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Biography
I graduated with honours from the BSc Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Guadalajara, Mexico in 2009. I worked for 3 years (2011-2014) for a Mexican company specialised in kidney disease in the innovation, research and development department working on randomised controlled clinical trials related with the effect of synbiotics on gastrointestinal symptoms, nutritional status, inflammation and kidney function in persons with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis, as well as in persons receiving haemodialysis. I graduated with distinction from the MRes Dietetics, University of Nottingham in 2015. I finished my PhD in the Centre for Kidney Research and Innovation, University of Nottingham in 2019. Currently, I am a research fellow (level 4) working in the Centre for Kidney Research and Innovation, Academic Unit for Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham.
Expertise Summary
Associations of skin autofluorescence, a marker of tissue advanced glycation end-product accumulation, in persons receiving dialysis.
Pre-, pro- and synbiotics in persons with chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease on haemodialysis.
Research Summary
Associations of skin autofluorescence, a marker of tissue advanced glycation end-product accumulation, in persons receiving dialysis.
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Recent Publications
STEWART, J., STEWART, P., WALKER, T., VIRAMONTES-HÖRNER, D., LUCAS, B., WHITE, K., TAAL, M.W., SELBY, N.M. and MORRIS, M., 2021. Iterative Run-to-Run Learning Model to Derive Continuous Brachial Pressure Estimates from Arterial and Venous Lines During Dialysis Treatment. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 65, 102346 STEWART, J., STEWART, P., WALKER, T., VIRAMONTES-HÖRNER, D., LUCAS, B., WHITE, K., MUGGLETON, A., MORRIS, M., SELBY, N.M. and TAAL, M.W., 2021. A Feasibility Study of Non-invasive Continuous Estimation of Brachial Pressure Derived from Arterial and Venous Lines During Dialysis IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 9, 1-9 VIRAMONTES HÖRNER D, WILLINGHAM FC, SELBY NM and TAAL MW, 2020. Impact of Dietetic Intervention on Skin Autofluorescence and Nutritional Status in Persons Receiving Dialysis: A Proof of Principle Study. Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation. (In Press.)
Current Research
- Associations of skin autofluorescence, a marker of tissue advanced glycation end-product accumulation, in persons receiving dialysis.
- iTrend (Intelligent Technologies for Renal Dialysis) project.
Past Research
Effect of synbiotics on gastrointestinal symptoms, nutritional status, inflammation and kidney function in persons with chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease on haemodialysis.
Future Research
- Nutritional interventions to decrease skin autofluorescence, a marker of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress, in persons receiving dialysis and kidney transplant recipients.
- Impact of pre-, pro- and synbiotics on nutritional status, markers of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress, and clinical/patient-centred outcomes in non-dialysed chronic kidney disease and dialysis populations.
- Nutritional and exercise interventions to prevent and/or treat malnutrition/protein-energy wasting in dialysis populations.