Awards

Winner of the 2006 David Cuthbertson Medal, awarded annually by the Nutrition Society Winner of the Association for the Study of Obesity Young Achiever Award in 2008 Member of the Diabetes UK Innovators in Diabetes Programme (2010-2012) FHMS Researcher of the Year 2011 Other Group Achievements

Catia Martins, PhD student, winner of the ASO student researcher award 2008 Other Activities

2009 - ILSI Expert Group on Postprandial Carbohydrates 2010 - Editorial Board for Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Insulin resistance/obesity; gastrointestinal physiology; dietary fibre and resistant starch

Metabolic adaptation following gastrointestinal surgery

Metabolic effects of sleep

Diet and type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment

MD Robertson, G Livesey, LM Morgan, SM Hampton, JC Mathers. The influence of the colon on postprandial glucagon-like peptide 1 (7-36) amide concentration in man. Journal of Endocrinology (1999) 161, 25-31. MD Robertson, JC Mathers. Gastric emptying rate of solids is reduced in a group of ileostomy patients. Digestive Diseases and Sciences (2000) 45, 1285-1292. MD Robertson, G Livesey, SM Hampton, JC Mathers. Evidence for altered control of glucose disposal after total colectomy. British Journal of Nutrition (2000) 84, 813-819. MD Robertson, KG Jackson, BA Fielding, CM Williams, KN Frayn. Prolonged effects of modified sham feeding on energy substrate mobilization. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2001) 73, 111-117. KG Jackson, MD Robertson, BA Fielding, KN Frayn, CM Williams. Second meal effect: modified sham feeding does not provoke the release of stored triacylglycerol from a previous high-fat meal. British Journal of Nutrition. (2001) 85, 149-156. MD Robertson, RA Henderson, GE Vist, RDE Rumsey Extended effect of evening meal carbohydrate/ fat ratio on fasting and postprandial substrate metabolism. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2002) 75, 505-510. MD Robertson, G Livesey, JC Mathers. Quantitative kinetics of glucose uptake and disposal following a 13C-labelled starch- rich meal: comparison of male and female subjects. British Journal of Nutrition (2002) 87, 569-577. MD Robertson, AO Mason, KN Frayn The timing of vagal stimulation affects postprandial lipid metabolism in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2002) 76, 71-77. MD Robertson, KG Jackson, BA Fielding, LM Morgan, CM Williams, KN Frayn. Acute ingestion of a meal rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids results in rapid gastric emptying in humans. American Journal Clinical Nutrition (2002) 76, 232-238. KG Jackson, MD Robertson, BA Fielding, KN Frayn, CM Williams. Measurement of apolipoprotein B-48 in the Svedberg flotation rate (Sf) > 400, Sf 60-400 and Sf 20-60 lipoprotein fractions reveals novel findings with respect to effects of dietary fatty acids on triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins in postmenopausal women. Clinical Science (2002) 103, 227-237.