School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine
Address
School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine
Telephone:
+353 1 7167319
Email:
ei.dcu@ytluncm.egierb
Biography:
Breige McNulty graduated with a first class Honours degree in Human Nutrition and a Diploma in Industry Studies from the University of Ulster. She then spent a period of time in the Nutritional Epidemiology department in Leeds University working on the UK¿s Women Cohort Study before returning to the University of Ulster to complete her PhD in folate metabolism in pregnancy. She has now taken up the post of co-director of the National Adults Nutrition Survey in Unversity College Dublin.
Research Interests
My research interests are folate and related B-vitamins in disease and health, energy intake and expenditure and food and nutrient intake in free-living populations in relation to the development of dietary guidelines.