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Audrey Tierney

Dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8562-2877

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Mediterranean Diet/Lifestyle
Lifestyle Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis
Healthy Campus
Food Security

20072026

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Research Interests

Audrey is a well-established active researcher in the area of clinical nutrition and dietetics with her research recognised both nationally and internationally.
Audrey's doctoral and post-doctoral studies were based on EU funded (FP6 Euro12.5m) international clinical trials in the prevention and management of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) from the basic science to the molecular level. Building on this research, which focussed primarily on the effect of dietary fat, specifically monounsaturated fat, Audrey joined the Mediterranean Diet Research Group at La Trobe University in 2013 where a whole of diet approach based on the traditional Cretan Mediterranean Diet and its effects on metabolic health has primarily been the focus of her research.
Along with national and international collaborators, Audrey has explored the effect of the Mediterranean Diet in diseases with an underlying inflammatory pathogenesis. She was PI of funded trials in this area, including MEDINA - MEDIterranean diet in Non Alcoholic fatty liver disease (RCT) and MEDRA - Mediterranean Diet in Rheumatoid Arthritis. 
Audrey is a member of the Mediterranean Lifestyle and Medicine Institute and lead of the Research Working Group.
Audrey's clinical expertise is in the areas of respiratory and intensive care medicine. She has been awarded grants in these areas with a focus on translational research to influence practice change.
Audrey is PI of the HRB funded study investigating dietary intake shifts in people living with Cystic Fibrosis and motivators and barriers to healthy eating, in a post CFTR modulator era.
 

Teaching Interests

Audrey is Discipline Lead of Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Allied Health. Audrey set up the MSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics programme in the School in 2017/2018. Audrey teaches Nutrition Communication and Education, Food Service Theory and Practice and oversees the placement modules. 

Audrey is currently undertaking the MA in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in UL.

Biography

Audrey obtained a BSc (Hons) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics in 2003 from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and Dublin Institute of Technology and a PhD in Nutrition in 2008 (TCD) where she was the lead dietitian on an EU (FP6) funded dietary intervention trial (LIPGENE ) investigating the effects of dietary fat on insulin resistance in Metabolic Syndrome. After a post-doctoral position at University College Dublin in the Nutrigenomic Research group, looking at the impact of genetic predisposition and response to dietary changes, she moved to Australia where she resided for 10 years, working in both the clinical (Alfred Health) and academic fields (La Trobe University). Audrey joined the School of Allied Health in July 2017 and is Professor and Discipline Lead of Nutrition and Dietetics .

 
 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Nutrition and Nutrigenomics, Trinity College Dublin

Award Date: 13 Nov 2008

Diploma, Honours Diploma, Dublin Institute of Technology

Award Date: 13 Nov 2003

Bachelor, BSc, Trinity College Dublin

Award Date: 13 Nov 2003

External positions

Chair, CF Special Interest Group, Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute

31 Aug 2022 → …

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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