Year 4, 2012-13
Module leaders:
Professor Julian Walters
Professor Salim Khakoo
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Monday 8 October - Friday 9 November 2012

Module 1: Gene environmental interactions: metabolic, genetic and nutritional disorders of gut and liver
- Timetable [Word]

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Mon 8 Oct Review of nutrition in health and disease - Professor Julian Walters
Haemochromatosis - Professor Mark Thursz
Reading: Hepcidin in human iron disorders: Therapeutic implications

Review article: the iron overload syndromes [pdf]
Tues 9 Oct Basics of coeliac disease - Professor Julian Walters
Genetics of coeliac disease - Professor Julian Walters
Colorectal cancer genetics - Professor Huw Thomas
Thurs 11 Oct Alcoholic liver disease and gene-environmental interactions - Dr Shahid Khan
Fri 12 Oct Critical appraisal - Dr Geoff Smith
The genetic basis of gallstone disease - Dr Abigail Zabron
Metabolism of xenobiotics [pdf] - Professor Alan Boobis
Science ethics - Professor Andrew George
Mon 15 Oct Gene-environment interactions in IBD - Dr Matthew Shale
Intestinal absorption: normal and abnormal - Professor Julian Walters
Tues 16 Oct Sugar malabsorption and IBS - Professor Julian Walters
Coeliac: a personal experience - Professor Julian Walters
Thurs 18 Oct Principles of nutrition support - Dr James Le Couteur
Nutritional assessment - Dr James Le Couteur
Mon 22 Oct Genetics of NAFLD/NASH - Dr Nowlan Selvapatt
GI endocrine responses to feeding - Dr Alexander Miras
Thurs 25 Oct Effects of the gastrointestinal microbiota on metabolism - Dr Lucy Hicks
Fri 26 Oct Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary manifestations of cystic fibrosis - Dr David Westaby
Mon 29 Oct Nutrition in ageing [pdf] - Dr Mary Hickson
Drugs that can affect appetite or food intake [pdf] - Dr Mary Hickson
Factors that may affect food intake [pdf] - Dr Mary Hickson
Poor dentition [pdf] - Dr Mary Hickson
The clinical significance of gastrointestinal changes with aging - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, Issue: Volume 11(5), September 2008, p651–660
Ageing and the gut - AL D’Souza - Postgrad Med J
Drug-nutrient interactions - American Family Physician, Nov 1991, vol 44, No.5, 1651-1658
Calcium, vitamin D and osteoporosis - Professor Julian Walters
Tues 30 Oct Genetics of obesity - Dr Andrew Walley
Fetal programming - Dr Anne Dornhorst
Diet in pregnancy and lactation - Caroline King
Thurs 1 Nov

Genetics of chronic pancreatitis - Dr Panagiotis Vlavianos
Genetics of pancreatic cancer - Dr Lakshmana Ayaru
MRI background physics [pdf] - Dr Donald McRobbie
Mon 5 Nov Diet and the metabolic syndrome - Dr Anne Dornhorst
Tues 6 Nov Short bowel syndrome [pdf] - Dr Simon Gabe
Parenteral nutrition [pdf] - Dr Simon Gabe
Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease - Dr David Bernardo Ordiz
Translational aspects of GI physiology - Dr Naila Arebi

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