Dr. Mirjana Gurinovic
In the Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism
Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia
on several EC projects, more information n the website:
www.srbnutrition.info
Mirjana Gurinovic is recognized public health nutrition scientists, actively engaged in research on nutrition, food composition data bases, public health nutrition epidemiology, diet and health, capacity development in nutrition, designing and creating the software applications for the research infrastructure improvement and capacity development in food and nutrition specific for WB and CEE countries, establishing the food composition data base in Serbia and Balkan region; harmonization of the micronutrient recommendations and dietary intake assessment methodology and evaluation on individual and population level; developing the nutrition policy and action plan for nutrition and obesity prevention, active involvement on development the European nutrition recommendation for cardiovascular diseases prevention. Her PhD thesis focused on “Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in school children” and she led a national study of atherosclerotic risk factors, nutritional status and the nutrition quality of diet in schoolchildren with creation of the primary prevention program for CVD risk factors in childhood; published book: Nutrition for preschool children as the guideline for nutrition recommendations implementation in preschool child care centers on national and regional level; She had leading role in national and international food and nutrition research projects; created several nutritional tools, software’s for nutrition planning and diet modelling, dietary intake/assessment and monitoring of the nutritional status of the population. She has over 300 published peer-review papers, abstracts, and reports in national and international journals. Dr Mirjana Gurinovic contributed for the capacity development in nutrition aiming to improvement and harmonization of the nutritional research in Serbia as well in the Central and Eastern Europe/ Balkan region as the coordinator of the - Capacity Development Network in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe, NCDNCEE /CAPNUTRA, Serbia www.capnutra.org which was established in 2005 in the UN FAO REU office in Budapest.
Dr. Mirjana Gurinovic
Mirjana Gurinovic MD PhD Nutrition, Scientific Research Advisor, Research team leader, Centre of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia www.srbnutrition.info
Chair of the Capacity Development Network in Nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe, CAPNUTRA, Serbia www.capnutra.org
Europe and Central Asia Symposium Coordinator
http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/1034293/
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN FOOD, NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE/BALKAN COUNTRIES (CEE/BC) THROUGH REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS