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Full NameProfessor Helen Roche

UCD Conway Institute

University College Dublin

Webpage:people.ucd.ie

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Research Fields

infectious disease and the immune system
nutrition
ageing

Postgrad Clinical Specialties

Dietetics

My Work

The SFI Frontiers Investigator Programme entitled ' Diet, immune Training & Metabolism ' is determining the interaction between nutrient stressors, the gut microbiome, inflammation and metabolism within the context of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) a very common consequence of obesity, linked with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). This project is in collaboration with Prof Fred Sheedy, School of Biochemistry & Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (https://www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/people/fsheedy/), Prof Paul O'Toole, UCC, Ireland (https://apc.ucc.ie/paul_otoole/) and Prof Suzanne Norris, St James' Hospital Dublin. The basic scientific concepts and approaches developed within our SFI Frontiers programme compliments other on-going basic and translational projects including, APPETITE, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI), ImmunoMet, FOODBALL, Nutrimal and FHI.

Potential Projects

Diet, Metabolism and Innate Immune Training - the potential benefits of diet with GLP-1 agonists.