Sean Strain
Sean Strain is Emeritus Professor of Human Nutrition at Ulster University. He is an author of over 300 peer-reviewed research publications (H-index: 78; 48.8k citations; Google Scholar) and attracted over £38M in external research funding during his career. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy (elected 2002), a Fellow and former President of The Nutrition Society (2010-2013) and in 2014 was appointed Order of the British Empire for services to nutrition research and education. Other prizes include the British Nutrition Foundation Prize 2012 and the William Evans Fellowship, University of Otago, New Zealand. He was President of the European Nutrition Leadership Programme, Luxembourg, Vice-Chairman, Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA), and Inaugural Chair of the NDA Working Group on Claims, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Parma (2006-2015). He chairs the Science Advisory Panel to High Value Nutrition (National Science Challenge), New Zealand.