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Email: anna.vogiatzoglou@stmarys.ac.uk
Biography
Anna is Senior Lecturer in Nutrition & Chronic Disease Management and Course Lead for the MSc Human Nutrition.
Anna is a nutritionist and Registered Dietitian with the HCPC and Hellenic Dietetic Association with clinical, teaching and research experience in the healthcare sector and academia. She holds a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from Harokopio University Athens, Greece and a MSc MedSci in Human Nutrition with specialisation in clinical nutrition from the University of Glasgow, UK.
Anna has undertaken her DPhil in Physiology at the University of Oxford, UK investigating the role of vitamin B12 in brain function and dementia as part of the Hordaland Homocysteine study in Norway and the Oxford Project To Investigate Memory & Ageing (OPTIMA). After completing her DPhil, Anna joined the University of Reading as a post-doctoral research associate, and was responsible for the development of a flavonoid database for the assessment of flavonoid intake in Europe as part of the FLAVIOLA project (European research project, funded under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission and carried out by a consortium of eight national partners).
She is an experienced lecturer with a strong academic background, having taught across four disciplines—Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, and Chronic Disease Management—at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in several higher education institutions, including St Mary’s University, Coventry University, University College Birmingham, and the University of Reading.
In 2015 she was appointed as a Lecturer in Nutrition at University College Birmingham and in 2018 she joined Coventry University as a Lecturer in Nutrition and later became Lecturer in Dietetics in 2021. In 2023 she joined St Mary’s University as a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Chronic Disease Management.
Her main teaching interests focus on research methodologies, weight management, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, public health nutrition and sustainable diets.
Research
Research profile
Anna’s research explores the role of nutrition, particularly micronutrients, in supporting human health, with a focus on cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research at both national and international conferences.
Articles
Ottaviani, J. I., Fong, R., Kimball, J., Ensunsa, J. L., Gray, N., Vogiatzoglou, A., Britten, A., Lucarelli, D., Luben, R., Grace, P. B., Mawson, D. H., Tym, A., Wierzbicki, A., Smith, A. D., Wareham, N. J., Forouhi, N. G., Khaw, K. T., Schroeter, H., & Kuhnle, G. G. C. (2019). Evaluation of (-)-epicatechin metabolites as recovery biomarker of dietary flavan-3-ol intake. Scientific reports, 9(1), 13108. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49702-z
Vogiatzoglou, A., Mulligan, A. A., Lentjes, M. A., Luben, R. N., Spencer, J. P., Schroeter, H., Khaw, K. T., & Kuhnle, G. G. (2015). Flavonoid intake in European adults (18 to 64 years). PloS one, 10(5), e0128132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128132
Vogiatzoglou, A., Mulligan, A. A., Bhaniani, A., Lentjes, M. A. H., McTaggart, A., Luben, R. N., Heiss, C., Kelm, M., Merx, M. W., Spencer, J. P. E., Schroeter, H., Khaw, K. T., & Kuhnle, G. G. C. (2015). Associations between flavan-3-ol intake and CVD risk in the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk). Free radical biology & medicine, 84, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.03.005
Vogiatzoglou, A., Heuer, T., Mulligan, A. A., Lentjes, M. A., Luben, R. N., & Kuhnle, G. G. (2014). Estimated dietary intakes and sources of flavanols in the German population (German National Nutrition Survey II). European journal of nutrition, 53(2), 635–643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-013-0572-0
Vogiatzoglou, A., Mulligan, A. A., Luben, R. N., Lentjes, M. A., Heiss, C., Kelm, M., Merx, M. W., Spencer, J. P., Schroeter, H., & Kuhnle, G. G. (2014). Assessment of the dietary intake of total flavan-3-ols, monomeric flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and theaflavins in the European Union. The British journal of nutrition, 111(8), 1463–1473. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114513003930
Vogiatzoglou, A., Smith, A. D., Nurk, E., Drevon, C. A., Ueland, P. M., Vollset, S. E., Nygaard, H. A., Engedal, K., Tell, G. S., & Refsum, H. (2013). Cognitive function in an elderly population: interaction between vitamin B12 status, depression, and apolipoprotein E ε4: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study. Psychosomatic medicine, 75(1), 20–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182761b6c
Kuhnle, G. G., Ward, H. A., Vogiatzoglou, A., Luben, R. N., Mulligan, A., Wareham, N. J., Forouhi, N. G., & Khaw, K. T. (2011). Association between dietary phyto-oestrogens and bone density in men and postmenopausal women. The British journal of nutrition, 106(7), 1063–1069. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511001309
Vogiatzoglou, A., Oulhaj, A., Smith, A. D., Nurk, E., Drevon, C. A., Ueland, P. M., Vollset, S. E., Tell, G. S., & Refsum, H. (2009). Determinants of plasma methylmalonic acid in a large population: implications for assessment of vitamin B12 status. Clinical chemistry, 55(12), 2198–2206. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2009.128678
Vogiatzoglou, A., Smith, A. D., Nurk, E., Berstad, P., Drevon, C. A., Ueland, P. M., Vollset, S. E., Tell, G. S., & Refsum, H. (2009). Dietary sources of vitamin B-12 and their association with plasma vitamin B-12 concentrations in the general population: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 89(4), 1078–1087. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.26598
Vogiatzoglou, A., Refsum, H., Johnston, C., Smith, S. M., Bradley, K. M., de Jager, C., Budge, M. M., & Smith, A. D. (2008). Vitamin B12 status and rate of brain volume loss in community-dwelling elderly. Neurology, 71(11), 826–832. https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000325581.26991.f2