Professor Tom Sanders
Head of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences Division
School of Medicine
King's College London
4.72 Franklin-Wilkins Building
150 Stamford Street
London SE1 9NH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 4273
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 4171
Email: tom.sanders@kcl.ac.uk
PA: Karen Conway
020 7848 4419
karen.conway@kcl.ac.uk
Degrees:
BSc (Nutrition) Queen Elizabeth College London, 1971
Phd, University of London 1977
DSc, University of London 1996
Current post: Current Post
Head of Diabetes & Nutritional Sciences Division, King’s College London (KCL), School of Medicine
Previous appointments
2003-2010 Head of Nutritional Sciences Division, KCL
1995-2000 Head of Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, KCL
1994- present Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics, KCL
1991-94 Reader in Nutrition, KCL
1984-91 Lecturer in Nutrition, KCL
1982-84 Lecturer in Nutrition, Queen Elizabeth College (QEC, former College of the University of London that merged with KCL in 1984
1979-82 Postdoctoral RA, QEC
1977-79 Rank Prize Funds Fellow, QEC
1973-77 Research assistant/PhD student, Kingston Hospital
1971-73 UNICEF, Programme Associate, Jakarta, Indonesia
Research grants held in the past five years
Currently actively research projects
Sanders TAB. Integrated dietary intervention to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. Food Standards Agency £908,210 (11-Jan-2010 10-Jan-2013)
Sanders TAB, Berry SE. “The chronic effects of triacylglycerol structure of palm oil on glucose homeostasis, insulin secretion and sensitivity and lipid metabolism”. Malaysian Palm Oil Board £58,542 (2011)
Sanders TAB, Berry SEE. The acute effects of triacylglycerol structure of palmitic acid rich fats on glucose homeostatis, insulin secretion and sensitivity. £196,000. Malaysian Palm Oil Board (2009-11)
Sanders TAB with Carmen Pariente. A new screening tool for the prediction of psychiatric adverse effects in patients receiving interferon- treatment for chronic viral hepatitis C NIHR. 18 months duration £75,000(2010- 11)
Sanders TAB, Theobald HE. BBSRC Case Studentship "Effect of moderate vitamin D supplementation on seasonal vitamin D status and cardiovascular risk".£106,000(2010-2013)
Poston L, Sandell J, Sanders TAB. UK Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT) NIHR. £83,575 (5-Oct-2008 29-Feb-2012)
Completed Projects
Sanders TAB. Comparative effects of EPA and DHA on vascular function and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Food Standards Agency £1,169,325 (14/01/2008-11).
Sanders TAB. A dose response study of the effects of increased fruit & vegetable intake on vascular function £463,176.00, Food Standards Agency 01/04/04 to 01/04/2007.
Sanders TAB. Impact of the amount & composition of dietary fat and carbohydrate on metabolic syndrome & cardiovascular disease risk £579,876. Food Standards Agency 01/04/04 to 01/10/2007.
Sanders TAB, Chowienczyk P. BBSRC. Influence of amount and type of fat on vascular function in subjects with insulin resistance. £196,484 01/01/04 to 31/12/2007
Sanders TAB, Poston L. Tate & Lyle Plc, 2006-2011. £4.5 million toward establishing Clinical Research Facility at St Thomas’ Hospital, research staff and equipment
Poston L, Sanders TAB. Tommy’s the Baby Charity, Teenage Pregnancies - Dietary Measures to Improve Nutrition and Pregnancy Outcome, (2005-2007) £162,219
Phd Theses awarded (25)
Publications
1 Sanders TA, Hall WL, Maniou Z, Lewis F, Seed PT, Chowienczyk PJ. Effect of low doses of long-chain n-3 PUFAs on endothelial function and arterial stiffness: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; ;94(4):973-80.
2 Alsaleh A, O'Dell SD, Frost GS, Griffin BA, Lovegrove JA, Jebb SA, Sanders TA.Interaction of PPARG Pro12Ala with dietary fat influences plasma lipids insubjects at cardiometabolic risk. J Lipid Res. 2011 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print]
3 Holmes BA, Kaffa N, Campbell K, Sanders TA. The contribution of breakfast cereals to the nutritional intake of the materially deprived UK population. Eur J Clin Nutr 2011. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.143. [Epub ahead of print]
4 Alsaleh A, O'Dell SD, Frost GS, Griffin BA, Lovegrove JA, Jebb SA, Sanders TA. Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the ADIPOQ gene locus interact with age and dietary intake of fat to determine serum adiponectin in subjects at risk of the metabolic syndrome. Am J Clin Nutr 2011;94:262-9.
5 Cooper WEJ, Lee WE, Goldacre BM, Sanders TAB. The quality of the evidence for dietary advice given in UK national newspapers. Public Understanding of Science 2011; DOI: 10.1177/0963662511401782
6 Wheeler SJ, Poston L, Thomas JE, Seed PT, Baker PN, Sanders TA. Maternal plasma fatty acid composition and pregnancy outcome in adolescents. Br J Nutr 2011;105:601-10.
7 Berry SE, Mulla UZ, Chowienczyk PJ, Sanders TA. Increased potassium intake from fruit and vegetables or supplements does not lower blood pressure or improve vascular function in UK men and women with early hypertension: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr 2010;1-9.
8 Jebb SA, Lovegrove JA, Griffin BA, Frost GS, Moore CS, Chatfield MD, Bluck LJ, Williams CM, Sanders TA. Effect of changing the amount and type of fat and carbohydrate on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk: the RISCK (Reading, Imperial, Surrey, Cambridge, and Kings) trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2010;92:748-58.
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