Dr. Sinead Duggan
Senior Research Fellow, Surgery
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 (for Dietary Intake in Chronic Pancreatitis and Time-Restricted Eating in PCOS). 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). 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 28 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 and the Irish College of General Practicitioners Guidelines for chronic pancreatitis. Sinead is active within the School of Medicine working to help the School with the implementation of its Communications Strategy.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, p1-11
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, p357-364
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 - 857
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, 2018
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, p847-854
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, 2018
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, p41-45
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.], 2018
Duggan, S.N. and Conlon, K., Nutrition support in pancreatitis, 2018, 286-295pp
Duggan, S.N., Conlon, K.C., Pancreatogenic type 3c diabetes: Underestimated, underappreciated and poorly managed, Practical Gastroenterology, 41, (5), 2017, p14-23
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.], 2017
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, p153-199
NÃ 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 - 62
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 - 8
Duggan SN., Negotiating the complexities of exocrine and endocrine dysfunction in chronic pancreatitis., The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76, (4), 2017, p484-494
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 - 2313
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 - 345
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), 2014
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, p219-28
Duggan SN, Malnutrition, deficiency, and nutritional practice in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis, TCD, 2014
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 - 354
Duggan S.N, Conlon K.C, Bone health guidelines for patients with chronic pancreatitis, Gastroenterology, 145, (4), 2013, p911-
Duggan S.N, Conlon K.C, A practical guide to the nutritional management of chronic pancreatitis, Practical Gastroenterology, 37, (6), 2013, p24 - 32
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 - 236
Duggan Sinead N, Conlon Kevin C, Bone health guidelines in chronic pancreatitis, Gastroenterology, 145, (4), 2013, p911 - 911
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, p1119-24
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, p388-97
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, p362-70
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), 2010
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, 2009
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), 2008
Research Expertise
Description
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, the natural history of chronic pancreatitis, development of a clinical score in chronic pancreatitis, nutrition in pancreatic cancer, time-restricted eating / intermittent fasting in PCOS, the use of digital technologies (mobile phone app) for the management of chronic pancreatitisProjects
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Intermittent fasting to reduce insulin in poly cystic ovarian syndrome
- Funding Agency
- Meath Foundation
- Date From
- 2021
- Date To
- 2023
- Title
- Natural History of chronic pancreatitis
- Date From
- 2020
- Date To
- 2022
- Title
- Nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Summary
- PhD studies (2009-2014)
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 2009
- Date To
- 2014
- 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
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Cutherbertson Award
INDI Researcher of the Year
Honorary Lifetime Member of the Nutrition Interest Group of the PSGBI
Health Research Board PhD Fellowship
Best Scientific Abstract: Irish Osteoporosis Scientific Meeting
Best Clinical Abstract at the Irish Osteoporosis Society Meeting
Best overall poster at the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland Annual Meeting
Two outstanding abstracts at ESPEN (top 10% ranking)
Highest scoring Irish Abstract at ESPEN
'Innovation in Dietetics' Bursary for attendance at ASPEN, USA
SHS Clinical Award (Silver Medal) for best undergraduate clinical exam
C&G Award for Best Undergraduate Thesis Presentation
Memberships
Member of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Irish Nutrition & Dietetics Institute (INDI)