Rate My Professor Martin Veysey

Professor Martin Veysey serves as Honorary Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of London, a Master of Clinical Education from Flinders University, a Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching from the University of Newcastle, and an MBA in Higher Education Management from the UCL Institute of Education. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, UK). Veysey completed his undergraduate medical training at the United Medical and Dental Schools (UMDS) of Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals in 1991, followed by foundational training and core training in Wales, gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994. He undertook a research position leading to his MD thesis on "The role of intestinal transit in the pathogenesis of octreotide-induced gallstones," awarded in 2001, and completed specialist training in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine in the UK in 2002.

Since migrating to Australia in 2003, Veysey has held positions as Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle and Clinical Academic at Gosford Hospital in the Central Coast Local Health District. Currently, he is Head of the Canberra Clinical School in the School of Medicine and Psychology at the Australian National University, Professor of Rural Medicine at Flinders University, and holds honorary professorships at Hull York Medical School and the University of Newcastle. As a consultant gastroenterologist and general physician, he works at Royal Darwin Hospital and Canberra Hospital. His research specializations include medical education—particularly assessment in problem-based learning and early clinical placement—molecular nutrition focusing on vitamins B and D, nutrigenomics, personalised nutrition, colorectal cancer, and luminal gastrointestinal diseases. Notable publications encompass book chapters such as "Maternal folate and DNA methylation in offspring" (2019) and "Modulation of microRNA by Vitamin D in Cancer Studies" (2019), and peer-reviewed articles including "InsuTAG: a novel physiologically relevant predictor for insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome" (2017), "Bitter taste genetics-the relationship to tasting, liking, consumption and health" (2014), "Salt-taste polymorphism TRPV1-rs8065080 is associated with increased likelihood of depression" (2023), and "Risk of bleeding after abdominal paracentesis in patients with chronic liver disease" (2024). Veysey has supervised multiple PhD students on topics in nutrigenetics and gastrointestinal health, chairs the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Continuing Professional Development Committee, serves on national and senior examining panels, and is a practitioner member of the Medical Board of Australia.