DrTony Goldstone

MSc Course Organiser:
Leader, Brain Imaging Module, MSc Translational Neuroscience, Imperial College London 2016-19: 2016-17 (9 students), 2017-18 (18 students), 2018-19 (27 students)
Member Exam Board, MSc Translational Neuroscience, Imperial College London 2016-19


Personal Tutor:
MSc Translational Neuroscience and MRes Experimental Neuroscience, Imperial College London: 2 students each year since 2016-17


Lecturer, Imperial College London:

PhD Introductory Course, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre
Oct 2011, 2012 Human Ethics

MRes in Translational Medicine
Nov 2008 Functional magnetic resonance imaging of appetite
May 2010 Functional magnetic resonance imaging of appetite

MSc Neurology
Jan 2009 How hungry are you? Functional magnetic resonance imaging of appetite systems
Jan 2011 Modulation of food reward by fasting, dietary restraint and ghrelin

MRes Integrative Mammalian Biology
Feb 2009 How hungry are you? Functional magnetic resonance imaging of appetite systems

MRes Clinical Research: Human Nutrition and MRes Clinical Research: Obesity and Diabetes
May 2013, Jan 2014-2015 Influence of nutritional state, hormones, obesity, bariatric surgery on food reward
Mar 2015 Pituitary dysfunction after traumatic brain injury
Dec 2015, Jan 2017-2020, Feb 2021-now Using functional neuroimaging to study eating behaviours and obesity

MRes Clinical Research: Clinical Research Design and Management
Mar 2015 Pituitary dysfunction after traumatic brain injury

MSc Genomic Medicine
Oct 2015, Apr 2016, Oct 2016-2018 Prader-Willi syndrome

MSc Surgical Innovation, Obesity Medicine module
Jun 2016, 2017, 2019 Food reward, eating and addictive behaviours: functional neuroimaging studies
Jun 2016 Prader-Willi syndrome

MSc Translational Neuroscience
Oct 2016 Thalamus and hypothalamus
Jan 2017-2019 Brain Imaging module 5: Neurobiology of eating and addictive behaviours
Jan 2017-2019 Psychiatry module 7: Food addiction and obesity
Dec 2019-now Psychiatry module 4: Food addiction and obesity, since 2020 also practical on "developing fMRI study to investigate eating behaviour after bariatric surgery”

BSc Surgery and Anaesthesia
Dec 2008 Functional magnetic resonance imaging of appetite

BSc Neuroscience and Mental Health
Jan 2017-2018 Food reward, eating and addictive behaviours: human functional neuroimaging studies
Jan 2017-2018, Dec 2022-now Prader-Willi syndrome
Dec 2022-now Presentation of clinical case for written report

BSc Endocrinology and Diabetes
Jan 2017-2019 Pituitary dysfunction after traumatic brain injury
Dec 2022-now Selection of clinical case for written report

MBBS Endocrinology & Diabetes Module Medicine Graduate Entry
2009-2015 Obesity (lecture and tutorial)
2009-2015 Posterior pituitary (lecture and tutorial)
2009-2015 Anterior pituitary (tutorial)

MBBS Neuroscience and Mental Health (2nd year)
Oct 2016-2017 Thalamus and hypothalamus

Imperial College London Summer School
Jul 2017 Food reward, eating and addictive behaviours: human functional neuroimaging studies


Research Supervision (as of Nov-2024):

Since 2007, supervised 78 students/post-docs/fellows:
PhD students 11 (3 current), post-doctoral fellows 3, clinical research fellows 12, MSc/MRes students 32, BSc students 18, medical students 6, other undergraduate students 10

Since 2007, assessor for 27 PhD students, examiner 6 PhD students, examiner 39 MSc/MRes/BSc student research projects

PhD students: 7 completed, 4 current - EU, MRC, Wellcome Trust, externally funded

2016 Nominated for Student Academic Choice Award - Best Supervision, Imperial College London
2017 Nominated for President’s Award for Excellence in Student Support, Imperial College London


PhD Students:

Completed
Christina Prechtl (NuSISCO EU Marie-Curie Fellow, Imperial College London 2007-2010): Modulation of food reward systems by fasting and ghrelin: human functional MRI studies
Samantha Scholtz (Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow, Imperial College London 2009-2013): Behavioural and neuroimaging studies of food reward after bariatric surgery for obesity
Alexander Miras (MRC Clinical Training Fellowship, Imperial College London 2010-2013): Effects of obesity surgery on food preferences, taste and reward in animals and humans
Claire Feeney (MRC Clinical Training Fellowship, Imperial College London 2013-2016): The endocrine and metabolic factors influencing neuroinflammation and recovery following traumatic brain injury
Yong Yong Ling (Imperial College London 2015-2020): Effect of GLP-1 and desacyl ghrelin on eating behaviour in obesity and ex-smokers
Shahd Alabdulkader (Imperial College London 2018-2021): Neural correlates of eating behaviour in obesity and after obesity surgery (co-supervisor)
Katherine Herlinger (MRC Addiction Research Clinical Training Fellowship, Imperial College London 2020-2022): Characterising the neural correlates of reward and emotion in addiction: a focus on alcohol and opiate dependence (co-supervisor)
Alhanouf Al Alsheikh (Imperial College London 2020-2023): Effect of obesity surgery on taste, brain function and structure (co-supervisor)

Current
Ghadah Aldubaikhi (Imperial College London 2018-2025): Eating behaviour and metabolomics in obesity and its treatment
Raghav Bhargava (Imperial College London 2021-2024): Gut hormone LEAP2 in metabolism and eating behaviour
Tasya Parastika (Imperial College London 2024-2028): Satiety hormones and human eating behaviour