Rate My Professor Wayne Sutherland

Wayne Sutherland, PhD, serves as Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago. He is a key member of the Endocrinology Research Group, led by Professor Patrick Manning, alongside Dr. Ted Nye and supported by research nurses. The group's research centers on clinical trials in endocrinology, encompassing diabetes, general endocrinology, metabolism, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis. Sutherland's contributions emphasize the interplay between obesity and insulin resistance, as well as the influence of meal composition on postprandial inflammation and oxidative stress. His investigations extend to endothelial function, metabolic syndrome, dialysis-related inflammation, and the effects of dietary interventions on plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular risk factors.

With a prolific publication record spanning over three decades, from early work in 1981 to recent studies, Sutherland has advanced knowledge in nutritional impacts on metabolic health. Key publications include 'Acute Weight Loss Restores Dysregulated Circulating MicroRNAs in Human Obesity' (2019, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism), 'The brain, obesity and addiction: an EEG neuroimaging study' (2016, Scientific Reports), 'High definition transcranial pink noise stimulation of anterior cingulate cortex on food craving: An explorative study' (2018), 'Effect on lipoprotein profile of replacing butter with margarine in a low fat diet: Randomised crossover study with hypercholesterolaemic subjects' (1996, BMJ), and 'Effects of dietary coconut oil, butter and safflower oil on plasma lipids, lipoproteins and lathosterol levels' (1998). Other notable works cover vitamin E supplementation, aged garlic extract on endothelial function, and postprandial cytokine responses. His research, cited over 2,100 times on ResearchGate, appears in journals such as Metabolism, Atherosclerosis, and Obesity. Sutherland has supervised doctoral research, including Samantha Courtney Ross's PhD on quantitative electroencephalogram neuroimaging in obesity (2018).