Teams

nDay Team at Medical University of Vienna
Center for Medical Data Science

Coordination

Prof. Dr. Michael Hiesmayr
Project Leader
michael.hiesmayr@meduniwien.ac.at

Dr. Silvia Tarantino
Project Management and development
silvia.tarantino@meduniwien.ac.at

Data Science & Statistics

Prof. Peter Bauer
Senior Statistician
peter.bauer@meduniwien.ac.at

Fiona Trumshi, BSc
Statistics
fiona.trumshi@meduniwien.ac.at



Emir Softic, BSc
Data Science
emir.softic@meduniwien.ac.at

Prof. Martin Posch
Head of Center for Medical Data Science

IT Support

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Christian Schuh
IT Systems & Communications
christian.schuh@meduniwien.ac.at

Vivian Daniela Ruschak
IT Support
vivian.ruschak@meduniwien.ac.at

Clinical & Research Team

Dr. Arabella Fischer-Hammerschmied
Cardio-thoracic & Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
arabella.fischer-hammerschmied@meduniwien.ac.at

Administration

Sabina Sabic
sabina.sabic@meduniwien.ac.at


Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dorothee Volkert
nDay Nursing Homes Coordinator
dorothee.volkert@fau.de

Dr. Linda Weber
Team Member
linda.weber@fau.de


National Coordinators worldwide

National Coordinators are key points for nutritionDay in their respective countries, supporting local participation, coordinating data collection, and serving as key contacts for institutions and participants. They help ensure smooth study implementation and promote collaboration at the national level.

Europe

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
Michael Hiesmayr โ€“ michael.hiesmayr@meduniwien.ac.at

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
Jean-Charles Preiser โ€“ preiserj@ulb.ac.be
Michael Sels โ€“ Michael.Sels@uza.be

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
Evelina Odisseeva โ€“ eodisseeva@abv.bg

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
Dina Ljubas โ€“ ljubas.dina@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
Elina Ioannou โ€“ ioannou_elina@hotmail.com

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic
Pavel Tesinsky โ€“ pavel.tesinsky@fnkv.cz
Ivana Praลพanovรก โ€“ prazanova.i@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
Liivi Maddison โ€“ info@estspen.ee

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
Anne Pohju โ€“ anne.pohju@hotmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
Diana Cardenas

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
Dorothee Volkert โ€“ dorothee.volkert@fau.de
Matthias Pirlich –

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
Kalliopi-Anna Poulia โ€“ lpoulia@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
Gabor Nardai โ€“ nardai@hotmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
Alessandro Laviano โ€“ alessandro.laviano@uniroma1.it

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
Laila Meija โ€“ laila@meija.lv
Ilze Jagmane โ€“ ilze.jagmane@inbox.lv

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
Edita Gaveliene โ€“ edita.gaveliene@santa.lt

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
Cora Jonkers-Schuitema โ€“ C.F.Jonkers@amc.uva.nl

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
Svein Oskar Frigstad โ€“ svosfr@vestreviken.no

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland


๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
Ricardo Marinho โ€“ ricardomarinho.medicina@chporto.min-saude.pt
Paulo Lopes –

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
Ioana Grintescu โ€“ ioana.grintescu@rospen.ro
Liliana Mirea โ€“ llmirea@yahoo.com

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
Marina Panisic โ€“ panisicm@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
Katja Kogovลกek โ€“ kkogovsek@onko-i.si
Milena Blaz –

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
Rosa Burgos โ€“ rburgos@vhebron.net

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
communications@bapen.org.uk

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
Sergii Dubrov โ€“ sergii.dubrov@gmail.com

Asia & Middle East

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
Shilpa Varma โ€“ pencommunication@iapenindia.org

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia
Hartono โ€“ hartonoicu@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
Pierre Singer โ€“ psinger@clalit.org.il

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
Maryam Alinezhad-Namaghi โ€“ Alinezhadnm@mums.ac.ir

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
Hiroyoshi Takemoto โ€“ htakemoto68@gmail.com
Ayano Agano โ€“ aya.k.nagano@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka
Renuka Jayatissa โ€“ renukajayatissa@ymail.com

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
Sonqsri Keawtanom โ€“ keawtanom@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
info@kepan.org.tr

Africa

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
Awol Seid Ali โ€“ awole.seid@aau.edu.et

๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
Anna-Lena du Toit โ€“ Anna-Lena.duToit@westerncape.gov.za



America

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
Adriana Horrisberger โ€“ ahorrisberger@sanatorioallende.com

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
Alejandra Parada โ€“ alepdaza@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
Janeth Barbosa โ€“ nutritionday@nutriclinicacolombia.org

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
Irene Alvarado โ€“ nutritiondayecuador@gmail.com
Evelyn Frias-Toral  evelynft@gmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador
Josรฉ Gutiรฉrrez โ€“ nutricionclinicaes@gmail.com



๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala
Claudia Maza โ€“ cmaza34@hotmail.com

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
Olga Gomez Santa Maria โ€“ contacto@colegiodenutricionclinica.mx

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America
Gail Gewirtz โ€“ gail@nutritiondayus.org

Supervisory Scientific Board

The Supervisory Scientific Board of nutritionDay ensures the scientific quality and integrity of the project. It reviews research proposals, provides guidance on study conduct, supports data interpretation, and contributes to strategic decisions. The board meets regularly, including at annual meetings, to evaluate progress and define future directions.

Partners

ESPEN (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) is Europeโ€™s leading professional society dedicated to clinical nutrition and metabolism, promoting research, education, and best practices for patient care.ESPEN drives nutritionDay worldwide by providing scientific guidance, educational resources, and international networking for clinicians and researchers. Through its support, healthcare institutions can implement standardized audits, compare outcomes, and adopt evidence-based practices that enhance patient nutrition and clinical results globally.

The Medical University of Vienna (MUW) is the largest medical organisation in Austria, as well as one of the top-level research institutions in Europe and provides Europe’s largest hospital, the Vienna General Hospital (AKH), with all of its medical staff. The Medical University of Vienna is one of Europeโ€™s oldest and most prestigious medical schools, renowned for excellence in research, education, and clinical care. The Center for Medical Data Science coordinates the nutritionDay initiative, driving research, managing nDay audits in multiple healthcare settings, and leading training programs. Through these efforts, helps units worldwide to benchmark nutrition practices, implement evidence-based improvements, and promote high-quality patient nutritional care.

The Austrian Society for Clinical Nutrition (AKE) is one of the pioneering supporters of nutritionDay, actively involved since 2006. AKE plays a key role in promoting nutritionDay at the national level in Austria, supporting participation, raising awareness of clinical nutrition, and strengthening collaboration between healthcare institutions. Through its long-standing involvement, AKE contributes to the visibility, implementation, and continued success of nutritionDay.

The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitรคt Erlangen-Nรผrnberg (FAU) is a key academic partner of nutritionDay, contributing expertise in nutritional science and aging research. Through its Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, FAU supports the development and coordination of nutritionDay activities, particularly in the field of nursing homes, and plays an important role in advancing scientific quality, data analysis, and international collaboration