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Dr Luisa Wakeling

Senior Lecturer

  • Address: School of Dental Sciences
    缅北禁地
    Framlington Place
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH
Background

Key roles:

Director of Partnerships & Place, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Deputy Director of Examination and Assessment (preclinical), School of Dental Sciences

Co-lead University Fitness to Practise

 

Qualifications:

Senior Fellowship, Advance HE

National teaching award by completion of CASAP

BBSRC funded Ph.D. in Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences. Supervisor: Professor Dianne Ford. Title of thesis: Genetic influences on inter-individual variation in soyabean isoflavone absorption and metabolism.

BSc Hons Pharmacology, 缅北禁地


Awards:

Haleon Dentistry in Society Scholarship School of Dental Sciences, ADEE Budapest (2026)

TEPARG Best Talk award Adopting a flexible approach to professional anatomy spotter exams during COVID Barcelona (2024)

Vice Chancellors Education Excellence Award (2019)

Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (2016)


Google scholar:  


I am also a 缅北禁地 upon Tyne Hospitals Appointed Governor and Trustee for 缅北禁地 Foodbank.

Research

Research interests:

My bioscience research interest is in the effect of nutrition on epigenetics (modifications to the genome such as DNA methylation through nutrient sensing Sirtuins utilising a variety of models) and ultimately the effect this has in healthy ageing and lifespan.


Engagement in research interests: I am working to improve access to dental care and through co-development with 缅北禁地 Foodbank on integrating healthcare services, delivery of a mobile dentistry and research to evaluate barriers to accessing care and costs of delivering care in this way.


Education research interests:

Ageing and dementia education and involving older people in the design, development and delivery of an innovative module on ageing for undergraduates.

Context Café: educational intervention design of a course integration session to engage Dental Surgery undergraduates with the basic sciences. 

Caries Cafe: adaptation of the World Cafe method to co-construct, integrate and consolidate Caries teaching.

Opportunity for professional learning through student representation: 缅北禁地’s Academic Representation System enables its students to feedback on and enhance their learning experience. The Professional Learning through Representation programme has been co-developed with students and NUSU to provide students with an opportunity to build on their Academic Representation experience and develop related professional skills.

Service learning: development of dental students' learning experience of delivering oral health education across the region and preventative screening at a local foodbank and other community hubs. Working with the NHS MELISSA bus team and community organisations to help shape our students educational experience while delivering dental care to those most in need.




Teaching

Stage 1 and 2 Dental Surgery BDS programme, School of Dental Sciences: 

Cell Biology course lead (Stage 1) and Blood theme-lead for Dental Physiology. I also teach across Cell Physiology (Stage 1), Metabolism and Homeostasis (Stage 1), Microbiology for Dentists (Stage 2) and Nutrition and Diet (Stage 2).

Caries Café (Stage 3): Development and delivery of an integration method for caries that is taught across the entire BDS programme.


Student supervision:

Supervision and training in research of undergraduate, MSci, MRes and PhD students

Supervision and training in research of JobsOC student internships


Vice Chancellors Education Excellence Award (2019)

Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (2016)

Publications

  • Articles

    • Wakeling L, England L, Freeman Z, Rogers H, Taylor G. Caries Café: A Method for Consolidating and Co-Constructing Knowledge of Caries. 2026.
    • Wahono NA, Wakeling LA, Dirks W, Banks DA, Shepherd TJ, Ford D, Valentine RA. . Frontiers in Oral Health 2023, 4, 1119086.
    • Tullo E, Wakeling L, Pearse R, Kheng Khoo T, Teodorczuk A. . BMJ Open 2023, 13(11), e077028.
    • Wakeling L, Blaylock P, Harper M, Trevor M, Murphy H, Barton J, Bateman H. . British Dental Journal 2022, 232, 867-873.
    • Forster F, Tullo E, Wakeling l, Gilroy R. . Journal of Aging Studies 2021, 56, 100906.
    • Wahono NA, Ford D, Wakeling LA, Valentine RA. . Metallomics 2019, 11(3), 613-620.
    • Valentine RA, Wakeling LA, Ferrie LJ, Schartner A, Guilding C, Peterson J. . ARELCS 2019, 16(2), 1-29.
    • Tullo ES, Wakeling LA, Elliott A. . Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 2019, 17(3), 327-339.
    • Aziz SA, Wakeling LA, Miwa S, Alberdi G, Hesketh JE, Ford D. . Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2017, 61(2), 1600574.
    • Simcock NK, Wakeling LA, Ford D, Wright GA. . PLOS One 2017, 12(4), e0175158.
    • Hardyman J, Tyson J, Jackson K, Aldridge C, Cockell S, Wakeling L, Valentine RA, Ford D. . Metallomics 2016, 8(3), 337-343.
    • Tullo E, Greaves L, Wakeling L. . Educational Gerontology 2016, 42(10), 698-705.
    • Wakeling LA, Ions LJ, Escolme SM, Cockell SJ, Su T, Dey M, Hampton EV, Jenkins G, Wainwright LJ, McKay JA, Ford D. . Human Genomics 2015, 9, 14.
    • Paoli PP, Wakeling LA, Wright GA, Ford D. . AGE 2014, 36, 1239-1247.
    • Ions LJ, Wakeling LA, Bosomworth HJ, Hardyman JEJ, Escolme SM, Swan DC, Valentine RA, Mathers JC, Ford D. . Age 2013, 35(5), 1835-1849.
    • Wakeling LA, Ford D. . Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 2012, 56(12), 1794-1802.
    • Wakeling LA, Ions LJ, Ford D. . Age 2009, 31(4), 327-341.
    • Ions L, Wakeling L, Ford D. . Nutrition Bulletin 2009, 34(3), 303-308.

  • Book Chapter

    • McKay JA, Wakeling LA. . In: Deliminda Neves, ed. Anti-Ageing Nutrients Evidence-Based Prevention of Age-Associated Diseases. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015, pp.133-147.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Aziz S, Wakeling L, Hesketh J, Ford D. . In: Experimental Biology Meeting 2014. 2014, San Diego, CA: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
    • Alberdi G, Wakeling L, Lasa A, Rodriguez VM, Macarulla MT, Ford D, Portillo MP. . In: 20th International Congress of Nutrition. 2013, Granada, Spain: Karger.
    • Escolme SM, Wakeling LA, Alatawi F, Valentine R, Ford D. . In: Nutrition Society Annual Summer Meeting. 2013, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    • Hardyman JEJ, Ogo OA, Tyson J, Wakeling LA, Valentine RA, Ford D. . In: Nutrition Society Annual Summer Meeting. 2013, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    • Wakeling LA, Alatawi F, Ions LJ, Hesketh J, Ford D. . In: Experimental Biology. 2012, San Diego, California, USA: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
    • Wakeling LA, Alatawi F, Ions LJ, Hesketh J, Ford D. . In: Experimental Biology Meeting. 2012, San Diego, CA: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
    • Ford D, Ions LJ, Alatawi F, Wakeling LA. . In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society: A joint meeting of the Nutrition Society and the UK Molecular Epidemiology Group. 2011, London: Cambridge University Press.
    • Wakeling L, Ford D. . In: International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Cancer. 2007, Washington, DC: Journal of Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition.
    • Wakeling LA, McGarr EF, Ford D. . In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2006, Aberdeen, Scotland: Cambridge University Press.

  • Note

    • Wakeling L, Jakubovics N, McHanwell S, Stewart J. . Medical Education 2016, 50(5), 578-579.

  • Review

    • Tullo ES, Teodorczuk A, Brown S, Wakeling L, Khoo TK. . Age and Ageing 2026, 55(4).