Dr Claire Kerins is a registered dietitian with extensive clinical experience across various healthcare settings and a strong background in applied health research and teaching. She is a Lecturer on the MSc in Evidence Based Future Healthcare at University of Galway. She is also a member of the Centre for Health Research Methodology and the Health Promotion Research Centre at University of Galway. She is an invited member of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research Leadership Team at the US Veterans Health Administration. Claire is a recent graduate of the HRB SPHeRE PhD programme, in population health and health services research (2022), and the Irish Implementation Science Training Institute (2022). She was a Visiting Researcher at the National Centre of Implementation Science in Australia and the Hunter New England Population Health ServiceNewcastle University (Newcastle, Australia) in 2020. Relative to her career stage, Claire has a strong track record in producing and disseminating research outputs, with 19 peer-reviewed articles and 13 conference abstracts in highly regarded journals, and 32 additional Public - No restrictionations such as policy briefs and reports. She has secured over 1.7 million euro in funding, and delivered more than 70 conference presentations and invited talks. Her research interests include food and nutrition, chronic disease prevention, health policy implementation, implementation science, and evidence synthesis. Claire has over 10 years of teaching, training, and project supervision experience at undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels. Her academic roles have included serving as an Adjunct Clinical Lecturer, Nutrition and Diet Module Lead, and a member of the Programme Board for the MSc in Preventive Cardiology at University of Galway. She has been the recipient of multiple awards for clinical leadership, research, and educational contributions.