Prof. Suzanne Piscopo from the Department of Health, Physical Education and Consumer Studies of the Faculty of Education was recently appointed as the Honorary Joint President of NNEdPro Global Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health and its subsidiary International Academy of Nutrition Educators (IANE), both headquartered in Cambridge England.
She takes on this role alongside The Lord Balfe of Dulwich (UK Parliament) who has been in this post since 2015.
NNEdPro, founded in 2008 as the Need for Nutrition Education Project, is an international organisation with over 700 collaborators spanning 6 continents, and is at the forefront in promoting and providing Nutrition Education to improve nutrition-related health outcomes.
It does this through training health professionals, conducting and disseminating scientific research, implementing community projects and addressing inequalities, all with the same goal of advancing food and nutrition knowledge and actions for health and societal well-being.
NNEDpro offers a wide range of education and training courses, including its flagship Summer School in Applied Human Nutrition, regular continuing professional development webinars, and its annual International Summit in Nutrition and Health. NNEdPro’s subsidiary initiatives include among others, the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health, The Mobile Teaching Kitchen (MTK) International Initiative, CREATE Global e-Academy, The International Academy of Nutrition Educators (IANE) and its associated International Knowledge Application Network-hub in Nutrition (iKANN).
Prof. Piscopo has held leadership positions in NNEdPro since 2017, having been a member of the Strategic Advisory Committee, the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, and Joint Vice-President since 2022.
In his announcement of her new appointment, Founding Chair, Chief Scientist and Executive Director of NNEdDPro Prof. Sumantra (Shumone) Ray remarked “As the executive representative of our presidential officers and patrons, I am delighted that Suzanne will play an active advisory role to the directorial leadership of both NNEdPro and IANE, drawing from many years of international scientific leadership and governance experience in the field.”
Prof. Piscopo is currently also the President of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Foundation, based in the USA.
For more information on NNEdPro or SNEB and potential for collaboration contact Prof. Piscopo via email.