Annemarie Bennett

Dr Annemarie Bennett graduated in 2011 with a First Class Honours in the BSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics programme, run jointly by Trinity College and Technological University Dublin. She completed her PhD in 2016, and took up her current post as Assistant Professor in Dietetics with Trinity in 2017.

She has been involved in third-level teaching since 2012, working in Trinity, Technological University Dublin, and Athlone Institute of Technology. Her current role involves overseeing the development of practice education on the undergraduate programme in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. She has led significant improvements in the design and management of undergraduate practice education in dietetics, and is currently part of a national research project determining measures of quality in practice education among all allied health professions.

Alongside her contributions to practice education, she is actively involved in the design, development and implementation of research studies on an ongoing basis, particularly with pregnant couples, infants, school-age children and oesophageal cancer patients. She has also worked with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to produce policies and documents that translate policies into accessible dietetic advice for food businesses and health professionals nationally.