NNEdPro Global Institute

In this episode of the NNEdPro Global Institute podcast, the panel explores the complex relationship between nutritional adequacy, dietary patterns, and supplementation.  Featuring insights from Professor Sumantra Ray, Dr Eoin Ryan, Dr Roberta Re, and Ben Atkinson, the discussion examines common nutrient deficiencies, the role of public health guidance and fortification, personalised nutritio...

Co-hosts Dr Eoin Ryan and Professor Shumone Ray are joined by Dr Kathy Martyn and Ben Atkinson to explore the evolving conversation around ultra-processed foods (UPFs), moving beyond simplified narratives to examine the evidence, limitations, and real-world implications. While high consumption of UPFs is associated with poorer health outcomes, the discussion highlights important nuances, including...

In the opening episode of the 2026 NNEdPro podcast series co-hosts, Dr Eoin Ryan and Professor Shumone Ray are joined by Oxfordshire Primary Care Doctor, Dr Ellen Fallows, and Nutrition Science Communications expert, Ben Atkinson, to explore the evolving role of incretin-based therapies particularly in the management of obesity. The discussion highlights how these medications are transforming trea...

Do a deep dive with Eoin, joined by Prof. Sumantra Ray and Dr. Kathy Martin, as they explore the upcoming NNEdPro Global Institute 11th International Summit taking place in Dundee, Scotland, from 10 to 13 December. Discover a rich programme featuring panel discussions, exchanges of ideas, a special keynote speech, roundtables, and a variety of side events, including a unique culinary experience cu...

Join us in an inspiring conversation with Prof. Pauline Douglas, Co-chair of the International Summit and NNEdPro Global Institute Vice-Chair and Chief Educationist and Operations Director, Dr. Martin Kohlmeier, Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health, and Dr. Kathy Martin, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health. Together we explore the key themes our Summit,...

Joining us in this episode are Professor Sumantra Ray, Chief Scientist and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health; Sarah Anderson, Senior Operations and Enterprise Officer at the NNEdPro Global Institute; and Ramya Rajaram, Academic Officer at the NNEdPro Global Institute. Together, we explore the core themes of this year’s International Summit, with a s...

We're joined by the co-leads of NNEdPro's 9th International Summit on Nutrition and Health, Dr Sofia Cavalleri and Sucheta Mitra, along with Prof Shumone Ray, to segment this year's summit titled "Sustainable Resourcing For All In Food & Nutrition Security: Creative solutions for healthy & resilient populations”. We break down this year's theme into smaller pieces, and address each segment...

On this episode, we're joined by Dr Breana Lepre, Dr Luke Buckner, Prof Shumone Ray and Sarah Armes. We provide an overview of NNEdPro's 8th International Summit on Nutrition and Health: Empowering Global Nutrition with Digital Technology and hear in-depth reflections about two of the satellite events and the importance of their topics, Medical Nutrition Education and Digital Data Science & Hu...

In the first episode of Season 2, Sarah and Matija chat with some of the NNEdPro Global Institute leadership team about the upcoming 8th International Summit. Professor Shumone Ray, Professor Martin Kohlmeier, Dr Kathy Martyn and Associate Professor Lauren Ball all take the time to share their thoughts about the relevance of this year's theme, Empowering Global Nutrition with Digital Technology, e...

In this third in our series on dietitians in medical education, James spoke to Dr Tim Eden RD. As someone who previously trained and worked in dietetics and then went on to study and practice medicine, he is great fit for this project and NNEdPro at large! Tim is currently working in a junior fellowship in gastroenterology and continues his role on both the NNEdPro Global Innovation Panel and the...

In this second episode of our series on dietitians in medical nutrition education, Elaine Macaninch RD spoke with Dr Duane Mellor RD. Dr Mellor is a UK Registered Dietitian and a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston Medical School. He has published over 60 papers in the fields of dietetics, nutrition and food science. Having spent the first decade of his career working in diabetes care as a dietitian h...

This is the first episode in a new series that we are running on dietitians in medical nutrition education and other, non-traditional occupations. We hope to highlight and endorse the work being done by so many dietitians and try to understand how their training and experience can influence other disciplines and professionals. In this first episode, James spoke with Dr Alyce Wilson. Dr Wilson is a...

In this episode, James had the opportunity to sit with members from Maldon District Council and some of the people who work with it's partner organisations. In it, they discussed the challenge for public health bodies in the face of COVID-19, the programmes they have implemented and how people can help in their local areas. They also discussed:- Voluntary Sector Infrastructure- Emergency food parc...

This week, James spoke with Alan Flanagan, a PhD researcher at the University of Surrey and the founder of Alinea Nutrition. Though many of the recent podcasts having centred around the ongoing coronavirus crisis, this conversation is an in-depth look at nutrition research under a number of headings. They discuss topics such as:- Research from epidemiology to RCTs- The nature of evidence- The hier...

This weeks episode is a conversation between James and Professor Shumone Ray, the Founding Chair and Executive Director of the NNEdPro Global Centre. Building on the last episode with Dr Ronita Bardhan, they discussed:- Food systems- Complexities of the food environment- The TIGR2ESS ProgrammeUN Standing Committee on Nutrition: https://www.unscn.org/en/news-events/recent-news?idnews=2039TIGR2ESS:...

This week, James spoke with building scientist and urban engineer, Dr Ronita Bardhan. The conversation centred around India's slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) policy and what this means for public health. They further discussed:- How India has been affected by COVID-19 - How social distancing is a privilege and is more difficult SRH - Building design and its role in maintaining health- Food choic...

In this episode, James spoke with Dr Tim Eden RD who is on a critical care rotation in a London hospital. Tim spoke about the challenges of working as a doctor and a dietitian in the current pandemic as well as giving some advice to the public. This conversation covers a number of points such as:- Working conditions- The role of different healthcare professionals- What Tim has learned so far- Nutr...

Following on from the first half of their conversation, Shane and Elaine talk more about diabetes in primary care based on the paper "Exploring the provision of diabetes nutrition education by practice nurses in primary care settings (Gianfrancesco & Johnson, 2019). Afterwards, James and Shane discussed some implications as well a brief discussion around carbohydrates and other research. This conv...

In this episode two members of our Global Innovation Panel, Elaine and Shane sat down to talk about a paper that raised interesting discussion within our virtual journal club. The paper is "Exploring the provision of diabetes nutrition education by practice nurses in primary care settings (Gianfrancesco & Johnson, 2019)During the course of the conversation, they discussed many things including: -...

In this very first episode of the NNEdPro podcast, James spoke with Dr Luke Buckner of the Global Innovation Panel about his recent attendance at Inside Governments "Raising Hospital Food and Nutrition Standards Across the NHS" forum. We also spoke about the logistics of feeding people in hospital, how nutrition is everyone's business and what else Luke is getting up to. If you want to get in touc...