Mirjana Gurinović

CAPNUTRA CHAIR

Dr Mirjana Gurinović  MD , PhD Nutrition, Principal Research Fellow, Senior Researcher, EC and WHO Expert, FAO Nutrition consultant , research team leader at the  Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, National institute of Republic of Serbia, is recognized public health nutrition scientists, actively engaged in research on nutrition, Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets, food composition data bases, public health nutrition epidemiology,  harmonization of the  dietary intake assessment, nutrient recommendations, food and nutrition policy, nutritional tools development and research infrastructure for food and nutrition research, preschool and schoolchildren nutrition improvement, diet and health and capacity development in food and nutrition specific for  CEE countries.

She had leading and active role in national and international food and nutrition research projects (EC FP6 and FP7 NoE projects, including EURRECA, EuroFIR, BaseFood , CHANCE, EuroFIR-Nexus , BACCHUSS, ODIN , four EFSA projects and member of  project advisory board in Euro DISH project). Dr. Gurinovic is a member of a number of expert groups and professional associations including:  European Commission (EC) High Level Expert Group to assess the needs, potential, feasibility and approach for an International Platform for Food Systems Science (IPFSS), World health organization, Regional office for Europe  Expert group on healthy and sustainable diets, ‘’EU Think Tank’’ FOOD 2030, Expert Group on ‘Evaluation of New Methods for Dietary Intake Assessment’, EFSA Scientific Network on Food Consumption Data, Nutrition Expert Group in European Heart Network where she contributed to the European food and nutrition recommendations for cardiovascular diseases prevention. She is research professor at the integrated food science module for PhD students at the University of Belgrade.