Associate Specialist in Nutritional Epidemiology
Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Nestlé Research, Switzerland
Maria Vasiloglou works as an Associate Specialist in Nutritional Epidemiology in the Nutrition Epidemiology group of the Department of Nutrition Sciences at Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland. In this position, Maria strengthens dietary modelling methodologies to measure the impact of product categories in balanced diet. Maria also collaborates closely with the Digital Health group on developing and validating digital dietary assessment tools at clinical and consumer settings. Maria holds a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from ATEI Thessalonikis, Greece and a M(med)Sc in Human Nutrition with specialization in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Glasgow. Maria obtained her PhD from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern, with a focus on user requirement collection and analysis of AI-based approaches for dietary monitoring and assessment and their validation. Prior her PhD, she conducted research on endocrinology and nutrition, worked as a clinical dietitian for children with T1D, eating disorders and obesity, and developed science-based nutrition policy options at the European Commission. She has (co)-authored 22 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Maria is a deputy lead of EFAD ESDN Diabetes, a board member of the e-& m-health SIG of ISBNPA, and advisory board of Digital Communication Program of EFAD as well as PROTEIN Horizon 2020.