Werd Al-Najim

Dr Werd Al-Najim is a Clinical Nutritionist and a Research Fellow at University College Dublin/Ireland. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nutrition science from Kingston University/UK and a PhD from Imperial College London/UK where she investigated changes in eating behaviour and food preferences after obesity treatments. She also holds a health coaching certificate from the Integrative Nutrition School/New York and a Cognitive Behavior Therapy certificate from City Colleges/Dublin.
Werd has a special interest in obesity research and has contributed to high impact publications in journals including Physiological Reviews, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Werd recognises public education and treatment involvement as key elements of contemporary medical practice. In this regard, she plays a leadership role by holding educational events around the world. She has presented TV Programmes for more than 8 years and co-leads a health and science social media platform followed by more than 113k people.