Paul Trayhurn

Biography

Degrees: BSc (Reading), DPhil, DSc (Oxon). Paul Trayhurn formally joined the University as Dean of Research Strategy (part-time) in August 2011, having been associated with the Clore Laboratory as an Honorary Professor since 2009. His previous appointments include: NATO European Research Fellowship in Strasbourg, France; Scientific/Senior Staff, MRC Dunn Nutrition Laboratory, Cambridge; Professor and Heritage Scholar in Nutrition & Metabolism, University of Alberta, Canada; Head of the Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen (Honorary Professor, University of Aberdeen); Professor of Nutritional Biology, University of Oslo, Norway. He was appointed to the Chair of Nutritional Biology at the University of Liverpool in 2001 and was Director of the Obesity Biology Unit; he is now an Emeritus Professor at Liverpool and an Honorary Professor in the University of Sydney Medical School.

Research Interest

Energy balance and obesity – thermogenesis Adipose tissue biology, particularly: (i) adipose tissue as a secretory and endocrine organ, (ii) role of hypoxia in modulating adipose tissue function, (iii) adipose tissue both as a vitamin D target and storage site