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ProfessorLorraine Brennan

Full Professor

School of Agriculture and Food Science

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  • Full Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Science
  • 01 716 6815
  • University College Dublin, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Conway Institute Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    13 Jun 2019
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Biochemical Society
    30 Dec 1999 - 30 Dec 1999
    member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    EASD
    30 Dec 1999 - 30 Dec 1999
    member
  • PROFESSIONAL IMPACT
    A new market for Vitamin D enhanced mushrooms (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Vitamin D deficiency is thought to play a role worldwide in the development of several chronic diseases. Only low levels of Vitamin D occur naturally in food, and vitamin D enhancement of food is not straightforward. The UCD Institute of Food and Health and the UCD Conway Institute formed a research collaboration with Monaghan Mushrooms to assess the supplementation of Vitamin D in the diet through the use of Vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms. Using UVB radiation, Monaghan Mushrooms has increased the concentration of vitamin D in mushrooms. UCD researchers demonstrated that consumption of 15 micro
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    European Nutrigenomics Organisation
    Co-Director
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Irish Nutrition Society
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Nutrtion Society
    Irish Section Committee Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science Research and Innovation Committee
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD