Dr. Nicholas Kennedy
Assoc Prof Clinical Med (Nutrition), Clinical Medicine
Biography
Assoc. Prof Kennedy is a medical academic at Trinity College Dublin (since 1984) with particular interest in nutrition and in coeliac disease. He runs the multi-disciplinary outpatient clinic at St James's Hospital (Dublin) for patients with coeliac disease (since 1995), in collaboration with consultants in the gastroenterology unit and with staff from the hospital department of clinical nutrition. He is (Honorary) President and an active board member of the Coeliac Society of Ireland (elected 2008). A founding member of the Irish Section of the Nutrition Society (1989), he subscribed to the incorporation (in 2010) of a multidisciplinary society in Ireland for health professionals with an interest in clinical nutrition (the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, IrSPEN), of which he was a director and former chairman of the education committee. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students researching topics spanning clinical nutrition, community nutrition and nutrition education, as well as contributing to multidisciplinary research into coeliac disease. As a member of the College community, he has served as a college tutor and contributed on numerous College committees at college, faculty, school and discipline levels. At international level, he participates in networks relating to coeliac disease (research and patient organisation groups) and to nutrition.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Muscaritoli M, Krznarić Z, Singer P, Barazzoni R, Cederholm T, Golay A, Van Gossum A, Kennedy N, Kreymann G, Laviano A, Pavić T, Puljak L, Sambunjak D, Utrobičić A, Schneider SM., Effectiveness and efficacy of nutritional therapy: A systematic review following Cochrane methodology, Clinical Nutrition, 36, (4), 2017, p939 - 957
Klek S, Chourdakis M, Bischoff S, Dubrov S, Forbes A, Galas A, Genton L, Gundogdu HR, Irtun O, Jagmane I, Jakobson-Forbes T, Jirka A, Kennedy N, Klimasauskas A, Khoroshilov I, Leon-Sanz M, Muscaritoli M, Panisic-Sekeljic M, Poulia KA, Schneider S, Siljamäki-Ojansuu U, Uyar M, Wanten G, Krznaric Z., Economy matters to fight against malnutrition: Results from a multicenter survey., Clinical Nutrition, 36, (1), 2017, p162 - 169
Coleman C, Quinn EM, Ryan AW, Conroy J, Trimble V, Mahmud N, Kennedy N, Corvin AP, Morris DW, Donohoe G, O'Morain C, MacMathuna P, Byrnes V, Kiat C, Trynka G, Wijmenga C, Kelleher D, Ennis S, Anney RJ, McManus R., Common polygenic variation in coeliac disease and confirmation of ZNF335 and NIFA as disease susceptibility loci, European Journal of Human Genetics, 24, (2), 2016, p291 - 297
Coleman C, Quinn E.M, Ryan A.W, Conroy J, Trimble V, Mahmud N, Kennedy N, Corvin A.P, Morris D.W, Donohoe G, O'Morain C, MacMathuna P, Byrnes V, Kiat C, Trynka G, Wijmenga C, Kelleher D, Ennis S, Anney R.J.L, McManus R, Common polygenic variation in coeliac disease and confirmation of ZNF335 and NIFA as disease susceptibility loci, European Journal of Human Genetics, 24, 2016, p291 - 297
Cooper SE, Kennedy NP, Mohamed BM, Abuzakouk M, Dunne J, Byrne G, McDonald G, Davies A, Edwards C, Kelly J, Feighery CF, Immunological indicators of coeliac disease activity are not altered by long-term oats challenge., Clinical and experimental immunology, 171, (3), 2013, p313-8
Jonsdottir S, Thorsdottir I, Kugelberg S, Yngve A, Kennedy NP, Hughes R., Core functions for the public health nutrition workforce in Europe: a consensus study., Public Health Nutrition, 15, (11), 2012, p1999 - 2004
Kennelly S, Kennedy NP, Corish CA, Flanagan-Rughoobur G, Glennon-Slattery C, Sugrue S., Sustained benefits of a community dietetics intervention designed to improve oral nutritional supplement prescribing practices, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 24, (5), 2011, p496-504
Kennelly S, Kennedy NP, Rughoobur GF, Slattery CG, Sugrue S, An evaluation of a community dietetics intervention on the management of malnutrition for healthcare professionals , Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 23, (6), 2010, p567-74
Brophy K*, Ryan AW*, Turner G, Trimble V, Patel KD, O'Morain C, Kennedy NP, Egan B, Close E, Lawlor G, MacMathuna P, Stevens FM, Abuzakouk M, Feighery C, Kelleher D, McManus R, Evaluation of 6 candidate genes on chromosome 11q23 for coeliac disease susceptibility: a case control study, BMC Medical Genetics, 11, (76), 2010
Kennelly S, Kennedy NP, Rughoobur GF, Slattery CG, Sugrue S., The use of oral nutritional supplements in an Irish community setting, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 22, (6), 2009, p511 - 520
Hunt KA, Zhernakova A, Turner G, Heap GA, Franke L, Bruinenberg M, Romanos J, Dinesen LC, Ryan AW, Panesar D, Gwilliam R,Takeuchi F, McLaren WM, Holmes GK, Howdle PD, Walters JR, Sanders DS, Playford RJ, Trynka G, Mulder CJ, Mearin ML,Verbeek WH, Trimble V, Stevens FM, O'Morain C, Kennedy NP, Kelleher D, Pennington DJ, Strachan DP, McArdle WL, Mein CA,Wapenaar MC, Deloukas P, McGinnis R, McManus R*, Wijmenga C*, van Heel DA*., Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease related to the immune response., Nature Genetics, 40, 2008, p395-402
Public Health Nutrition, UK, Cambridge University Press, [Associate Editor], 2007-2011
Yngve A, Hambraeus L, Lissner L, Majem LS, Vaz de Almeida MD, Berg C, Hughes R, Cannon G, Thorsdottir I, Kearney J, Gustafsson Rafter JA, Elmadfa L, Kennedy N. , The Women's Health Initiative. What is on trial: nutrition and chronic disease? Or misinterpreted science, media havoc and the sound of silence from peers?, Public Health Nutrition, 9, (2), 2006, p269 - 272
Brophy K, Ryan AW, Thornton JM, Abuzakouk M, Fitzgerald AP, McLoughlin RM, O'Morain C, Kennedy NP, Stevens FM, Feighery C, Kelleher D, McManus R., Haplotypes in the CTLA4 region are associated with coeliac disease in the Irish population, Genes and Immunity, 7, (1), 2006, p19 - 26
Ryan AW, Thornton JM, Brophy K, Daly JS, McLoughlin RM, O'Morain C, Abuzakouk M, Kennedy NP, Stevens FM, Feighery C, Kelleher D. McManus R., Chromosome 5Q candidate genes in coeliac disease: genetic variation at IL4, IL5, IL9, IL13, IL17B and NR3C1, Tissue Antigens, 65, (2), 2005, p150-5
Corish CA, Flood P, Kennedy NP. , Comparison of nutritional risk screening tools in patients on admission to hospital., Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 17, (2), 2004, p133-9
Ryan AW, Thornton JM, Brophy K, Daly JS, O'Morain C, McLoughlin RM, Kennedy NP, Abuzakouk M, Stevens FM, Frighery C, Kelleher D, McManus R. , Haplotype variation at the IBD5/SLC22A4 locus (5Q31) in coeliac disease in the Irish population., Tissue Antigens, 64, (2), 2004, p195-8
Hade AM, Shine AM, Kennedy NP, McCormick PA., Both under-nutrition and obesity increasemorbidity following liver transplantation., Irish Medical Journal, 96, (5), 2003, p140-2
Corish CA, Kennedy NP, Anthropometric measurements from a cross-sectional survey of Irish free-living elderly subjects with smoothed centile curves. , British Journal of Nutrition, 89, (1), 2003, p137-45
Popat S, Hearle N, Hogberg L, Braegger CP, O'Donoghue D, Falth-Magnusson K, Holmes G K, Howdle PD, Jenkins H, Johnston S, Kennedy NP, Kumar PJ, Logan RF, Marsh MN, Mulder CJ, Torinsson Naluai A, Sjoberg K, Stenhammar L, Walters JR, Jewell DP, Houlston RS, Variation in the CTLA4/CD28 gene region confers an increased risk of coeliac disease, Annals of Human Genetics, 66, (Pt2), 2002, p125 - 137
Popat S, Bevan S, Braegger C P, Busch A, O'Donoghue D, Falth-Magnusson K, Godkin A, Hogberg L, Holmes G, Hosie KB, Howdle PD, Jenkins H, Jewell D, Johnston S, Kennedy NP, Kumar P, Logan RF, Love AH, Marsh MN, Mulder CJ, Sjoberg K, Stenhammar L, Walker-Smith J, Houlston RS., Genome screening of coeliac disease, Journal of Medical Genetics, 39, (5), 2002, p328 - 331
McNamara E, Flood P, Kennedy NP, Home tube feeding: an integrated multidisciplinary approach, Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics, 14, 2001, p13 - 19
McNamara EP, Kennedy NP., Tube feeding patients with advanced dementia: an ethical dilemma, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 60, 2001, p179 - 185
O'Keeffe J, Lynch S, Whelan A, Jackson J, Kennedy NP, Weir DG, Feighery C, Flow cytometric measurement of intracellular migration in hibition factor and tumour necrosis factor alpha in the mucosa of patients with coeliac disease, Clincal and Experimental Immunology, 125, (3), 2001, p376 - 382
Kennedy NP, Feighery C., Clinical features of coeliac disease today, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 54, (7), 2000, p373-80
Corish CA, Flood P, Mulligan S, Kennedy NP., Apparent low frequency of undernutrition in Dublin hospital in-patients: should we review the anthropometric thresholds for clinical practice?, British Journal of Nutrition, 84, (3), 2000, p325 - 335
McNamara E, Flood P, Kennedy NP, Enteral tube feeding in the community: surevy of adult patients discharged from a Dublin hospital, Clinical Nutrition, 19, 2000, p15 - 22
Corish CA, Kennedy NP., Protein-energy undernutrition in hospital in-patients, British Journal of Nutrition, 83, (6), 2000, p575-91
Bevan S, Popat S, Braegger CP, Busch A, O'Donoghue D, Falth-Magnusson K, Ferguson A, Godkin A, Hogberg L, Holmes G, Hosie KB, Howdle PD, Jenkins H, Jewell D, Johnston S, Kennedy NP, Kerr G, Kumar P, Logan RF, Love A.H, Marsh M, Mulder CJ, Sjoberg K, Stenhamer L, Walker-Smith J, Marossy AM, Houlston RS., Contribution of the MHC region to the familial risk of coeliac disease, Journal of Medical Genetics, 36, (9), 1999, p687 - 690
McNamara E, Flood P, Kennedy NP, Home enteral tube feeding: a growing problem?, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 168, 1999, p246 - 247
Doyle FM, Kennedy NP., Nutritional support via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 53, 1994, p473 - 482
Della Corte L, Bianchi L, Colivicchi A, Kennedy NP, Tipton KF , The effects of ethanol on rat brain monoamine oxidase activities, Journal of Neural Transmission Supplementum, 41, 1994, p75 - 81
Tipton KF, Harrington MC, Kennedy NP, Biochemical markers for the effects of ethanol, Alcohol and Alcoholism Supplement, 2, 1993, p87-90
Kennedy NP, Tipton KF., Ethanol metabolism and alcoholic liver disease, Essays in Biochemistry, 25, 1990, p137-95
Cochran KM, Cockel R, Crowe J, Dickinson RJ, Gent AE, Kennedy NP, Royston CM, Cedar E, Mann SG., Comparison of 40 mg famotidine nightly and 150 mg ranitidine b.d.: ulcer healing and symptom relief in benign gastric ulcer, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 3, (5), 1989, p461 - 470
Lee FI, Booth SN, Cochran KM, Crowe J, Dickinson RJ, Kenned NP, Cottrell J, Mann SG., Single night-time doses of 40 mg famotidine or 800 mg cimetidine in the treatment of duodenal ulcer, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 3, (5), 1989, p505 - 512
Kearney J, Kennedy NP, Keeling PW, Keating JJ, Grubb L, Kennedy M, Gibney MJ., Dietary intakes and adipose tissue levels of linoleic acid in peptic ulcer disease, British Journal of Nutrition, 62, (3), 1989, p699 - 706
Nunes D, Kennedy NP, Weir DG., Treatment of peptic ulcer disease in the arthritic patient, Drugs, 38, 1989, p451 - 461
Maxwell WJ, Keating JJ, Hogan FP, Kennedy NP, Keeling PWN., Prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 synthesis by peripheral leukocytes in alcoholics, Gut, 30, (9), 1989, p1270 - 1274
Huang JZ, Smyth CJ, Kennedy NP, Arbuthnott JP, Keeling PWN, Haemagglutinating activity of Campylobacter pylori, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 56, (1), 1988, p109 - 112
Hasan F, McCrodden JM, Kennedy NP, Tipton KF., The involvement of intestinal monoamine oxidase in the transport and metabolism of tyramine., Journal of Neural Transmission, 26, (Supplement), 1988, p1 - 9
Kennedy NP, Keeling PWN., Review: lipoxygenase inhibitors and the gut., Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 1, (4), 1987, p263 - 272
O'Donnell D, Cotter P, Kennedy N, Clancy, L, An open steady-state pharmacokinetic study to compare Pro-Vent and Phyllocontin in asthmatic patients, British Journal of Clinical Practice, 40, (8), 1986, p318 - 322
Kelly CP, Clancy L, Nolan M, Kennedy NP, Prichard JS , Trans-bronchial lung biopsy via flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy - Review of 108 cases, Irish Medical Journal, 78, 1986, p350 - 352
Henehan GTM, Ward K, Kennedy NP, Weir DG, Tipton KF, Subcellular distribution of aldehyde dehydrogenase activities in human liver, Alcohol, 2, (1), 1985, p107 - 110
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Risk management and strategy prioritisation., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Determinant Analysis, 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Problem Analysis, 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Evaluating Capacity Gains., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Intervention Research and Strategy options., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Economic Evaluation., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Logic modelling., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Process evaluation., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Reflective Practice and Valorisation., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP. , Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Community Engagement and Analysis, 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Writing Action Statements., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: impact and Outcome Evaluation., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Mandates for Action., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Implementation and monitoring., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP. , Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Stakeholder analysis and engagement., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Capacity Assessment., 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Implementation and evaluation planning, 2008, -
Hughes R, Black C, Kennedy NP., Public Health Nutrition Intervention Management: Educators guide., 2008, -
Research Expertise
Description
Coeliac disease, clinical nutrition, health services research.Recognition
Representations
Dietitians Registration Board (CORU), member nominated by the Minister for Education and Science
Chief Delegate, Association of European Coeliac Societies, AOECS (representing the Coeliac Society of Ireland)
Council, The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, ESPEN (representing the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, IrSPEN)
Partner and member of Steering Group, JOBNUT Project - an EU-funded project (Leonardo da Vinci)
Invited member, Consortium Panel of Experts for National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland (ESRI-TCD)
Member, EU Nutrition Network (Education Task Force) - an EU funded project (DG-SANCO)
Council, University of Dublin (elected junior representative, Faculty of Health Sciences)
Stratford Executive Group (on nutrition in the undergraduate medical curriculum) meeting (representing the TCD Medical School)
Organising Committee for the Annual National Scientific Medical Meeting (representing the Nutrition Society Irish Section)
Medical Advisory Committee, St James's Hospital (representing non-consultant hospital doctors in SJH)
Awards and Honours
Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
Accredited teacher for ESPEN LLL programme in Clinical Nutrition
Memberships
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Fellow
Registered Medical Practitioner (General Register); Medical Council (Ireland); MCRN 05929.
President (honorary) and Board Member, The Coeliac Society of Ireland
Invited Member, Nutrition Education Study Group (NESG), ESPEN
Regional Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine (London)
Council Member, European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
Board Member, The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IRSPEN)
Chairman, Education and Training Committee, Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
Member, The Nutrition Society
Member, TCD Medical Alumni Association
Member,The Medical Council on Alcoholism (UK)