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University College Cork

Health Science Medicine Nutrition and Dietetics Cancer Research Food Science

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Professor Aoife Ryan is Professor in Human Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences at University College Cork. She graduated with a first-class honours BSc in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Institute of Technology, earning the Trinity College gold medal, Flora Postgraduate Scholarship for first place in her BSc class, and Best BSc Research Dissertation award. While working as a surgical oncology dietitian at St. James's Hospital for nearly eight years, she completed her PhD at the Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin. She subsequently served as Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at New York University. In 2011, she joined the academic staff at University College Cork, advancing to her current professorial role. She directed the MSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics programme from 2019 to 2022 and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from UCC. A CORU Registered Dietitian, she has taught nutrition and dietetics to undergraduates and postgraduates in nutritional sciences, dietetics, nursing, medicine, dentistry, radiography, speech and language therapy, pharmacy, and public health at Trinity College Dublin, New York University, and University College Cork.