Section Secretary
Dr Eileen Gibney
School of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary Medicine
College of Life Sciences
University College Dublin
Ireland
Email: eileen.gibney@ucd.ie
The Irish Section of the Nutrition Society "exists to arrange research meetings easily accessible to Irish members and to provide a forum for nutrition education and research in Ireland".
The Irish Section includes over 250 Nutrition Society members and is chaired by Dr Mary Ward (mw.ward@ulster.ac.uk)
Honorary Officers of the Irish Section are:
Dr Eileen Gibney, University College Dublin (eileen.gibney@ucd.ie) Secretary,
Dr Michelle McKinley, Queens University Belfast (m.mckinley@qub.ac.uk)
Dr Alison Gallagher, UU (am.gallagher@ulster.ac.uk), Treasurer
Dr Tom Hill, University College Cork (t.hill@ucc.ie), Membership Secretary
Sinead Bannon, University College Cork (s.bannon@ucc.ie), Student Representative
Charlotte Neville, Queen's University Belfast (c.neville@qub.ac.uk), Student Representative
Dr Aideen McKevitt (UUC/UCD) and Dr Fiona Lithander (TCD) are members of the committee.
Meetings
The Irish Section runs three meetings each year, which are easily accessible to its members. The Annual meeting is the largest of the Irish meetings, and it is normally held in mid-June at different venues.
The 2011 meeting will be held at University College Cork. For further information, go to the Meetings Page.
A unique feature of the Irish Section is its annual Postgraduate Meeting, which is held on the last weekend in February, at a central location. Fundraising, organisation and chairing of the meeting is carried out by research students, which includes a 1-day symposium plus generic skills workshops.
