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Staff Profile

Dr Oliver Shannon

Lecturer in Nutrition and Ageing

  • Telephone: 01912081140
  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    (Human Nutrition Research Centre)
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Â鶹´«Ã½
    M2.050, William Leech Building,
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH
Background

Dr. Oliver Shannon is a Lecturer in Nutrition & Ageing within the Human Nutrition Research Centre at Â鶹´«Ã½.  He was the 2024 winner of the prestigious Julie Wallace Award for early stage scientific excellence and he is the inaugural Chair of the Nutrition Society Early Career Members Section.

Research

Dr. Shannon's research primarily explores the impact of nutrition (especially healthy dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet, and inorganic nitrate) on cognitive and cardiovascular ageing. His work applies a variety of research approaches including evidence synthesis (e.g., systematic reviews, meta-analyses, umbrella reviews), epidemiological analyses of large cohort studies (e.g., UK Biobank, EPIC-Norfolk, NHANES), and randomised controlled trials. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles in leading nutrition journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the British Journal of Nutrition, and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He also has an interest in nutrition and sports performance, where he has published research in leading Sports Science journals and worked with a number of international athletes.  


Dr. Shannon's research is supported by grants from Rank Prize, Public Health England, the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council and BBSRC. He has presented his work directly to the public via television (e.g., BBC news, ITV Tonight, Fox News), radio (e.g., BBC Radio 4, BBC Scotland) and print media (e.g., Guardian, Telegraph, The Times), and has presented to MPs and policy makers at the Houses of Parliament as part of an All Party Parliamentary Group on nutrition and health.


Dr. Shannon is currently accepting PhD students in the following areas:

  • Nutrition for the promotion of healthy cognitive ageing
  • Impact of food insecurity on brain health
  • Inter-individual differences in the effects of nutrition on cardiovascular/cognitive function
  • Effects of dietary nitrate on health and exercise performance
Teaching

Dr Shannon is module leader for the Dietetics Dissertation Module DTC3002. He also teaches across the Personalised Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, MRes in Nutrition and Applied Sport & Exercise Nutrition modules.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Neal C, Pepper GV, Shannon OM, Allen C, Bateson M, Nettle D. . Appetite 2025, 204, 107732.
    • Hayes E, Alhulaefi S, Siervo M, Whyte E, Kimble R, Matu J, Griffiths A, Sim M, Burleigh M, Easton C, Lolli L, Atkinson G, Mathers JC, Shannon OM. . European Journal of Nutrition 2025, 64, 101.
    • Haq K, Whyte E, Poulopoulou E, Shannon O, Couper S, Lye J, Illinca C, Reynolds M, Veeratterapillary R, Rai BP. . Journal of Clinical Urology 2025, 18(2), 137-141.
    • Gregory S, Buller-Peralta I, Bridgeman K, Gongora VDLC, Dounavi M-E, Low A, Ntailianis G, O'Brien J, Parra MA, Ritchie CW, Ritchie K, Shannon OM, Stevenson EJ, Muniz-Terrera G. . European Journal of Neurology 2024, 31(8), e16345.
    • Perri G, Mathers JC, Martin-Ruiz C, Parker C, Demircan K, Chillon TS, Schomburg L, Robinson L, Stevenson EJ, Shannon OM, Muniz-Terrera G, Sniehotta FF, Ritchie CW, Adamson A, Burns A, Minihane AM, Walsh J, Hill TR. . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2024, 120(5), 1019-1028.
    • Townsend R, Fairley A, Gregory S, Ritchie C, Stevenson E, Shannon O. . Age and Ageing 2024, 53(Supplement_2), ii30–ii38.
    • Stowell JD, Mathers JC, Stanley M, Aksakal FNB, Aslett-Bentley A, Banati D, Bobokhidze E, Catar OU, Dinc O, Gvamichava R, Mutus B, Saunders C, Shannon O, Tewfik I. . British Journal of Nutrition 2024, 131(12), 2080-2089.
    • Neal C, Pepper GV, Allen C, Shannon OM, Nettle D. . Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 2024, 10, 303-323.
    • Farina FR, Bridgeman K, Gregory S, Crivelli L, Foote IF, Jutila OI, Kucikova L, Mariano LI, Nguyen KH, Thayanandan T, Akindejoye F, Butler J, Calandri IL, Cepukaityte G, Chiesa ST, Dawson WD, Deckers K, De la Cruz-Gongora V, Dounavi ME, Govia I, Guzmán-Vélez E, Heikal SA, Hill-Jarrett TG, Ibanez A, James BD, McGlinchey E, Mullin DS, Muniz-Terrera G, Pintado Caipa M, Qansuwa EM, Robinson L, Santuccione Chadha A, Shannon OM, Su L, Weidner W, Booi L. . The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2024, 5(12), 100665.
    • Griffiths A, Grainger E, Matu J, Alhulaefi S, Whyte E, Hayes E, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M, Shannon OM. . Public Health Nutrition 2024, 27(1), e236.
    • Hayes E, Dent E, Shannon OM, Zhong LZ, Bozanich T, Blekkenhorst LC, Zhu K, Bondonno CP, Siervo M, Hoogendijk EO, Hodgson JM, Prince RL, Lewis JR, Sim M. . European Journal of Nutrition 2024, 63, 2281–2290.
    • Elsworthy RJ, Jong ST, Hanson S, Shannon OM, Jennings A, Gillings R, Siervo M, Hornberger M, Hardeman W, Mathers JC, Minihane A-M, Aldred S. . Frontiers in Public Health 2024, 12, 1371453.
    • Jennings A, Shannon OM, Gillings R, Lee V, Elsworthy R, Bundy R, Rao G, Hanson S, Hardeman W, Paddick S-M, Siervo M, Aldred S, Mathers JC, Hornberger M, Minihane AM. . BMC Medicine 2024, 22, 600.
    • Tan L, Stagg L, Hanlon E, Li T, Fairley A, Siervo M, Matu J, Griffiths A, Shannon O. . Nutrients 2024, 16(10), 1511.
    • Siervo M, Hussin AM, Calella P, Ashor A, Shannon OM, Mendes I, Stephan BCM, Zheng D, Hill T, Mathers JC. . Journal of Nutrition 2024, 154(2), 469-478.
    • Petermann-Rocha F, Carrasco-Marin F, Boonpor J, Parra-Soto S, Shannon O, Malcomson F, Phillips N, Jain M, Deo S, Livingstone KM, Dingle SE, Mathers JC, Forrest E, Ho FK, Pell JP, Celis-Morales C. . Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2024, 26(3), 860-870.
    • Perri G, French C, Agostinis-Sobrinho C, Anand A, Antarianto RD, Arai Y, Baur JA, Cauli O, Clivaz-Duc M, Colloca G, Demetriades C, de Lucia C, Di Gessa G, Diniz BS, Dotchin CL, Eaglestone G, Elliott BT, Espeland MA, Ferrucci L, Fisher J, Grammatopoulos DK, Hardiany NS, Hassan-Smith Z, Hastings WJ, Jain S, Joshi PK, Katsila T, Kemp GJ, Khaiyat OA, Lamming DW, Lara Gallegos J, Madeo F, Maier AB, Martin-Ruiz C, Martins IJ, Mathers JC, Mattin LR, Merchant RA, Moskalev A, Neytchev O, Ni Lochlainn M, Owen CM, Phillips SM, Pratt J, Prokopidis K, Rattray NJW, Rúa-Alonso M, Schomburg L, Scott D, Shyam S, Sillanpää E, Tan MMC, Teh R, Tobin SW, Vila-Chã CJ, Vorluni L, Weber D, Welch A, Wilson D, Wilson T, Zhao T, Philippou E, Korochuk VI, Shannon OM. . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2024, 80(5), glae297.
    • Shannon OM, Townsend R, Malcomson FC, Matu J, Griffiths A, Jennings A, Ward N, Papier K, Best N, French C, Scheelbeek P, Kim C, Ochieng B, Jay F, Shepherd K, Corfe B, Fairley A, McEvoy CT, Minihane A-M, Sim YJ, Stevenson E, Gregory S. . Nutrition Bulletin 2024, 49(1), 108-119.
    • Gregory S, Griffiths A, Jennings A, Malcomson FC, Matu J, Minihane AM, Muniz-Terrera G, Ritchie CW, Parra-Soto S, Stevenson E, Townsend R, Ward NA, Shannon OM. . Nutrition & Metabolism 2024, 21, 21.
    • Houghton D, Shannon OM, Chater PI, Wilcox MD, Pearson J, Stanforth K, Jordan C, Avery L, Blain AP, Joel A, Jeffers R, Nolan R, Nelson A, Stewart CJ, Malcomson FC. . Gut Microbiome 2023, 4, e8.
    • Babateen AM, Shannon OM, O'Brien GM, Olgacer D, Koehl C, Fostier W, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 2023, 33(6), 1263-1267.
    • Gregory S, Blennow K, Ritchie CW, Shannon OM, Stevenson EJ, Muniz-Terrera G. . Neurobiology of Aging 2023, 131, 29-38.
    • Shannon OM, Ranson JM, Gregory S, Macpherson H, Milte C, Lentjes M, Mulligan A, McEvoy C, Griffiths A, Matu J, Hill TR, Adamson A, Siervo M, Minihane AM, Muniz-Tererra G, Ritchie C, Mathers JC, Lewellyn DJ, Stevenson E. . BMC Medicine 2023, 21, 81.
    • Lbban E, Ashor A, Shannon OM, Idris I, Siervo M. . Nutrition 2023, 109, 111995.
    • Griffiths A, Alhulaefi s, Hayes EJ, Matu J, Brandt K, Watson A, Siervo A, Shannon OM. . Applied Sciences 2023, 13(12), 7319.
    • Kimble R, Gouinguenet P, Ashor A, Stewart C, Deighton K, Matu J, Griffiths A, Malcomson FC, Joel A, Houghton D, Stevenson E, Minihane AE, Siervo M, Shannon OM, Mathers JC. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2023, 63(27), 8698-8719.
    • Alharbi M, Stephan BC, Shannon OM, Siervo M. . Nutrition and Metabolism 2023, 20, 45.
    • Alharbi M, Chiurazzi M, Nasti G, Muscariello E, Mastantuono T, Koechl C, Stephan BCM, Shannon OM, Colantuoni A, Siervo M. . Nutrients 2023, 15(4), 890.
    • Shannon OM, Clifford T, Seals DR, Craighead DH, Rossman MJ. . Nitric Oxide 2022, 125-126, 31-39.
    • Gregory S, Ritchie CW, Ritchie K, Shannon OM, Stevenson EJ, Muniz-Terrera G. . Frontiers in Aging 2022, 3, 1012598.
    • Gregory S, Pullen H, Ritchie CW, Shannon OM, Stevenson EJ, Muniz-Terrera G. . Experimental Gerontology 2022, 172, 112065.
    • McGrattan A, Stephan BCM, Shannon OM, Mazidi M, Gilchrist M, Smallwood M, Winyard P, McMahon N, Blekkenhorst LC, Mohan D, Bandinelli S, Robinson L, Ferrucci L, Siervo M. . International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2022, 73(4), 491-502.
    • Babateen AM, Shannon OM, O'brien GM, Okello E, Smith E, Olgacer D, Koehl C, Fostier W, Wightman E, Kennedy D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Nutrients 2022, 14(5), 1052.
    • Whyte E, Sutcliffe A, Keegan P, Clifford T, Matu J, Shannon OM, Griffiths A. . PloS One 2022, 17(9), e0274914.
    • Shannon OM, Gregory S, Siervo M. . Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care 2022, 25(6), 393-400.
    • Siervo M, Babateen A, Alharbi M, Stephan B, Shannon O. . British Journal of Nutrition 2022, 128(6), 1130-1136.
    • Shannon OM, Allen JD, Bescos R, Burke L, Clifford T, Easton C, Gonzalez JT, Jones AM, Jonvik KL, Larsen FJ, Peeling P, Piknova B, Siervo M, Vanhatalo A, McGawley K, Porcelli S. . Sports Medicine 2022, 52, 2537-2558.
    • Pereira LCR, Shannon OM, Mazidi M, Babateen AM, Ashor AW, Stephan BCM, Siervo M. . International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2021, 72(6), 805-815.
    • Siervo M, Rubele S, Shannon OM, Prado CM, Donini LM, Zamboni M, Homayounfar R, Farjam M, Faghih S, Mazidi M. . Clinical Obesity 2021, 11(4), e12459.
    • Shannon OM, Ashor AW, Scialo F, Saretzki G, MartinRuiz C, Lara J, Matu J, Griffiths A, Robinson N, Lillà L, Stevenson E, Stephan BCM, Minihane AM, Siervo M, Mathers JC. . European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2021, 75, 1176-1192.
    • Siervo M, Shannon OM, Llewellyn DJ, Stephan BCM, Fontana L. . Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2021, 176, 105-117.
    • Kandhari N, Prabhakar M, Shannon O, Fostier W, Koehl C, Rogathi J, Temu G, Stephan BCM, Gray WK, Haule I, Paddick S-M, Mmbaga BT, Walker R, Siervo M. . International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2021, 72(2), 195-207.
    • Shannon OM, Lee V, Bundy R, Gillings R, Jennings A, Stephan B, Hornberger M, Balanos GM, Paddick SM, Hanson S, Hardeman W, Holmes R, Garner N, Aldred S, Siervo M, Mathers JCM, Minihane AM. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(2), e042823.
    • Cowell OR, Mistry N, Deighton K, Matu J, Griffiths A, Minihane AM, Mathers JC, Shannon OM, Siervo M. . Journal of Hypertension 2021, 39(4), 729-739.
    • Babateen AM, Shannon OM, O'Brien GM, Okello E, Khan AA, Rubele S, Wightman E, Smith E, McMahon N, Olgacer D, Koehl C, Fostier W, Mendes I, Kennedy D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 769.
    • Babateen AM, Rubele S, Shannon O, Okello E, Smith E, McMahon N, O'Brien G, Wightman E, Kennedy D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2020, 18, 100571.
    • Stevenson EJ, Shannon OM, Minihane AM, Adamson A, Burns A, Hill T, Sniehotta F, Muniz-Terrera G, Ritchie CW. . Nutrition Bulletin 2020, 45(2), 223-229.
    • Siervo M, Shannon O, Kandhari N, Prabhakar M, Fostier W, Köchl C, Rogathi J, Temu G, Stephan BCM, Gray WK, Haule I, Paddick SM, Mmbaga BT, Walker R. . Journal of Nutrition 2020, 150(9), 2460-2468.
    • Shannon OM, Mendes I, Köchl C, Mazidi M, Ashor AW, Rubele S, Minihane AM, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . The Journal of Nutrition 2020, 150(5), 1151–1159.
    • Ashor AW, Shannon OM, Werner A-D, Scialo F, Gilliard CN, Cassel KS, Seal CJ, Zheng D, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Clinical Nutrition 2020, 39(3), 708-717.
    • Griffiths A, Deighton K, Shannon OM, Boos C, Rowe J, Matu J, King R, O'Hara JP. . Appetite 2020, 147, 104564.
    • Babateen AM, Shannon OM, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . Nitric Oxide 2019, 91, 15-22.
    • Griffiths A, Deighton K, Shannon OM, Matu J, King R, O'Hara JP. . European Journal of Applied Physiology 2019, 119, 1909–1920.
    • Andersson EP, Govus AD, Shannon OM, McGawley K. . Frontiers in Physiology 2019, 10, 295.
    • Carr A, McGawley K, Govus A, Andersson EP, Shannon OM, Mattsson S, Melin A. . International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism 2019, 29(3), 273-281.
    • Shannon O, Stephan BCM, Granic A, Lentjes M, Hayat S, Mulligan A, Brayne C, Khaw KT, Bundy R, Aldred S, Hornberger M, Paddick S-M, Muniz-Tererra G, Minihane A-M, Mathers JCM, Siervo M. . The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2019, 110(4), 938-948.
    • Shannon OM, Grisotto G, Babateen A, McGrattan A, Brandt K, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(10), e030719.
    • Clifford T, Babateen A, Shannon OM, Capper T, Ashor A, Stephan B, Robinson L, O'Hara JP, Mathers JC, Stevenson E, Siervo M. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2019, 59(15), 2400-2410.
    • Deighton K, King AJ, Matu J, Shannon OM, Whiteman O, Long A, Huby MD, Sekula M, Holliday A. . British Journal of Nutrition 2019, 121(8), 945-954.
    • Shannon OM, Babateen A, Grisotto G, Mathers JC, Siervo M. . The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018, 108(6), 1352-1353.
    • Govus AD, Andersson EP, Shannon OM, Provis H, Karlsson M, McGawley K. . European Journal of Sport Science 2018, 18(10), 1299-1308.
    • Nybäck L, Glannerud C, Larsson G, Weitzberg E, Shannon OM, McGawley K. . Nitric Oxide 2017, 70, 1-8.
    • Shannon OM, Duckworth L, Barlow MJ, Deighton K, Matu J, Williams EL, Woods D, Xie L, Stephan BCM, Siervo M, O'Hara JP. . Frontiers in Physiology 2017, 8, 401.
    • Lowings S, Shannon OM, Deighton K, Matu J, Barlow MJ. . International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism 2017, 27(4), 377-384.
    • Shannon OM, Barlow MJ, Duckworth L, Williams E, Wort G, Woods D, Siervo M, O'Hara JP. . European Journal of Applied Physiology 2017, 117(4), 775-785.
    • Matu J, Deighton K, Ispoglou T, Shannon OM, Duckworth L. . Physiology & Behaviour 2017, 179, 353-360.
    • Shannon OM, McGawley K, Nyback L, Duckworth L, Barlow MJ, Woods D, Siervo M, O'Hara JP. . Sports Medicine 2017, 47(11), 2155-2169.
    • Shannon OM, Barlow MJ, Duckworth L, Woods D, Barker T, Grindrod A, Griffiths A, OHara JP. . International Journal of Sports Medicine 2016, 37(10), 825-830.
    • Shannon OM, Duckworth L, Barlow MJ, Woods D, Lara J, Siervo M, O'Hara JP. . Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry 2016, 59, 63-70.
    • McGawley K, Shannon O, Betts J. . Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism 2012, 37(4), 664-671.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Siervo M, Scialo F, Shannon OM, Stephan BCM, Ashor AW. . In: The Nutrition Society Irish Section Meeting. 2018, Queen's University, Belfast: Cambridge University Press.

  • Letter

    • Shannon OM, Stephan BCM, Minihane A-M, Mathers JCM, Siervo M. . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2018, 73(7), 902-904.

  • Reviews

    • Shannon OM, Mathers JC, Stevenson E, Siervo M. . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2026, 85(2), 221-231.
    • Matu J, Griffiths A, Shannon OM, Jones A, Day R, Radley D, Feeley A, Mabbs L, Blackshaw J, Sattar N, Ells L. . Obesity Reviews 2024, 25(10), e13803.
    • Griffiths A, Matu J, Tang EYH, Gregory S, Anderson E, Fairley A, Townsend R, Stevenson E, Stephan BCM, Siervo M, Shannon OM. . Nutrition and Metabolism 2024, 21, 105.
    • Alhulaefi SS, Watson AW, Ramsay SE, Jakubovics NS, Matu J, Griffiths A, Kimble R, Siervo M, Brandt K, Shannon OM. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2024, 65(14), 2813-2828.
    • Griffiths A, Shannon OM, Brown T, Davison M, Swann C, Jones A, Ells L, Matu J. . Obesity Reviews 2024, 25(3), e13668.
    • Griffiths A, Matu J, Whyte E, Akin-Nibosun P, Clifford T, Stevenson E, Shannon OM. . British Journal of Nutrition 2022, 128(7), 1285-1298.
    • Shannon OM, Easton C, Shepherd AI, Siervo M, Bailey SJ, Clifford T. . BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2021, 13(1), 65.
    • Nolan R, Shannon OM, Robinson N, Joel A, Houghton D, Malcomson FC. . Nutrients 2020, 12(5), 1398.
    • Johnson KO, Shannon OM, Matu J, Holliday A, Ispoglou T, Deighton K. . Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2020, 32, 1233-1244.
    • Griffiths A, Shannon OM, Matu J, King R, Deighton K, O'Hara JP. . Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2019, 16(1), 10.