I am a registered dietitian, public health nutritionist and a senior lecturer in human nutrition and dietetics in ATU Sligo. I am the programme director for the BSc Human Nutrition course and teach on modules in clinical, public health and global nutrition.

I was awarded a Senior Teaching Fellowship by Advance HE (SFHEA), a recognition of my expertise in teaching and learning in higher education.

My principal research interests lie in the role of nutrition in the prevention and management of cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and malnutrition. I have particular interest in the role of nutrition in cancer survivorship and I am currently working with collaborators both nationally and internationally on several projects in this area. 

I have been teaching since 2016 and have led the following modules at ATU Sligo during that time:

• Clinical Nutrition 2, 2018-ongoing
• Clinical Nutrition 1, 2017-ongoing
• Public Health Nutrition, 2016-ongoing
• Global Perspectives in nutrition, 2018-ongoing
• Food Product Development, 2017
• Current Issues in Food and Nutrition, 2017
• Facilitation Skills, 2016

I am also an annual guest lecturer on the MSc Obesity, MSc Preventive Cardiology and MSc Diabetes programmes in the National University of Galway (2021-ongoing).

• International Virtual Experience Learning course, Atlantic Technological University April 2024 – December 2025.
• Aurora Women Leadership Programme 2022.
• Graphic Facilitation Badge, Atlantic Technological University, 2021.
• Nutrition in Emergency Settings course, University of Westminster, London, UK June 2020.

Currently supervising five postgraduate students:

• "Exploring the Impact of Nutrition Interventions on the Health Outcomes of Young Cancer Survivors in Ireland"
• "Healthy Horizons: A Nutrition Programme to Support and Empower Adolescent Survivors of Cancer".
• "Management of Menstrual Cycle Symptomology for Quality of Life and Health".
• "Evaluation of Nutrition Interventions to Improve Sleep and Health".
• "Step on Up – Behaviour Dynamics and the Promotion of Physical Activity in a University Setting".

• Professor Julie Wallace Award for Scientific Excellence in the Field of Nutrition, The Nutrition Society, 2025
• Prof Éilis McCaughan Cancer Care Research Memorial Award, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, 2024.
• Cancer Prevention and Management Award for best presentation at the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, May 2024.
• Awarded fellowship of the National Institute of Preventive Cardiology (NIPC) in recognition of my contribution to cardiovascular disease prevention and the core activities of the NIPC, 2023.
• Shortlisted for the Prof Éilis McCaughan Cancer Care Research Memorial Award 2023.
• Royal Academy of Medicine Research Awards 2023, shortlisted for Public Health Medicine/Epidemiology best paper award.
• Royal Academy of Medicine Research Awards 2023, 2022 and 2021, shortlisted for Oncology award for best paper.
• Irish Research Council Research Ally Prize 2021 for positive impact made as a supervisor.
• Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute Research Dietitian of the Year 2021.
• ‘Most creative entry’, Union of Students Ireland-Irish Research Council Why Research Matters Video Competition 2021.
• Shortlisted for the Alpro Foundation Award 2021 for best paper for “Plant- and Animal-Based Diet Quality and Mortality Among US Adults: A Cohort Study” which was published in the British Journal of Nutrition in September 2020.
• Awarded 'The Pat Barron Educational Award' at the 12th West of Ireland Integrated Diabetes Care Conference, November 2019.
• Research Scholar, Tufts University Boston, 2018.

• CORU registered Dietitian.
• Association for Nutrition (registered public health nutritionist).
• Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute Cancer Nutrition Network.
• Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute Research & Scientific Steering group.
• International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity.
• Nutrition Society.
• National Institute for Preventive Cardiology.
• The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) European Specialist Dietetic Network (ESDN) for Oncology Committee, 2021-2025.
• National Institute for Health Research UK, Working group “Living with and beyond cancer”.
• NNedPro thinktank, Senior Collaborating Member.