Dr Eirini Dimidi
Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences
Research interests
- Nutrition
Biography
Dr Eirini Dimidi is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London. She has been a registered dietitian and nutritionist since 2011, after completing a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and a MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition. This was followed by a PhD from King’s College London where she investigated the use and impact of probiotics in clinical outcomes and the gut microbiota in people with chronic constipation.
Dr Dimidi is leading research on nutrition-based interventions, including plant-based diets, fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, and the low FODMAP diet, in gut function and dysfunction (e.g. constipation). She is also investigating the mechanisms through which nutritional interventions affect immune and mental health via the gut microbiome. Other research interests include exploring patients’ experiences and perceptions of gut diseases. Her research is funded through a number of sources, including the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
She has published in a number of peer-reviewed nutrition and gastroenterology journals, and has presented her work in national and international conferences. Dr Dimidi was awarded the prestigious 2023 Nutrition Society Cuthbertson Medal in recognition of her research that advanced clinical nutrition and improved patient care. She also received the 2022 ISAPP Glenn Gibson Early Career Research Prize for her research on probiotics, prebiotics and fermented foods, as well as the 2021 Rising Star and 2020 Elizabeth Washington awards by the British Dietetic Association.
Research
Diet & Gastrointestinal Health Research Group
The Diet and Gastrointestinal Health Research Group aims to understand the molecular, cellular, whole person and population-level mechanisms involved in gut health and the development and treatment of gastrointestinal disease.
FruGut study
The FruGut Study: Physiological, Microbiological and Metabolomic Effects of Fruit Products.
Project status: Ongoing
The NutrImmune Study
Investigating how diet can optimise our immune response to flu vaccines. We're recruiting healthy adults, aged 40-64 years old, who consume 2+ snacks per day.
Project status: Ongoing
Gut health and diet
Maintaing gut health, and preventing gastrointestinal disease are important features of health and well being
Mental health and diet
This research group aims to explroes the (1) mechanisms of food compounds, nutrients, foods, and whole diets on mental health and illness, and (2) the clinical efficacy and effectiveness of such nutritional interventions.
Immunity, nutrition and diet
Nutrition plays a critical role in immune function by providing energy and metabolites that allow metabolic reprogramming of immune cells.
Guideline development for foods and diets
While a lot of research evidence exists on the link and effect of nutrition in health and disease, however translation of these is often limited. We, therefore, aim to translate a vast amount of evidence into dietary and food-related guidelines using standardised methodology, such as GRADE and Delphi approaches.
Gut disorders (IBS, IBD) and diet
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common gastrointestinal disorders that have a significant impact on patients' quality of life, and are associated with comorbidieties.
Safe and sustainable diets for a healthy body and mind (SSuDs)
This Research Interest Group on Safe and Sustainable Diets for a Healthy Body And Mind provides a unique opportunity for the King’s research community to address the challenges of safe and sustainable diets across a range of health outcomes
News
Researchers receive £1.5m grant to investigate impact of plant food diversity on health
Researchers from King’s College London have been awarded a £1.5m research grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for a...
Dr Eirini Dimidi awarded the Nutrition Society Cuthbertson Medal
The award recognises early career researchers for excellence in clinical nutrition and metabolism research
Department of Nutritional Sciences excels at British Dietetic Association annual awards
Nutritional Sciences academics take home awards for digital innovation, best research publication and best published educational work.
Research redefines constipation
New research by King’s, published today in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that the public’s perception of constipation differs drastically...
Research
Diet & Gastrointestinal Health Research Group
The Diet and Gastrointestinal Health Research Group aims to understand the molecular, cellular, whole person and population-level mechanisms involved in gut health and the development and treatment of gastrointestinal disease.
FruGut study
The FruGut Study: Physiological, Microbiological and Metabolomic Effects of Fruit Products.
Project status: Ongoing
The NutrImmune Study
Investigating how diet can optimise our immune response to flu vaccines. We're recruiting healthy adults, aged 40-64 years old, who consume 2+ snacks per day.
Project status: Ongoing
Gut health and diet
Maintaing gut health, and preventing gastrointestinal disease are important features of health and well being
Mental health and diet
This research group aims to explroes the (1) mechanisms of food compounds, nutrients, foods, and whole diets on mental health and illness, and (2) the clinical efficacy and effectiveness of such nutritional interventions.
Immunity, nutrition and diet
Nutrition plays a critical role in immune function by providing energy and metabolites that allow metabolic reprogramming of immune cells.
Guideline development for foods and diets
While a lot of research evidence exists on the link and effect of nutrition in health and disease, however translation of these is often limited. We, therefore, aim to translate a vast amount of evidence into dietary and food-related guidelines using standardised methodology, such as GRADE and Delphi approaches.
Gut disorders (IBS, IBD) and diet
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common gastrointestinal disorders that have a significant impact on patients' quality of life, and are associated with comorbidieties.
Safe and sustainable diets for a healthy body and mind (SSuDs)
This Research Interest Group on Safe and Sustainable Diets for a Healthy Body And Mind provides a unique opportunity for the King’s research community to address the challenges of safe and sustainable diets across a range of health outcomes
News
Researchers receive £1.5m grant to investigate impact of plant food diversity on health
Researchers from King’s College London have been awarded a £1.5m research grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for a...
Dr Eirini Dimidi awarded the Nutrition Society Cuthbertson Medal
The award recognises early career researchers for excellence in clinical nutrition and metabolism research
Department of Nutritional Sciences excels at British Dietetic Association annual awards
Nutritional Sciences academics take home awards for digital innovation, best research publication and best published educational work.
Research redefines constipation
New research by King’s, published today in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that the public’s perception of constipation differs drastically...