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Dr. amir Shafat

Amir Shafat, PhD

Physiology

The quadrangle room 211

School of Medicine

National University of Ireland, Galway

Tel. +353 (0)91 494218

Fax. +353 (0)91 494544

amir.shafatnuigalway.ie

email: amir.shafatnuigalway.ie

Career history

2011 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Physiology, NUI

Galway, Ireland

2002 - 2011: Lecturer, Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Univesity of Limerick, Ireland

2000 - 2002: Post-doctoral fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1994 - 1998: Research assistant, Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK

Research interests

Gastrointestinal transit
Our research is focused on the control of gut function. We routinely measure gastric emptying rates in healthy volunteers and patients. We use state-of-the-art stable isotope techniques to identify the causes of obesity and diabetes...

Funding

IRCSET

BioMedicalResearch

Higher Education Authority

Recent publications

Markey, O., C.M. McClean, , P. Medlow, G.W. Davison, T.R. Trinick, E. Duly & A. Shafat (2011) Effect of cinnamon on gastric emptying, arterial stiffness, postprandial lipemia, glycemia, and appetite responses to high-fat breakfast. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 10:78.

McClean, C. M., M. Clegg, A. Shafat, M. H. Murphy, T. Trinick, E. Duly, J. McLaughlin, M. Fogarty and G. W. Davison (2011). "The impact of acute moderate intensity exercise on arterial regional stiffness, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant status in healthy males." Res Sports Med 19(1): 1-13.

Clegg, M. and A. Shafat (2010). "Procedures in the 13C octanoic acid breath test for measurement of gastric emptying: Analysis using Bland-Altman methods." Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 45(7-8): 852-861.

Clegg, M. and A. Shafat (2010). "Gastric emptying and orocaecal transit time of meals containing lactulose or inulin in men." Br J Nutr: 1-6.

Clegg, M. and A. Shafat (2010). "Energy and macronutrient composition of breakfast affect gastric emptying of lunch and subsequent food intake, satiety and satiation." Appetite 54(3): 517-523.

Clegg, M. E., P. McKenna, C. McClean, G. W. Davison, T. Trinick, E. Duly and A. Shafat (2010). "Gastrointestinal transit, post-prandial lipaemia and satiety following 3 days high-fat diet in men." Eur J Clin Nutr 65(2): 240-246.

Department of Physiology
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: 353 91 492761
Fax: 353 91 750544
This page was last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012