Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Profile
Research Interests:
- Appetite control accross the lifecourse
- Nutriton impact on obesity and body weight
- The role of plants to support sustainable and healthy food choice
- The role of the food - gut - brain axis to influence health
Activities:
2021 Impact Case submission in University REF
2021-date Chair for Association for the Study of Obesity Scottish Network
2019 Finalist, Food and Drink Federation, Scientist of the Year
2016 Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement with Research
2018-date Section Editor, Geriatrics Journal
2018-date Medical Schools Scotland contact for Interprofessional Group on Medical Nutrition Education
2014 Impact Case submission in University REF
2011-date Fully Registered Nutritionist (RNutr) with UK Association for Nutrition
2011-date Chair for Rowett Ethics Panel
2003-date Honorary Clinical Scientist with NHS-Grampian
Supervision
PhD student (2016-2021) ‘Role of fermented whey on metabolic and gut health’
PhD student (2014-2017) ‘Role of breakfast on appetite in children and adolsecents’
MSc students, annual research projects (2021, Impact of shift work on feeding behaviour)
MbChB students, annual summer students (2021, Lifestyle Medicine approach)
ERASMUS visitors;visiting students from Robert Gordon University & international visitors
Teaching:
Course co-ordinator for UG course, Lifestyle Medicine (5 credit)
Course co-ordinator for UG course, Food Choice and Behaviour (5 credit)
Course co-ordinator for Future Learn course (MOOC), Nutrition and Wellbeing
Course co-ordinator for new course (Sept 2021) Obesity (5 credit)
Course tutor for PG courses (Diabetes & Metabolism, Clinical Nutriton for Disease Prevention; Nutrition and Health through the liffe stages; Nutriton and Health)
Course tutor for UG courses (Biochemistry & Nutriton of Exercise; Nutriton, health and disease; World of Food: Biologial, Social, Cultural))
Course tutor for MbChb courses (Diabetes & Metabolism, Year 3)
Education/Academic qualification
Life Sciences & Medicine, PhD
1 Sep 1996 → 2 Apr 2001
Award Date: 2 Apr 2001
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Associations between ghrelin and leptin and neural food cue reactivity in a fasted and sated state
Wever, M. C. M., van Meer, F., Charbonnier, L., Crabtree, D. R., Buosi, W., Giannopoulou, A., Androutsos, O., Johnstone, A. M., Manios, Y., Meek, C. L., Holst, J. J., Smeets, P. A. M. & Full4Health consortium, 7 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neuroimage. 118374.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hot Topic workshop report: Reshaping the food environment – Applying interdisciplinary perspectives in appetite research
Johnstone, A. & Brown, A., Jun 2021, In: Nutrition Bulletin. 46, 2, p. 216-217 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Appetite Control Across the Lifecourse: The Acute Impact of Breakfast Drink Quantity and Protein Content. The Full4Health Project
Crabtree, D. R., Buosi, W., Fyfe, C. L., Horgan, G. W., Manios, Y., Androutsos, O., Giannopoulou, A., Finlayson, G., Beaulieu, K., Meek, C. L., Holst, J. J., Van Norren, K., Mercer, J. G. & Johnstone, A. M., 30 Nov 2020, In: Nutrients. 12, 12, 26 p., 3710.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The public health rationale for promoting plant protein as an important part of a sustainable and healthy diet
Lonnie, M. & Johnstone, A. M., Sep 2020, In: Nutrition Bulletin. 45, 3, p. 281-293 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How are you? Introducing stress-based text tailoring
Balloccu, S., Reiter, E., Johnstone, A. & Fyfe, C., 17 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press). 9 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Datasets
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Data from: Impact of diet and individual variation on intestinal microbiota composition and fermentation products in obese men
Salonen, A. (Creator), Lahti, L. (Creator), Salojärvi, J. (Creator), Holtrop, G. (Creator), Korpela, K. (Creator), Duncan, S. (Creator), Date, P. (Creator), Farquharson, F. (Creator), Johnstone, A. (Creator), Lobley, G. (Creator), Louis, P. (Creator), Flint, H. (Creator) & de Vos, W. M. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 9 Apr 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7b37k
Dataset
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Data from Gut microbiota signatures predict host and microbiota responses to dietary interventions in obese individuals
korpela, K. (Creator), Flint, H. (Creator), Johnstone, A. (Creator), Lappi, J. (Creator), Poutanen, K. (Creator), Dewulf, E. M. (Creator), Delzenne, N. (Creator), de Vos, W. M. (Creator) & Salonen, A. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 3 Feb 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bv4k7
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Press / Media
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Le moment où l’on mange affecte-t-il notre poids ? Voici ce qu’en dit la science
Alexandra Johnstone & Leonie Ruddick-Collins
4/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Articles in 'The Conversation'
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Is body weight affected by when you eat? Here’s what science knows so far
Alexandra Johnstone & Leonie Ruddick-Collins
17/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Articles in 'The Conversation'
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Nudging meat off the menu
David McBey & Alexandra Johnstone
27/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Articles in 'The Conversation'
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How biscuits enriched with protein could keep the UK’s ageing population strong
Alexandra Johnstone & Madeleine Myers
25/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Articles in 'The Conversation'
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Conocer las siete edades del apetito puede mejorar nuestra salud
5/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Articles in 'The Conversation'