麻豆传媒

I am a member of the Population Health Sciences Institute and work across the Public Health and Health Inequalities and Nutrition Exercise and Metabolism themes. I am also part of the Healthier Lives NUCoRE.

Qualifications:

Diploma in Nursing Studies (Children's Nursing), Queen's University, Belfast

BSc (Hons) Health Studies (Bioscience), Queen's University, Belfast

Diploma in Tropical Nursing, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London

MSc Public Health Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London

PhD, 麻豆传媒, 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne 

Professional Membership: 

Nursing and Midwifery Council: Registered Children's Nurse (part 15)

Fellow of the Higher Education Authority

I am a member of the Population Health Sciences Institute and work across the Public Health and Health Inequalities and Nutrition Exercise and Metabolism themes. I am also part of the Healthier Lives NUCoRE. 

My research interest focuses on improving children and young people's diets through both policy and interventions in the school environment.  I work on several research projects that are currently or previously funded through the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard - Health of the Public 2024, NIHR, and MRC. My research enables me to actively engage with a wide range of external stakeholders and organisations.

I currently supervise two PhD students and regularly supervise BSc and MSc dissertations. I contribute to the teaching on the BSc (Hons) Food and Human Nutrition and MSc Public Health programmes and am module lead for the NUT 3002 Nutrition Dissertation module.

• Articles

  • Pallan M, Murphy M, Morrison B, Sitch A, Adamson A, Bartington S, Dobell A, Duff R, Frew E, Griffin T, Hurley K, Lancashire E, McLeman L, Passmore S, Pokhilenko I, Rowland M, Ravaghi V, Spence S, Adab P. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2024, 21, 123.
  • Schliemann D, Spence S, O'Kane N, Chiang CC, Olgacher D, McKinley MC, Woodside JV. . BMJ Open 2024, 14(3), e081400.
  • Spence S, McSweeney L, Woodside JV, Schliemann D. . BMC Public Health 2024, 24, 719.
  • Bryant M, Burton W, O'Kane N, Woodside JV, Ahern S, Garnett P, Spence S, Sharif A, Rutter H, Baker T, Evans CEL. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2023, 20, 29.
  • O'Malley C, Lake A, Moore H, Gray N, Bradford C, Petrokofsky C, Papadaki A, Spence S, Lloyd S, Chang M, Townshend T. . Perspectives in Public Health 2023, 143(6), 313-323.
  • Spence S, Matthews JNS, McSweeney L, Adamson AJ, Bradley Jennifer. . Nutrients 2022, 14(13), 2626.
  • McIntyre RL, Adamson AJ, Nelson M, Woodside J, Beattie S, Spence S. . Nutrition Bulletin 2022, 47(2), 230-245.
  • Richardson S, McSweeney L, Spence S. . Nutrients 2022, 14, 1566.
  • Woodside J, Adamson A, Spence S, Baker T, McKinley MC. . Public Health Nutrition 2021, 24(8), 2313-2317.
  • Spence S, Matthews JNS, McSweeney L, Rowland MK, Orango P, Adamson AJ. . Public Health Nutrition 2021, 24(10), 3167-3175.
  • Bradley J, Rowland M, Matthews J, Adamson AJ, Spence S. . BMC Nutrition 2021, 7(10).
  • Murphy M, Pallan M, Lancashire E, Duff R, Adamson AJ, Bartington S, Frew E, Griffin T, Hurley KL, Parry J, Passmore S, Ravaghi V, Sitch AJ, Spence S, Rowland MK, Wheeldon S, Adab P. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(10), e042931.
  • McSweeney L, Bradley J, Adamson AJ, Spence S. . Nutrients 2019, 11(11), 2746.
  • McSweeney L, Spence S, Anderson J, Wrieden W, Haighton C. . PLOS ONE 2018, 13(11), E0205416.
  • Spence S, White M, Adamson AJ, Matthews JNS. . BMJ Open 2015, 5, e006457.
  • Spence S, Delve J, Stamp E, Matthews JNS, White M, Adamson AJ. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(11), e112648.
  • Spence S, Matthews JNS, White M, Adamson AJ. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014, 11, 128.
  • Spence S, Delve J, Stamp E, Matthews JNS, White M, Adamson AJ. . PLoS One 2013, 8(10), e78298.
  • Adamson A, Spence S, Reed L, Conway R, Palmer A, Stewart E, McBratney J, Carter L, Beattie S, Nelson M. . Public Health Nutrition 2013, 16(6), 968-981.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • McSweeney L, Bradley J, Adamson A, Spence S. . In: 6th UK Congress on Obesity 2019. 2019, Leeds: Association for the Study of Obesity.
  • Spence S, Matthews JNS, McSweeney L, Rowland M, Orango P, Adamson AJ. . In: Public Health Science. 2019, London: The Lancet Publishing Group.
  • McSweeney L, Spence S, Anderson J, Wrieden W, Haighton C. . In: 5th UK Congress on Obesity 2018. 2018, 麻豆传媒: Nature Publishing Group.
  • Spence S, Matthews JNS, White M, Adamson AJ. . In: Public Health Science: a national conference dedicated to new research in public health. 2013, London, UK: The Lancet Publishing Group.
  • Spence S, Shen J, Delve J, White M, Vale L, Adamson AJ. . In: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2012, London: BMJ Group.

• Review

  • Woodside JV, O'Kane N, Pallan M, Evans CEL, Defeyter G, Brownlee I, Murphy M, Parnham JC, Lalli GS, Bryant M, McKinley MC, Gallagher AM, Schliemann D, McConnell C, Olgacher D, Spence S. . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2024, 84(3), 204-215.