Graeme O'connor PhD, RD, MBDA

Dr Graeme O’Connor completed his BSc (Hons) in Physiology before commencing a postgraduate degree in Dietetics, graduating in 2002. He went on to specialise in Paediatric Dietetics and joined Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in 2008, specialising in eating disorders and Intensive Care. In 2010, he started a PhD at the Institute of Child Health, investigating energy intake and the refeeding syndrome – the results of this study changed national and European guidelines.

Dr O’Connor’s Post-Doctoral research includes monitoring gut inflammation in infants with cardiac defects and intestinal microbiomes and short-chain fatty acids in intensive care. Dr O’Connor also holds an honorary position at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, in the department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Dr Graeme O’Connor, Ph.D. RD MBDA is now a Clinical Academic in Paediatric Dietetics and Research Lead for Dietetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital.