Dr. Sinead Duggan

Dr. Sinead Duggan

Visiting Research Fellow, Surgery

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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.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Duggan SN, Purcell C, Kilbane, M, O'Keane M, McKenna M, Gaffney P, Ridgway PF, Boran G, Conlon KC, An Association Between Abnormal Bone Turnover, Systemic Infl ammation, and Osteoporosis in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Case-Matched Study, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 110, 2015, p336 - 345Journal Article, 2015
  • Duggan SN, Malnutrition, deficiency, and nutritional practice in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis, TCD, 2014Thesis, 2014
  • Smyth ND, Neary E, Power S, Feehan S, Duggan SN, , Assessing Appropriateness of Parenteral Nutrition Usage in an Acute Hospital Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Additional services and information for Nutrition in Clinical Practice can be found at: Email Alerts: http://ncp.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://ncp.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav What is This? >> OnlineFirst Version of Record - Dec 21, 2012 Downloaded from, Nutrition in Clincial Practice, 28, 2013, p232 - 236Journal Article, 2013
  • De Marchi J, Bajwa R, Duggan SN, Magill P, Suspected coexistent osteoporosis and osteomalacia with atraumatic bilateral neck of femur fractures in a 53-year-old man without apparent risk factors., BMJ Case reports, (4), 2014Journal Article, 2014
  • Duggan Sinead N, Conlon Kevin C, Bone health guidelines in chronic pancreatitis, Gastroenterology, 145, (4), 2013, p911 - 911Journal Article, 2013
  • Sinead N Duggan, Hazel M Ní Chonchubhair, Oladapo Lawal, Donal B O'Connor, Kevin C Conlon, Chronic pancreatitis: A diagnostic dilemma, World Journal of Gastroenterology, 22, (7), 2016, p2304 - 2313Journal Article, 2016, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ní Chonchubhair H.M, Bashir Y, McNaughton D, Barry J.M, Duggan S.N, Conlon K.C, Hospital discharges and patient activity associated with chronic pancreatitis in Ireland 2009â€"2013, Pancreatology, 17, (1), 2017, p56 - 62Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Duggan S.N, Ewald N, Kelleher L, Griffin O, Gibney J, Conlon K.C, The nutritional management of type 3c (pancreatogenic) diabetes in chronic pancreatitis, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71, (1), 2017, p3 - 8Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
  • Duggan S.N, Conlon K.C, Bone health guidelines for patients with chronic pancreatitis, Gastroenterology, 145, (4), 2013, p911-Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
  • Duggan S.N, Conlon K.C, A practical guide to the nutritional management of chronic pancreatitis, Practical Gastroenterology, 37, (6), 2013, p24 - 32Journal Article, 2013, URL
  • Duggan S.N, Smyth N.D, Egan S.M, Roddy M, Conlon K.C, An assessment of the validity of enteral aspirate pH measurements made with commercial pH strips, e-SPEN, 3, (6), 2008Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • Memba R and Duggan SN and Ni Chonchubhair HM and Griffin OM and Bashir Y and O'Connor DB and Murphy A and McMahon J and Volcov Y and Ryan BM and Conlon KC, The potential role of gut microbiota in pancreatic disease: A systematic review., Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Jegatheeswaran, S. and Puleston, J.M. and Duggan, S. and Hart, A. and Conlon, K.C. and Siriwardena, A.K., The Practical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis: A Multidisciplinary Symposium Held at the Annual Meeting of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Manchester 2016, Digestive Surgery, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Ní Chonchubhair HM, Bashir Y, Dobson M, Ryan BM, Duggan SN, Conlon KC, The prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in non-surgical patients with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI)., Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Duggan, S.N. and Conlon, K., Nutrition support in pancreatitis, 2018, 286-295ppBook, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Bashir, Y. and Chonchubhair, H.N. and Duggan, S.N. and Memba, R. and Ain, Q.U. and Murphy, A. and McMahon, J. and Ridgway, P.F. and Conlon, K.C., Systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of obesity on recurrence after laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery, Surgeon, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Griffin, O.M. and Duggan, S.N. and Ryan, R. and McDermott, R. and Geoghegan, J. and Conlon, K.C., Characterising the impact of body composition change during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, Pancreatology, 2019, p850 - 857Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Rahman, A. and O'Connor, D.B. and Gather, F. and Koscic, S. and Gilgan, J. and Mockler, D. and Bashir, Y. and Memba, R. and Duggan, S.N. and Conlon, K.C., Clinical Classification and Severity Scoring Systems in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review, Digestive Surgery, 2019, p1-11Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Jegatheeswaran, S. and Puleston, J.M. and Duggan, S. and Hart, A. and Conlon, K.C. and Siriwardena, A.K., The practical management of chronic pancreatitis: A multidisciplinary symposium held at the annual meeting of the pancreatic society of Great Britain and Ireland, manchester 2016, Digestive Surgery, 36, (1), 2018, p41-45Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
  • Dominguez-Munoz JE, Drewes AM, Lindkvist B, Ewald N, Czakó L, Rosendahl J, Löhr JM, HaPanEU/UEG Working Group., Recommendations from the United European Gastroenterology evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis., Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 18, (8), 2018, p847-854Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Löhr JM, Dominguez-Munoz E, Rosendahl J, Besselink M, Mayerle J, Lerch MM, Haas S, Akisik F, Kartalis N, Iglesias-Garcia J, Keller J, Boermeester M, Werner J, Dumonceau JM, Fockens P, Drewes A, Ceyhan G, Lindkvist B, Drenth J, Ewald N, Hardt P, de Madaria E, Witt H, Schneider A, Manfredi R, Brøndum FJ, Rudolf S, Bollen T, Bruno M, HaPanEU/UEG Working Group., United European Gastroenterology evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis (HaPanEU)., United European gastroenterology journal, 5, (2), 2017, p153-199Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Duggan SN., Negotiating the complexities of exocrine and endocrine dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis., The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76, (4), 2017, p484-494Journal Article, 2017, 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, 2020Journal Article, 2020
  • 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, p813-821Journal Article, 2020, 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--821Journal Article, 2020
  • Power, S., Smyth, N., Duggan, S., Roddy, M., Feehan, S., The nasal bridle: A useful approach to prevent the dislodgement of feeding tubes, e-SPEN, 5, (2), 2010Journal Article, 2010
  • Duggan, S.N., Conlon, K.C., Pancreatogenic type 3c diabetes: Underestimated, underappreciated and poorly managed, Practical Gastroenterology, 41, (5), 2017, p14-23Journal Article, 2017
  • 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, p148Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Memba, R., Duggan, S.N., Jorba, R., Conlon, K.C., Dysbiosis in benign and malignant diseases of the exocrine pancreas, Microbiome and Metabolome in Diagnosis, Therapy, and other Strategic Applications, 2019, p357-364Journal Article, 2019
  • 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, pe000643Journal Article, 2021, 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, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
  • 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, p5775-5792Journal Article, 2021, 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, 2022Journal Article, 2022
  • 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--411Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Kristen M Roberts, Phil A Hart, Sinead N Duggan, Revisiting Dietary Approaches in the Management of Chronic Pancreatitis, Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Duggan S, Egan SM, Smyth ND, Feehan SM, Breslin N, Conlon KC, Blind bedside insertion of small bowel feeding tubes., Irish journal of medical science, 2009Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • Duggan S, O'Sullivan M, Feehan S, Ridgway P, Conlon K, Nutrition treatment of deficiency and malnutrition in chronic pancreatitis: a review., Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 25, (4), 2010, p362-70Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Duggan SN, O Sullivan M, Hamilton S, Feehan SM, Ridgway PF, Conlon KC, Patients with chronic pancreatitis are at increased risk for osteoporosis., Pancreas, 41, (7), 2012, p1119-24Journal Article, 2012
  • Duggan SN, Smyth ND, O'Sullivan M, Feehan S, Ridgway PF, Conlon KC, A transatlantic survey of nutrition practice in acute pancreatitis., Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association, 25, (4), 2012, p388-97Journal Article, 2012
  • Duggan SN, Smyth ND, Murphy A, Macnaughton D, O'Keefe SJ, Conlon KC, High Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis., Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 12, (2), 2014, p219-28Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Duggan SN, Smyth ND, O'Sullivan M, Feehan S, Ridgway PF, Conlon KC., The prevalence of malnutrition and fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies in chronic pancreatitis., Nutr Clin Pract., 29, (3 ), 2014, p348 - 354Journal Article, 2014, DOI

Research Expertise

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

  • Title
    Developing an Integrated Care Service for Chronic Pancreatitis
    Summary
    We are working with community and Public Health partners to develop an integrated care service for those with chronic pancreatitis in the Talaght area.
    Funding Agency
    The Meath Foundation
    Date From
    2022
    Date To
    Present
  • Title
    Helping patients live well with chronic disease: The SmartCP Mobile App for chronic pancreatitis
    Summary
    Development of a mobile phone app to help with the management of chronic pancreatitis
    Funding Agency
    The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER)
    Date From
    March 2022
    Date To
    November 2022
  • Title
    Diabetes following severe acute pancreatitis
    Summary
    Patients who survived severe acute pancreatitis were recruited along with healthy matched non-pancreatitis control subjects. Subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test and insulin, glucagon, pancreatic polypeptide and c-peptide measured at intervals.
    Funding Agency
    Meath Foundation
    Date From
    2014
    Date To
    2019
  • Title
    Dietary intake in patients with chronic pancreatitis
    Summary
    Patients with late stage chronic pancreatitis recruited to measure dietary intake using food diaries and Vioscreen app. Objective is to determine both dietary intake and physical activity levels.
    Funding Agency
    Meath Foundation
    Date From
    2019
    Date To
    2022
  • Title
    Time-restricted eating to reduce insulin in polycystic ovarian syndrome
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Meath Foundation
    Date From
    2021
    Date To
    2023
  • Title
    Natural History of chronic pancreatitis
    Summary
    Date From
    2020
    Date To
    2022
  • Title
    Nutrition in patient with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer
    Summary
    PhD study co-supervisor. PhD awarded 2020.
    Funding Agency
    Health Research Board
    Date From
    2016
    Date To
    2020
  • Title
    Nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis
    Summary
    PhD studies (2009-2014)
    Funding Agency
    Health Research Board
    Date From
    2009
    Date To
    2014
  • Title
    The Trinity Score: A clinical score for chronic pancreatitis
    Summary
    Comprehensive Department of Surgery pancreatic database interrogated to develop a clinical score for patients with chronic pancreatitis
    Funding Agency
    Meath Foundation
    Date From
    2019
    Date To
    Ongoing

Health Care & Health Services (including Health Technology and Health Information Systems), Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Nutrition & Dietetics (including Food and Health and Diabetes), Other Health Sciences, Other Clinical Medicine,

Recognition

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