- Developmental Endocrinology Research Group
- Paediatric Epidemiology and Community Health (PEACH Unit)
Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PGHN) brings together the research interests of a number of staff including Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturers and Clinical Scientists elsewhere in Scotland and further afield. Yorkhill offers great opportunities for clinical and basic research in PGHN, owing to the co-location of the Departments of Child Health and Human Nutrition, with their laboratories and clinical investigation suites, alongside secondary and tertiary clinical services for children with digestive disorders, nutritional and growth problems.
Professor Lawrence Weaver has a long-standing active interest in infant and child nutrition and gastroenterology.
Dr Paraic McGrogan is the senior consultant paediatric gastroenterologist at Yorkhill and the Leonard Gow lecturer in the Department of Child Health.
Professor Christine Edwards co-leads the Gut, Food and Metabolism Group, and has an established interest in the gut microbiota and gut physiology.
Dr Douglas Morrison and Professor Tom Preston collaborate on a number of projects, bringing their expertise in the use of stable isotopes to PGHN research.
Dr Richard Russell is a consultant paediatric gastroenterologist at Yorkhill and has a strong and active research interest in the molecular genetics of childhood inflammatory bowel disease. Dr Russell collaborates closely with Dr David Wilson of the Department of Child Health and Life of the University of Edinburgh and with other members of the Scottish Paediatric gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Group (SPGHANG).
Dr Andrew Barclay is Clinical Lecturer and research fellow in PGHN, and has been working on the application of stable isotope probing of the gut microbiota, with Dr Douglas Morrison.
The PGHN Research group has overlapping active research interests with the Bone Health Group, led by Professor Faisal Ahmed and with Professor Charlotte Wright through her interest in growth faltering and childhood obesity.