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Dr Geraldine McNeill

Research Interests

After qualifying in Medicine from Cambridge and Birmingham Universities , Dr. McNeill has followed a career in research in public health. She obtained an MSc and PhD in Human Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, then moved to Aberdeen in 1986 to undertake research on obesity and energy expenditure at the Rowett Research Institute. She moved to Aberdeen University in 1991 to co-ordinate the MSc in Human Nutrition and Metabolism programme. During this time she co-ordinated the development of the Scottish Collaborative Group food frequency questionnaire and carried out research in nutrition epidemiology with a particular interest in diet-gene interactions in relation to coronary heart disease and assessment of nutritional status in the elderly. Since 2001 she has been working as a Research Fellow in Respiratory Epidemiology, with a particular focus on genetic and environmental determinants of childhood asthma. She also has a long-standing interest in nutrition and health in less-developed countries and has carried out research in childhood and adult nutrition in India , Mexico and W. Africa .

Highlighted Publications

1: Haggarty P, McCallum H, McBain H, Andrews K, Duthie S, McNeill G, Templeton A, Haites N, Campbell D, Bhattacharya S. Effect of B vitamins and genetics on success of in-vitro fertilisation: prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2006 May 6;367(9521):1513-9.

Scaife AR, McNeill G, Campbell DM, Martindale S, Devereux G, Seaton A. Maternal intake of antioxidant vitamins in pregnancy in relation to maternal and fetal plasma levels at delivery. Br J Nutr. 2006 Apr;95(4):771-8.

Tuya C, Mutch WJ, Haggarty P, Campbell DM, Cumming A, Kelly K, Broom I,
McNeill G. The influence of birth weight and genetic factors on lipid levels: a study in adult twins. Br J Nutr. 2006 Mar;95(3):504-10.

Whalley LJ, Dick FD, McNeill G. A life-course approach to the aetiology of late-onset dementias. Lancet Neurol. 2006 Jan;5(1):87-96. Review.

Masson LF, McNeill G. The effect of genetic variation on the lipid response to dietary change: recent findings. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2005 Feb;16(1):61-7. Review.