Dr Amy Hutchison

Postdoctoral Researcher

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Amy Hutchison is an early career postdoctoral researcher based within the Lifelong Health Theme at SAHMRI. Her research focuses on nutritional interventions that manipulate the timing and composition of food intake to improve metabolic health. Amy completed her undergraduate studies at Massey University in New Zealand before moving to Adelaide to pursue a PhD. Her PhD work focused on the role of dietary nutrients (specifically protein) in modulating gastrointestinal motor and hormone function, appetite regulation and blood glucose control in both health and obesity. Since completing her PhD, her research focus has shifted to exploring how modifying what we eat, and when we eat it, can alter appetite, blood glucose control and improve health in at-risk individuals. She also has a keen interest in exploring the changes in circadian rhythms that occur in pregnancy. Her major projects currently are investigating the effects of time restricted eating early, or late in the day in addition to calorie restriction to improve metabolic health. In a larger, multi-centre trial with the Australian Catholic University, Dr Hutchison and the Obesity and Metabolism team are also investigating the effects of time restricted eating to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Dr Hutchison is interested in exploring how modified meal patterns such as intermittent fasting and time-restricted feeding can improve health in at-risk individuals. She also has a keen interest in exploring the gastrointestinal hormone response to modified meal patterns, and how this may modulate appetite and blood glucose control. She is involved in a number of clinical trials exploring the effects of intermittent fasting and time-restricted feeding on metabolic health, as well as the effects of protein supplementation on blood glucose control and metabolic health in shift workers.

Available projects (PhD): What is the impact of aligned vs misaligned meal timing on glucose metabolism and circadian rhythms during caloric restriction?

We are seeking a new PhD student to join the Obesity and Metabolism Lab and help to conduct an NHMRC funded clinical trial that is comparing the effects of early or late time-restricted eating during caloric restriction on 24 hour blood glucose and lipid metabolism and on circadian pathways in humans with obesity.

An Honours project is also available to explore the impacts of an ICU stay on circadian rhythms in humans.

Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2016 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2016 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2017	Award	ANZOS Early Career Researcher Award – Clinical Research	Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society	Australia	-
2017	Award	Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) ANZOS-OSSANZ-AOCO Rising Star Travel Award	Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society	Australia	-
2013	Award	Nutrition Society of Australia Early Career Travel Award	Nutrition Society of Australia	Australia	-
2012	Award	New Investigator Travel Award	Society for the study of Ingestive Behaviour	Switzerland	-
2011	Award	The University of Adelaide’s representative to the Australia/New Zealand National Three Minute Thesis Finals; Western Australia: “Weighing in on whey”	University of Adelaide	Australia	$1000
2011	Achievement	Three minute thesis winner	University of Adelaide	Australia	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2016	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2009	Massey University, Palmerston North	New Zealand	Bachelor of Science (Honours)
2008	Massey University, Palmerston North	New Zealand	Bachelor of Science

Research Interests

Clinical Trials Endocrinology & Metabolism Medical and Health Sciences Nutritional Physiology Nutrition and Metabolic Health Translational Health Outcomes

Journals

Year	Citation
2023	Zhao, L., Hutchison, A. T., Liu, B., Wittert, G. A., Thompson, C. H., Nguyen, L., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2023). Time–restricted eating alters the 24-hour profile of adipose tissue transcriptome in men with obesity. Obesity, 31(S1), 63-74. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2023	Liu, K., Liu, B., Wittert, G. A., Thompson, C. H., Hutchison, A. T., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2023). Intermittent fasting increases growth differentiation factor 15 in females with overweight or obesity but not associated with food intake. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 17(1), 91-93. DOI
2023	Teong, X. T., Liu, K., Vincent, A. D., Bensalem, J., Liu, B., Hattersley, K. J., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2023). Intermittent fasting plus early time-restricted eating versus calorie restriction and standard care in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine, 29(4), 963-972. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	Bensalem, J., Heilbronn, L. K., Gore, J. R., Hutchison, A. T., Sargeant, T. J., & Fourrier, C. (2022). The Break-Fast study protocol: a single arm pre-post study to measure the effect of a protein-rich breakfast on autophagic flux in fasting healthy individuals. BMC Nutrition, 8(1), 120-1-120-7. DOI
2022	Zhao, L., Teong, X. T., Liu, K., Liu, B., Melaku, Y. A., Vincent, A. D., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2022). Eating architecture in adults at increased risk of type 2 diabetes: associations with body fat and glycaemic control. The British Journal of Nutrition, 128(2), 324-333. DOI Scopus1 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2022	Zhao, L., Hutchison, A. T., Liu, B., Yates, C. L., Teong, X. T., Wittert, G. A., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2022). Time restricted eating improves glycaemic control and dampens energy-consuming pathways in human adipose tissue. Nutrition, 96, 9 pages. DOI Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC8
2022	Chaudhary, R., Liu, B., Bensalem, J., Sargeant, T. J., Page, A. J., Wittert, G. A., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2022). Intermittent fasting activates markers of autophagy in mouse liver, but not muscle from mouse or humans. Nutrition, 101, 111662. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Liu, B., Hutchison, A. T., Thompson, C. H., Lange, K., Wittert, G. A., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2021). Effects of intermittent fasting or calorie restriction on markers of lipid metabolism in human skeletal muscle. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 106(3), 1-11. DOI Scopus13 WoS2 Europe PMC5
2021	Regmi, P., Chaudhary, R., Page, A. J., Hutchison, A. T., Vincent, A. D., Liu, B., & Heilbronn, L. (2021). Early or delayed time restricted feeding prevents metabolic impact of obesity in mice.. The Journal of endocrinology, 248(1), 75-86. DOI Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC10
2021	Zhao, L., Hutchison, A. T., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2021). Carbohydrate intake and circadian synchronicity in the regulation of glucose homeostasis.. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care, 24(4), 342-348. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2021	Teong, X. T., Liu, K., Hutchison, A. T., Liu, B., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wittert, G. A., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2021). An update to the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing daily calorie restriction versus intermittent fasting to improve glycaemia in individuals at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 15(3), 1. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021	Teong, X. T., Hutchison, A. T., Liu, B., Wittert, G. A., Lange, K., Banks, S., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2021). Eight weeks of intermittent fasting versus calorie restriction does not alter eating behaviors, mood, sleep quality, quality of life and cognitive performance in women with overweight. Nutrition Research, 92, 32-39. DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2020	Teong, X. T., Liu, K., Hutchison, A. T., Liu, B., Feinle-Bisset, C., Wittert, G. A., . . . Heilbronn, L. K. (2020). Rationale and protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing daily calorie restriction versus intermittent fasting to improve glycaemia in individuals at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 14(2), 176-183. DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2020	Zhao, L., Hutchison, A. T., Wittert, G. A., Thompson, C. H., Lange, K., Liu, B., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2020). Intermittent fasting does not uniformly impact genes involved in circadian regulation in women with obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 28(Suppl. 1), S63-S67. DOI Scopus5 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2019	Liu, B., Page, A. J., Hutchison, A. T., Wittert, G. A., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2019). Intermittent fasting increases energy expenditure and promotes adipose tissue browning in mice. Nutrition, 66, 38-43. DOI Scopus28 WoS23 Europe PMC17
2019	Liu, B., Hutchison, A., Thompson, C., Lange, K., & Heilbronn, L. (2019). Markers of adipose tissue inflammation are transiently elevated during intermittent fasting in women who are overweight or obese. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 13(4), 408-415. DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC15
2019	Harney, D. J., Hutchison, A. T., Su, Z., Hatchwell, L., Heilbronn, L. K., Hocking, S., . . . Larance, M. (2019). Small-protein Enrichment Assay Enables the Rapid, Unbiased Analysis of Over 100 Low Abundance Factors from Human Plasma. Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 18(9), 1899-1915. DOI Scopus31 WoS27 Europe PMC12
2019	Elovaris, R. A., Hutchison, A. T., Lange, K., Horowitz, M., Feinle-Bisset, C., & Luscombe-Marsh, N. D. (2019). Plasma free amino acid responses to whey protein and their relationships with gastric emptying, blood glucose- and appetite-regulatory hormones and energy intake in lean healthy men. Nutrients, 11(10), 2465-1-2465-16. DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2019	Hutchison, A., Liu, B., Wood, R., Vincent, A., Thompson, C., O Callaghan, N., . . . Heilbronn, L. (2019). Effects of intermittent versus continuous energy intakes on insulin sensitivity and metabolic risk in women with overweight. Obesity, 27(1), 50-58. DOI Scopus76 WoS63 Europe PMC37
2019	Harney, D. J., Hutchison, A. T., Hatchwell, L., Humphrey, S. J., James, D. E., Hocking, S., . . . Larance, M. (2019). Proteomic analysis of human plasma during intermittent fasting. Journal of Proteome Research, 18(5), 2228-2240. DOI Scopus38 WoS37 Europe PMC25
2019	Hutchison, A. T., Regmi, P., Manoogian, E. N. C., Fleischer, J. G., Wittert, G. A., Panda, S., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2019). Time-restricted feeding improves glucose tolerance in men at risk for type 2 diabetes: a randomized crossover trial. Obesity, 27(5), 724-732. DOI Scopus195 WoS194 Europe PMC131
2018	Giezenaar, C., Hutchison, A., Luscombe-Marsh, N., Chapman, I., Horowitz, M., & Soenen, S. (2018). Effect of Age on Blood Glucose and Plasma Insulin, Glucagon, Ghrelin, CCK, GIP, and GLP-1 Responses to Whey Protein Ingestion. Nutrients, 10(1), 1-8. DOI Scopus30 WoS27 Europe PMC17
2018	Giezenaar, C., Luscombe-Marsh, N., Hutchison, A., Standfield, S., Feinle-Bisset, C., Horowitz, M., . . . Soenen, S. (2018). Dose-dependent effects of randomized intraduodenal whey-protein loads on glucose, gut hormone, and amino acid concentrations in healthy older and younger men. Nutrients, 10(1), 78-1-78-22. DOI Scopus26 WoS25 Europe PMC15
2018	Giezenaar, C., Luscombe-Marsh, N., Hutchison, A., Lange, K., Hausken, T., Jones, K., . . . Soenen, S. (2018). Effect of gender on the acute effects of whey protein ingestion on energy intake, appetite, gastric emptying and gut hormone responses in healthy young adults. Nutrition and Diabetes, 8(1), 40-1-40-12. DOI Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC13
2017	Chen, M., Liu, B., Wilkinson, D., Hutchison, A., Thompson, C., Wittert, G., & Heilbronn, L. (2017). Selenoprotein P is elevated in individuals with obesity, but is not independently associated with insulin resistance. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 11(2), 227-232. DOI Scopus22 WoS22 Europe PMC11
2017	Tam, C., Chaudhuri, R., Hutchison, A., Samocha-Bonet, D., & Heilbronn, L. (2017). Skeletal muscle extracellular matrix remodeling after short-term overfeeding in healthy humans. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, 67, 26-30. DOI Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC18
2017	Hutchison, A., Wittert, G., & Heilbronn, L. (2017). Matching meals to body clocks-impact on weight and glucose metabolism. Nutrients, 9(3), 222-1-222-10. DOI Scopus27 WoS23 Europe PMC15
2016	Schober, G., Lange, K., Steinert, R. E., Hutchison, A. T., Luscombe-Marsh, N. D., Landrock, M. F., . . . Feinle-Bisset, C. (2016). Contributions of upper gut hormones and motility to the energy intake-suppressant effects of intraduodenal nutrients in healthy, lean men - a pooled-data analysis. Physiological Reports, 4(17), e12943-1-e12943-14. DOI Scopus10 Europe PMC5
2016	Hutchison, A., & Heilbronn, L. (2016). Metabolic impacts of altering meal frequency and timing - does when we eat matter?. Biochimie, 124, 187-197. DOI Scopus52 WoS48 Europe PMC28
2016	Luscombe-Marsh, N., Hutchison, A., Soenen, S., Steinert., Clifton., Horowitz., & Feinle-Bisset. (2016). Plasma free amino acid responses to intraduodenal whey protein and relationships with insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1 and energy intake in lean healthy men. Nutrients, 8(1), 4-1-4-13. DOI Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC6
2015	Giezenaar, C., Trahair, L., Rigda, R., Hutchison, A., Feinle-Bisset, C., Luscombe-Marsh, N., . . . Soenen, S. (2015). Lesser suppression of energy intake by orally ingested whey protein in healthy older men compared with young controls. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 309(8), R845-R854. DOI Scopus41 WoS32 Europe PMC26
2015	Hutchison, A., Feinle-Bisset, C., Fitzgerald, P., Standfield, S., Horowitz, M., Clifton, P., & Luscombe-Marsh, N. (2015). Comparative effects of intraduodenal whey protein hydrolysate on antropyloroduodenal motility, gut hormones, glycemia, appetite, and energy intake in lean and obese men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 102(6), 1323-1331. DOI Scopus35 WoS31 Europe PMC20
2015	Hutchison, A., Piscitelli, D., Horowitz, M., Jones, K., Clifton, P., Standfield, S., . . . Luscombe-Marsh, N. (2015). Acute load-dependent effects of oral whey protein on gastric emptying, gut hormone release, glycemia, appetite, and energy intake in healthy men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 102(6), 1574-1584. DOI Scopus54 WoS51 Europe PMC33
2015	Ullrich, S., Otto, B., Hutchison, A., Luscombe-Marsh, N., Horowitz, M., & Feinle-Bisset, C. (2015). Comparative effects of intraduodenal protein and lipid on ghrelin, peptide YY, and leptin release in healthy men. American Journal of Physiology, 308(4), R300-R304. DOI Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC5
2014	Soenen, S., Giezenaar, C., Hutchison, A., Horowitz, M., Chapman, I., & Luscombe-Marsh, N. (2014). Effects of intraduodenal protein on appetite, energy intake, and antropyloroduodenal motility in healthy older compared with young men in a randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 100(4), 1108-1115. DOI Scopus31 WoS30 Europe PMC26
2013	Hutchison, A., Luscombe-Marsh, N., Saies, A., Little, T., Standfield, S., Horowitz, M., & Feinle-Bisset, C. (2013). Effects of intraduodenal lipid and protein on gut motility and hormone release, glycemia, appetite, and energy intake in lean men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 98(2), 300-311. DOI Scopus70 WoS67 Europe PMC48
2012	Hutchison, A., Feinle-Bisset, C., Kallas, A., Wishart, J., Clifton, P., Horowitz, M., & Luscombe-Marsh, N. (2012). Intraduodenal protein modulates antropyloroduodenal motility, hormone release, glycemia, appetite, and energy intake in lean men. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96(3), 474-482. DOI Scopus66 WoS63 Europe PMC44

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2019	Liu, B., Hutchison, A., Thompson, C., Wittert, G. A., & Heilbronn, L. K. (2019). Weight loss and tissue remodelling following 8-week calorie restriction or intermittent fasting in females who are overweight and obese. Poster session presented at the meeting of Obesity Research and Clinical Practice. Elsevier.
2017	Liu, B., Hutchison, A. T., Thompson, C. H., Wittert, G. A., & Heilbronn, L. (2017). Adipose tissue remodeling following eight-week calorie restriction or intermittent fasting in females who are overweight and obese. Poster session presented at the meeting of Diabetes. San Diego, CA: American Diabetes Association. WoS1
2013	Ryan, A., Feinle-Bisset., Soenen, S., Steinert., Clifton., Horowitz., & Luscombe-Marsh. (2013). Relationships between Plasma Free Amino Acid Concentrations With Energy Intake and Insulin and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Response to Increasing Loads of Intraduodenal Whey Protein in Healthy Men. Poster session presented at the meeting of American Diabetes Association. Chicago: AMER DIABETES ASSOC.

2022-24

Only a matter of time? A comparison of caloric restriction versus time restriction of food intake.

Heilbronn LK, Banks SB, Hutchison A, Wittert GA

NHMRC

$1,189,927

2021-24

Time Restricted EATing to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (TREAT)

Heilbronn LK, Hawley J, Hutchison A, Devlin B, Parr E

MRFF

$1,012,000

2019

Will a protein pre-load before the evening meal improve glucose tolerance in shift workers?

Hutchison AT, Heilbronn LK, Banks SB

Diabetes Australia Research Program

$58,000

2015

Intermittent fasting for weight loss and metabolic health, does meal timing matter?

Heilbronn LK, Wittert GA, Hutchison A

Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Committee

$50,000

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Principal Supervisor	Effects of an evening protein preload on blood glucose, metabolic health, and gut hormone release in night shift workers (propensity)	Master of Philosophy (Clinical Science)	Master	Full Time	Miss You Jin Chang
2022	Co-Supervisor	Circadian rhythms, inflammation, markers of cardiometabolic health and lifestyle intervention efficacy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Laurent Turner
2022	Co-Supervisor	A critical analysis of the preconception and periconception phase: how information seeking preferences and early pregnancy adaptations affect pregnancy	Master of Philosophy (Medical Science)	Master	Full Time	Miss Kimberly Rhiann Lush
2020	Co-Supervisor	Nutritional strategies to improve health in individuals at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Rasha Charrouf
2019	Co-Supervisor	Effect of meal timing and intermittent fasting on metabolic health	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Kai Liu

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Intermittent Fasting Versus Calorie Restriction to Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Xiao Tong Teong
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Impact of Time Restricted Feeding on Glucose Metabolism and Metabolic Health	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Prashant Regmi
2017 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, INTERMITTENT FASTING, METABOLIC HEALTH	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Lijun Zhao

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone: 81284862
Email: amy.hutchison@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: SAHMRI, floor 7 North
Org Unit: Adelaide Medical School

Dr Amy Hutchison

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