine and Selenium Concentration of Cow's Milk Produced in Northern Ireland (NI): Implications for Population Dietary IntakeNutrientsDate: (2018)
- The Association between Early-life Relative Telomere Length and Childhood NeurodevelopmentNeuroToxicologyDate: (2018)
- Micronutrient status, iodine nutrition and thyroid function: A systematic reviewNutrition ReviewsDate: (2017)
- Maternal vitamin D status and the relationship with neonatal anthropometric and childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes: Results from the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition StudyNutrientsDate: (2017)
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid status and methylmercury exposure are not associated with leukocyte telomere length in mothers or their children in the Seychelles Child Development StudyJournal of NutritionDate: (2017)
- The effect of cow's milk consumption on cardiometabolic health in women of childbearing ageProceedings of the Nutrition SocietyDate: (2017)
- Iodine knowledge is positively associated with dietary iodine intake among women of childbearing age in the UK and IrelandBritish Journal of NutritionDate: (2016)
- Polymorphisms in ATP-binding cassette transporters associated with maternal methylmercury disposition and infant neurodevelopment in mother-infant pairs in the Seychelles Child Development Study.Environment InternationalDate: (2016)