Zinc y salud en humanos; Metabolismo de minerales traza;

Profesora en cursos de postgrado, "Ciencias de la Nutrición y el Ejercicio" y "Ciencias de la Alimentación y Nutrición".

Profesora de Grado de Investigación en la Escuela de Deporte y Bienestar,

Directora de numerosos MSc y programas de doctorado (PhD).

Funciones de asesoría nacional / internacional / afiliación:

2015-present: Steering Committee member for the International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG). Supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
2015-present: Advisor to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
2013-present: Chair of Zinc-Net, COST Action, European Commission.
2011-present: Member Expert Zinc Panel for BOND (Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development). Funded by NIH/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
2011-present: Steering committee member of Zn-UK group
2012-Present: International Affairs Committee member, Nutrition Society

Conferencias impartidas (desde 2010):

2016: Hidden Hunger: The global impact of zinc deficiency and why we need to find a sustainable solution. COST Action, Zinc-Net conference on supplementation, fortification and the gut microbiome. Sofia, Bulgaria. March 2016
2015: Addressing the challenges ofmaternal and infant malnutrition inNW Pakistan: the role of researchersand non-governmental organisations. Keynote lecture at Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Conference, Cumbria, UK.
2014: Zinc-Net: the Network for the Biology of Zinc: International Society for Zinc in Biology, Asilomar, California USA
2014: Overview of micronutrient status biomarkers: Micronutrient Forum meeting. Addis Abbab, Ethiopia
2014: Review from the Zinc Expert Panel: Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development, Washington DC
2014: Biomarkers for Zinc, where are we up to? Zinc-Net scientific kick-off meeting. Budapest, Bulgaria.
2013: Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis and in Evidence Based Medicine. Khyber Medical University (Skype lecture).
2012: Zinc deficiency impairs cognitive function. What is the evidence so far? Rowett Research Institute.
2012: The impact of micronutrient deficiency on cognitive function. What is the evidence so far? Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
2012: Influence of plant composition on zinc bioavailability. COST Action, Zurich.

Publicaciones últimos 5 años:

Monique Lhussier, Fiona Dykes, Sonia Ali Bagash, Mukhtiar Zaman, Nicola Lowe. Implementation and evaluation of a health promotion initiative in north Pakistan: a realist framework. Health Promotion International. 2011; 27(4) 454-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dar067

Nicola Lowe, QudsiaBano, Sonia Ali Bangash, Basma Ellahi and Mukhtiar Zaman. Dietary calcium intake, vitamin D status and bone health in post-menopausal women in Rural Pakistan. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2011; 29(5) 465-470 (IF 1.109)

Fiona Dykes, Monique Lhussier, Sonia Bangash, Mukhtiar Zaman, Nicola Lowe. Exploring and optimising maternal and infant nutrition in North West Pakistan. Midwifery September 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2011.09.013,

Victoria Hall Moran, Anna-Louise Skinner, Marisol Warthon Medina, Sujata Patel, Fiona Dykes,Olga W. Souverein, Carla Dullemeijer, Nicola M. Lowe. The relationship between zinc intake and serum/plasma zinc concentration in pregnant and lactating women: A systematic review with dose–response meta-analyses (2012). Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 26 74– 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.04.003

Victoria Hall Moran , Anna-louise Skinner, MarisonWathon Medina, Fiona Dykes, Sujata Patel, Olga Souverein, Carla Dullemeijer, Carmen Pérez-rodrigo, Nicola Lowe. The relationship between zinc intake and serum/plasma zinc concentration in children: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis (2012). Nutrients4; 841-858 2012. doi:10.3390/nu4080841

Nicola Lowe, Marisol Medina, Anna-Louise Stammers, Sujata Patel, Olga Souverein, Carla Dullemeijer, Lluis Serra-Majem, Mariela Nissensohn, and Victoria Moran. The relationship between zinc intake and serum/plasma zinc concentration in adults. A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis by the EURRECA Network (2012). British Journal of Nutrition, 108, 1962–1971. doi:10.1017/S0007114512004382

Nicola Lowe, Fiona Dykes, Anna Skinner, Sujata Patel, Marisol Warthon-Medina, TamásDecsi, KatalinFekete, Olga Souverein, Carla Dullemeijer, Adrienne Cavelaars, Lluís Serra-Majem, Mariela Nissensohn, Silvia Bel, Luis Moreno, Maria Hermoso, ChristianneVollhardt, Christiana Berti, Irene Cetin, Mirjana Gurinovic, RomanaNovakovic, Linda Harvey, Rachel Collings & Victoria Hall-Moran. EURRECA—Estimating Zinc Requirements for DerivingDietary Reference Values (2013).Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 53: 1110-1123, DOI:10.1080/10408398.2012.742863

Nissensohn M, Sánchez Villegas A, Fuentes Lugo D, Henríquez Sánchez P, Doreste Alonso J, Lowe NL, Hall Moran V, Skinner AL, Warthon Medina M, Serra-Majem L. Effect of zinc intake on serum/plasma zinc status in infants: A meta-analysis (2013). Maternal and Child Nutrition9: 285–298 DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12045

Silvia Bel-Serrat, Anna-Louise Stammers, Marisol Warthon-Medina, Victoria Hall Moran, Iris Iglesia-Altaba, Maria Hermoso, Luis A. Moreno, Nicola M. Lowe. Factors that affect zinc bioavailability and losses in adults and elderly people: a review and meta-analysis by the EURRECA network(2013).Nutrition Reviews72(5):334–352. doi:10.1111/nure.12105

Nissensohn M., Sánchez-Villegas A., Fuentes Lugo D., Henríquez Sánchez P.,Doreste Alonso J., Skinner A. L., Warthon Medina M., Lowe N.M., Hall Moran V., and Serra-Majem L. Effect of Zinc Intake on Mental and Motor Development in Infants: A Meta-Analysis (2013). International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research83(4):203-215.

A-L Stammers, N M Lowe, M Warthon Medina, S Patel, F Dykes, C Pérez-Rodrigo, L Serra-Majem, M Nissensohn and V Hall Moran. The relationship between zinc intake and growth in children aged 1-8 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014). European Journal of Clinical Nutrition69(2):147-53. doi:10.1038/ejcn.2014.204

Nissensohn M, Sánchez-Villegas A, Fuentes Lugo D, Henríquez Sánchez P, Doreste Alonso J, Peña Quintana L, Ruano C, Lowe NL, Hall Moran V, Skinner AL, Warthon-Medina M, Serra-Majem L. Effect of zinc intake on growth in infants: A meta-analysis (accepted 2014). Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition56:350–363 (2016)DOI:10.1080/10408398.2013.802661

M Warthon-Medina, V H Moran, A-L Stammers, S Dillon, P Qualter, M Nissensohn, L Serra-Majem and N M Lowe. Zinc intake, status and indices of cognitive function in adults and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2015)European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 69, 649–661; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2015.60

Marisol Warthon-Medina, Pamela Qualter, Nelly Zavaleta, Stephanie Dillon , Fabiola Lazarte, Nicola M. Lowe. The long term impact of micronutrient supplementation during infancy on cognition and executive function performance in pre-school children (2015). Nutrients 7(8), 6606-6627; doi:10.3390/nu7085302

Nicola Lowe, Elizabeth Westaway, Akhtar Munir, Saba Tahir, Fiona Dykes , Monique Lhussier, Mick McKeown, Michael Zimmerman, Maria Andersson, Sara Stinca and Mukhtiar Zaman. Increasing Awareness and Use of Iodised Salt in a Marginalised Community Setting in North-West Pakistan (2015). Nutrients 7(11), 9672-9682; doi:10.3390/nu7115490.

King JC, Brown KH, Gibson RS, Krebs NF, Lowe NM, Siekmann JH, Raiten DJ. Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND)-Zinc Review (2016). Journal of Nutrition146: 4, 858S-885S

Gibson, RS, King JC, Lowe, NM. A Review of Dietary Zinc Recommendations. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2016, 1-18; DOI: 10.1177/0379572116652252

Monique Lhussier, Nicola Lowe, Elizabeth Westaway, Fiona Dykes, Mick McKeown, Akhtar Munir, Saba Tahir, Mukhtiar Zaman. Understanding communication pathways to foster community engagement for health improvement in North West Pakistan BMC Public Health 2016, 16:591- 601; DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3222-7

Lowe, NM. Assessing Zinc status in humans. CurrOpinClinNutrMetab Care. Accepted June 2016