Professor Peter Sullivan
Subject: Medicine and Biomedical Science
Department: Paediatrics
Contact
Phone
07825 335477
Academic Background
Clinical Tutor (Manchester) 1984 -1986; MRC Clinical Research Fellow (Cambridge) 1986-1988; Clinical Lecturer (London) 1989-1992; Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics (Hong Kong) 1992-1994 University Lecturer then Associate Professor in Paediatric Gastroenterology (Oxford) 1994-2019; Emeritus Professor in Paediatric Gastroenterology 2019-present.
Research Interests
The nutritional and gastrointestinal consequences of brain damage in infants and children and the neurocognitive effects in them of neurotrophic dietary supplementation.
Small intestinal structure and function in children with severe malnutrition and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction.
Selected Publications
- Sullivan, PB, et al. The prevalence and severity of feeding and nutritional problems in children with neurological impairment: The Oxford Feeding Study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2000; 42(10):674-680
- Sullivan, PB, et al. Gastrostomy tube feeding in children with cerebral palsy: a prospective, longitudinal study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2005;47:77-85
- Sullivan, PB, et al. Gastrostomy tube feeding in children with cerebral palsy: too much of a good thing?. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2006; 48:877-882
- Sullivan, PB., Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children with Neurodisabilities. Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews 2008; 14(2): 128-136
- Sullivan PB . Feeding and Nutrition in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disability. Mac Keith Press / Wiley-Blackwell ; ISBN:978-1-898683-60-5 (2009)
- Sullivan, P.B. The Human and Financial Cost of Brain Injury at Birth. The Expert Witness Journal 2019 1:27;44-46
- Peter B Sullivan, Environmental enteric dysfunction: a socioeconomic problem looking for a medical solution?, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, , nqz225, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz225. 2019
- Peter B. Sullivan (Editor), Guro L. Andersen (Editor), Morag J. Andrew (Editor). ‘Nutrition and Neurodisability’. Series: Practical Guides from Mac Keith Press. Edition: 1st ISBN: 9781911612254. Publication date: January 2020
Department Staff
Professor Quentin Sattentau
Professor Teresa Thurston
Professor Maheshi Ramasamy
Professor Sir Adrian Hill KBE
Professor John Stein
Professor Stephen Goodwin
Dr Lauren Phillips
Dr Dominic Alonzi
Professor Michael Goldacre
The Revd Professor Robert Gilbert
Professor Gero Miesenböck
Dr Rebecca Shakir
Professor Chris Garland
Professor Richard Cornall
