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Dr. Sinead Duggan

Visiting Research Fellow (Surgery)

 duggansi@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Dr Sinead Duggan is a Senior Research Fellow (part-time) in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, and is based in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences in Tallaght University Hospital. Having originally graduated from TCD/DIT with a first class honours degree in Nutrition & Dietetics (2012), Sinead works with Professor Kevin Conlon and manages his research team. Sinead completed her PhD (Dept Surgery, TCD) in 2014 having won a Health Professional's Fellowship grant from the Health Research Board in 2009. Since then, Sinead has been a co-applicant on several successful Meath Foundation grant applications, including two in 2020. To date, Sinead has successfully co-supervised two PhD students (graduating in 2019 and 2020), and currently co-supervises an MD student (Department of Surgery) and a Research Masters student (Department of Clinical Medicine), as well as a PhD student in the University of Newcastle, UK. Sinead has won several awards for her research including the INDI Researcher of the Year (2014) and The Cuthbertson Medal from the Nutrition Society of UK and Ireland (2016). To date, Sinead has authored/co-authored 39 peer-reviewed papers and four book chapters, and has participated in the development of National and International clinical guidelines for pancreatitis, including the HaPanEU European Guidelines, the UEG PEI Guidelines (ongoing) and the Irish College of General Practicitioners Guidelines for chronic pancreatitis. Sinead worked for 18 months as Science Communications Officer in the School of Medicine assisting with the implementation of its Communications Strategy.

Research Tags

  ACUTE PANCREATITIS   Chronic inflamation   CHRONIC PANCREATITIS   CHRONIC RELAPSING PANCREATITIS   CHRONIC-ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS   Clinical nutrition/malnutrition   Clinical research, trials   DIABETES   Diabetes and diabetic complications   diabetes control   DIABETES MELLITUS   DIET   Diet, nutrition and health   DIETARY ASSESSMENT   DIETARY GUIDELINES   DIETARY MANAGEMENT   Dietetic studies   Endocrine function and disease   ENTERAL NUTRITION   General surgery, upper GI, colorectal and breast   MALNUTRITION   Medicine   Metabolic syndrome & diabetes   Metabolism and metabolic diseases   Nutrient metabolism, obesity and clinical nutrition   NUTRITION   NUTRITION AND HEALTH   Oesophageal, gastric, intestinal and pancreatic diseases   OSTEOPOROSIS   PANCREAS   PANCREATITIS   Primary care   TYPE 2 DIABETES   TYPE 3c DIABETES   VITAMIN INTAKE   VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION

Research Projects

 Developing an Integrated Care Service for Chronic Pancreatitis
 Helping patients live well with chronic disease: The SmartCP Mobile App for chronic pancreatitis
 Diabetes following severe acute pancreatitis
 The Trinity Score: A clinical score for chronic pancreatitis
 Dietary intake in patients with chronic pancreatitis

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Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Basic Medium
Irish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Russian Basic Basic Basic
Spanish Basic Basic Basic

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Member of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 2005 Present
Irish Nutrition & Dietetics Institute (INDI) 2012 Present
CORU (Health & Social Care Registration, Ireland) 2008 Present
The Nutrition Society 2022 Present
EAHPBA 2022 Present
David Whitcomb, Sinead N. Duggan, Robert Martindale, Mark Lowe, Virginia A. Stallings, Darwin Conwell, Jodie A. Barkin, Georgios I. Papachristou, Sohail Z. Husain, Christopher E. Forsmark, Vivek Kaul, AGA-PancreasFest Joint Symposium on Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Gastro Hep Advances, 2, (3), 2023, p395--411 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Monaghan Brenda, Monaghan Ann, Mockler David, Ain Qurat Ul, Duggan Sinead, Conlon Kevin C, Gormley John, Physical activity for chronic pancreatitis: A systematic review, HPB, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL  URL
Kristen M Roberts, Phil A Hart, Sinead N Duggan, Revisiting Dietary Approaches in the Management of Chronic Pancreatitis, Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
R. Floyd, R. Gryson, D. Mockler, J. Gibney, S. N. Duggan, L. A. Behan, Ralitsa Robeva, The Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Insulin Levels and Insulin Sensitivity in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Systematic Review, International Journal of Endocrinology, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Mary E Phillips and Andrew D Hopper and John S Leeds and Keith J Roberts and Laura McGeeney and Sinead N Duggan and Rajesh Kumar, Consensus for the management of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: UK practical guidelines, BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 8, (1), 2021, pe000643 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Ain Q.U., Bashir Y., Kelleher L., Bourne D.M., Egan S.M., McMahon J., Keaskin L., Griffin O.M., Conlon K.C., Duggan S.N., Dietary intake in patients with chronic pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, World Journal of Gastroenterology, 27, (34), 2021, p5775 - 5792, p5775-5792 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Ní Chonchubhair H.M., Duggan S.N., Egan S.M., Kenyon M., O'Toole D., McManus R., Conlon K.C. , A high prevalence of genetic polymorphisms in idiopathic and alcohol-associated chronic pancreatitis patients in Ireland., HPB Journal, 2020, Journal Article, ACCEPTED
Duggan SN, O'Connor DB, Antanaitis A, Campion JR, Lawal O, Ahmed M, Tisdall AR, Sherlock M, Boran G, le Roux C, Gibney J, Conlon KC., Metabolic dysfunction and diabetes mellitus during long-term follow-up of severe acute pancreatitis: A case-matched study., Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 20, (5), 2020, p813-821 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Sinead N. Duggan, Donal B. O"Connor, Andrius Antanaitis, John R. Campion, Oladapo Lawal, Mohamed Ahmed, Ana Rakovac Tisdall, Mark Sherlock, Gerard Boran, Carel le Roux, James Gibney, Kevin C. Conlon, Metabolic dysfunction and diabetes mellitus during long-term follow-up of severe acute pancreatitis: A case-matched study, Pancreatology, 20, (5), 2020, p813--821 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Dominguez-Munoz, J.E., Drewes, A.M., Lindkvist, B., Ewald, N., Czakó, L., Rosendahl, J., Löhr, J.M., Löhr, M., Besselink, M., Mayerle, J., Lerch, M.M., Akisik, F., Kartalis, N., Manfredi, R., Iglesias-Garcia, J., Haas, S.L., Keller, J., Boermeester, M.A., Werner, J., Dumonceau, J.M., Fockens, P., Drewes, A., Cheyan, G.O., Drenth, J.P., Hardt, P., de Madaria, E., Gheorghe, C., Lindgren, F., Schneider, A., Witt, H., Bollen, T., Boraschi, P., Frøkjær, J.B., Rudolf, S., Bruno, M., Dimcevski, G., Giovannini, M., Pukitis, A., Petrone, M., Oppong, K., Ammori, B., Friess, H., Izbiki, J.R., Ganeh, P., Salvia, R., Sauvanet, A., Barbu, S., Lyadov, V., Deprez, P., Gubergrits, N., Okhlobystiy, A.V., Arvanitakis, M., Costamagna, G., Pap, A., Andersson, R., Hauge, T., McKay, C., Regnér, S., Dite, P., Olesen, S.S., Duggan, S., Hopper, A., Phillips, M., Shvets, O., Vujasinovic, M., Czako, L., Piemonti, L., Kocher, H., Rebours, V., Stimac, D., Hegyi, P., Corrigendum to "Recommendations from the United European Gastroenterology evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis" (Pancreatology (2018) 18(8) (847"854), (S1424390318306938), (10.1016/j.pan.2018.09.016)), Pancreatology, 20, (1), 2020, p148 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Cutherbertson Award December 2016
INDI Researcher of the Year 2013
Honorary Lifetime Member of the Nutrition Interest Group of the PSGBI 2016
Health Research Board PhD Fellowship 2009-2014
Best Scientific Abstract: Irish Osteoporosis Scientific Meeting 2013
Best Clinical Abstract at the Irish Osteoporosis Society Meeting 2013
Best overall poster at the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland Annual Meeting 2009
Two outstanding abstracts at ESPEN (top 10% ranking) 2008
Highest scoring Irish Abstract at ESPEN 2008
'Innovation in Dietetics' Bursary for attendance at ASPEN, USA 2007
SHS Clinical Award (Silver Medal) for best undergraduate clinical exam 2002
C&G Award for Best Undergraduate Thesis Presentation 2002

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Dr Sinead Duggan's research interests include the nutritional management of acute and chronic pancreatitis, type 3c / pancreatogenic diabetes, brittle/labile diabetes in chronic pancreatitis, patient involvement in chronic pancreatitis research, exercise / physical activity in chronic pancreatitis, nutrient deficiency in chronic pancreatitis, epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis, economic burden of chronic pancreatitis, dietary intake in pancreatitis, physical activity, the natural history of chronic pancreatitis, development of a clinical score in chronic pancreatitis, nutrition in pancreatic cancer, time-restricted eating in PCOS, the use of digital technologies (mobile phone app) for the management of chronic pancreatitis, integrated care