Professor Philip Newsholme

Contact Details

Associate Professor of Metabolic Science

Conway Institute

School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science

University College Dublin

Belfield, Dublin 4

Tel: +353 (0)1 7166561

Email: philip.newsholme@ucd.ie

Achievements

• 1983 BSc, Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, UK
• 1987 D. Phil, University of Oxford, UK
• 1987 - 1990 Fulbright Scholar, University of California, Davis, USA with Prof. Donal Walsh
• 1990 - 1992 MRC Post-doctoral training fellow with Prof. Nick Hales FRS, University of Cambridge, UK College lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin
• 1993-2002 President's Research Fellowship UCD Dublin
• 2000 Premier Teaching Award of the Faculty of Medicine, UCD Dublin
• 2003 Premier Teaching Award of the Faculty of Medicine, UCD Dublin
• 2004 Principal investigator of the Conway Institute.
• 1999 – 2008 Senior lecturer, School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Sciences, UCD Dublin
• 2002 – 2007 present Associate Professor, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, UCD
• 2008 – present UCD Conway Institute Fellow
• 2008 – present Head of Biochemistry

Research Interests

Since his appointment to UCD, Philip Newsholme has published approximately 50 research papers and reviews and has received approximately 1.6 million Euro in Grant funding as Lead Applicant as well as approximately 1.5 million Euro as a Co-Applicant. Philip Newsholme now leads a team of researchers working on (i) aspects of nutrient, immune and endocrine regulation of pancreatic alpha and beta cell function and integrity (ii) metabolic adaptations to exercise in healthy and diabetic individuals. Philip Newsholme has also collaborated with colleagues in industry including scientists in AstraZeneca (Manchester, U.K.) and Diabetica (Coleraine, N. Ireland).

Philip Newsholme is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal, Clinical Science (Sept 2003 - present) and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Biochemical Journal (Jan 2004 – present).