Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology
The Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Endocrine disorders
- Metabolic disorders
- Developmental programming
- Nutrient sensing and homeostasis
- Molecular mechanisms
- Mitochondrial physiology
- Epidemiology
- Placental development and function
- Stem cells and neurological disease
- Therapeutic development
How to find a research supervisor
Research supervisors are either staff members of the University, or based in one of the research units or institutions associated with the University.
Supervisors are in high demand and may not be able to respond to your enquiry immediately, so please be patient. Some may already be supervising the maximum number of PhD students they can, and won’t be able to take on any new students.
Browse potential research supervisors:
accepting applications from prospective postgraduate students
accepting applications from summer students
Supervisors accepting applications from prospective Postgraduate Students:
Dr Catherine Aiken
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming
Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Irving Aye
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Topic: Metabolic control of epigenetics during early placental development
Email: Ia319@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Kathryn Beardsall
Department of Paediatrics
Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health
Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk
Professor Clemence Blouet
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Brain nutrient sensing for energy and nutritional homeostasis
Email: csb69@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria Chondronikola
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Human nutritional physiology and experimental medicine
Email: mc2425@cam.ac.uk
Dr Anthony Coll
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular control of appetite and obesity
Email: apc36@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Constancia
Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL)
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Laura Dearden
Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Impact of nutrition in pregnancy on mother and baby hypothalamus
Email: ld454@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Evans
Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Medicine and Department of Medicine
Topic: Brain glucose and nutrient sensing, hypoglycaemia
Email: mle24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity
Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Fazakerley
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Resistance
Email: djf72@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nita Forouhi
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Topic: Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity
Email: nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Gribble
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis
Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Gurnell
Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly
Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Judy Hirst
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase)
Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Hoare
Early Cancer Institute
Topic: Chronic liver disease and cancer development
Email: mwh20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nicola Holdstock
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Neonatal medicine and physiology
Email: nbh10@cam.ac.uk
Professor Roman Hovorka
Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. Longitudinal analysis of metabolic disturbances in Type 2 diabetes. Artificial pancreas
Email: rh347@cam.ac.uk
Professor Arthur Kaser
Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease
Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell.
Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk
Dr Albert Koulman
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Development of mass spectrometry for metabolomics and lipidomics
Email: ak675@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria Marti Solano
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Computational pharmacology and structural bioinformatics
Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Florian Merkle
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of neurological disease using human stem cell-derived and animal model systems
Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ken Ong
MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics
Topic: Childhood obesity, growth and development, and relationships to adult metabolic disease
Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Susan Ozanne
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti
Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurology unit)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms Stem cells and neurological disease Mitochondrial physiology
Email: lp429@cam.ac.uk
Dr Eleanor Raffan
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience & Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Metabolic disease including obesity - molecular, genetic and physiological aspects; animal genetics
Email: er311@cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Reimann
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Savage
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance
Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health
Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jelle van den Ameele
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease
Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk
Dr Erica Watson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mechanisms of folate metabolism during development
Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk
Research supervisors accepting applications from summer students
Dr Catherine Aiken
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming
Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kathryn Beardsall
Department of Paediatrics
Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health
Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk
Professor Clemence Blouet
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Brain nutrient sensing for energy and nutritional homeostasis
Email: csb69@cam.ac.uk
Dr Anthony Coll
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular control of appetite and obesity
Email: apc36@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Constancia
Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL)
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Laura Dearden
Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Impact of nutrition in pregnancy on mother and baby hypothalamus
Email: ld454@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Evans
Wellcome Trust MRC Institute of Metabolic Medicine and Department of Medicine
Topic: Brain glucose and nutrient sensing, hypoglycaemia
Email: mle24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity
Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Fazakerley
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Resistance
Email: djf72@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nita Forouhi
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Topic: Nutritional Epidemiology in relation to diabetes and obesity
Email: nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Gribble
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis
Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Gurnell
Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly
Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Judy Hirst
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase)
Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Roman Hovorka
Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. Longitudinal analysis of metabolic disturbances in Type 2 diabetes. Artificial pancreas
Email: rh347@cam.ac.uk
Dr Albert Koulman
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Development of mass spectrometry for metabolomics and lipidomics
Email: ak675@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Florian Merkle
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of neurological disease using human stem cell-derived and animal model systems
Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Susan Ozanne
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti
Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurology unit)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms Stem cells and neurological disease Mitochondrial physiology
Email: lp429@cam.ac.uk
Dr Eleanor Raffan
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience & Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Metabolic disease including obesity - molecular, genetic and physiological aspects; animal genetics
Email: er311@cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Reimann
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Savage
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance
Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health
Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jelle van den Ameele
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease
Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk