Our Contributors

Martin William Bloem is a public health professional and nutritionist with a distinguished career spanning various organizations worldwide.  Currently, he is a Professor of Environmental Health at the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering and the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA.

Professor Carel Le Roux is the Chair in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine and he is now a Director of the Metabolic Medicine Group. Carel also holds the position of Professor of Metabolic Medicine at Ulster University.

Dr. Abdulhameed Albarraq Alhazmia is a Consultant Endocrinologist and Internal Medicine Specialist at Jazan University Hospital, Saudi Arabia, with a focused interest in obesity medicine and telemedicine in endocrine care. 

Dr Yvonne Finnegan helps companies navigate the complex areas of nutrition, health claims, sustainable diets, and food regulation within a commercial environment.

Aisling has over 25 years of experience working in nutritional science including scientific research, clinical nutrition, science communications, and nutritional science & regulations. Her current role involves regularly adding content to the KHNI website as well as organising KHNI webinars. Additionally, Aisling will continually look for opportunities where the KHNI can participate at external events.

Dr. Lisa Ryan, a Registered Nutritionist, joined ATU in 2015 from Monash University. Lisa co-founded the Irish Concussion Research Centre and is widely published in concussion, nutrition, and functional foods, with research focusing on female rugby players and concussion management.

Hilary McCahill is a registered dietitian fascinated with food safety, quality, and sustainable nutrition. She has a qualification in human nutrition and dietetics and is registered in both Ireland and the UK. She is passionate about high quality food production and using nutrition communication effectively to breakdown scientific findings (to ensure they are accessible to all).

Mónica graduated in Pharmacy from the University of Granada in Spain and did her doctoral thesis on molecular biology at a Research Center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She specializes in probiotic strains isolated from human milk and is the author of 80 scientific publications, more than 40 related to probiotics, and is also listed as an inventor on 8 patents, 3 of them on probiotics.

Mollie is an Assistant Marketing Manager in Cognitive Health on Kerry’s Global ProActive Health team. She holds an MSc in Insight & Innovation from Dublin City University, a BSc in Human Nutrition from University College Dublin and is a Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr).

Dr Laura Collins is the RD&A lead for Cognitive Health at Kerry. Laura completed a PhD in Immunology at Dublin City University investigating possible therapeutics for inflammatory diseases. Laura took the learnings from her PhD into her postdoctoral research for Food for Health Ireland (FHI) to identifying foods with immune-modulating capabilities.

Juan Aguiriano is a corporate sustainability pioneer with over 30 years’ experience leading businesses and working at C-suite level at some of the world’s biggest food, chemical and fibers companies to provide strategic guidance in helping develop and implement innovative strategies to transform businesses and operations towards triple-bottom line sustainability.

Professor Imed Gallouzi is a Professor of Bioscience and the Chair (Director) of the KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) Center of Excellence for Smart-Health in Saudi Arabia.  Imed is an internationally renowned expert in the field of Smart Health, with a profound knowledge in Bioscience. Through his leadership across academic and research institutions, he has gained unique insights into integrating advanced biological research with real-world health applications.