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Liz Simpson , PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Psychology
University of Ulster,
Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK
email eea.simpson@ulster.ac.uk
Tel.: 02870323207
1. Research Interests
Women’s health issues – menopause, postnatal depression, infertility
Nutrition – zinc intake and omega 3 intake on psychological function
Food and mood
Healthy ageing – cognition, mood, taste and psychoneuroimmunology
Health psychology – health promotion and health education
2. Current funding
2005 – 2008 Del funded PhD
3. List of recent research
2007
Intorre F, Maiani G, Cuzzolaro M, Simpson EEA, Catasta G, Ciarapica D, Mauro B, Toti E, Zaccaria M, Coudray Cand Polito A (2007). Descriptive data on lifestyle, anthropometric status and cognitive impairment in Italian elderly people. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 11
McDaid O, Stewart-Knox B, Simpson EEA and Parr H (2007). Taste Acuity and Dietary Zinc Intake in Young Adults. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 20, 103-110.
2006
Maylor EA, Simpson EEA, Secker DL, Meunier N, Andriollo-Sanchez M, Polito A, Stewart-Knox B, McConville C, O’Connor JM, and Coudray C. (2006) Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Cognitive Function in Healthy Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Zenith Study. British Journal of Nutrition, 96, 752-760.
2005
A Polito, N Meunier, M Andriollo-Sanchez, G Catasta, E Azzini, EEA Simpson, JM O’Connor, AM Roussel, M Ferry, C Coudray & G Maiani (2005). Screening and recruitment procedure of late-middle aged and older subjects: The ZENITH study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59, S8-S12.
EEA Simpson, JM O’Connor, MBE Livingstone, G Rae, BJ Stewart-Knox, M Andriollo-Sanchez, E Toti, N Meunier, M Ferry, A Polito & C Coudray (2005). Health and lifestyle characteristics of older European adults. The ZENITH study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59, S13-S21.
C McConville, EEA Simpson, G Rae, A Polito, M Andriollo-Sanchez, N Meunier, BJ Stewart-Knox, JM O’Connor, AM Roussel, M Cuzzolaro and C Coudray. Positive and negative mood in the elderly: The ZENITH study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59, S22-S25.
EEA Simpson, EA Maylor, G Rae, N Meunier, M Andriollo-Sanchez, G Caststa, C Mc Conville, M Ferry, A Polito, BJ Steward-Knox, D Secker & C Coudray (2005). Cognitive Function in Healthy Older European Adults: The ZENITH Study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, S26-S30.
BJ Stewart-Knox, EEA Simpson, H Parr, G Rae, A Polito, F Intorre, N Meunier M Andriollo-Sanchez, JM O’Connor, C Coudray and JJ Strain. (2005). Zinc status and taste acuity in older Europeans: The ZENITH study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, S31-S36.
C Coudray, JM O’Connor, G Maiani, KD Cashman, EEA Simpson, D Secker & M Ferry AM Roussel (2005). Introduction to the ZENITH study and summary of baseline results. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, S5-S7.