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
nDay Team at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitรคt
Institute for Biomedicine of Aging
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
๐ฆ๐น Austria
Michael Hiesmayr โ michael.hiesmayr@meduniwien.ac.at
๐ง๐ช Belgium
Jean-Charles Preiser โ preiserj@ulb.ac.be
Michael Sels โ Michael.Sels@uza.be
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
Evelina Odisseeva โ eodisseeva@abv.bg
๐ญ๐ท Croatia
Dina Ljubas โ ljubas.dina@gmail.com
๐จ๐พ Cyprus
Elina Ioannou โ ioannou_elina@hotmail.com
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic
Pavel Tesinsky โ pavel.tesinsky@fnkv.cz
Ivana Praลพanovรก โ prazanova.i@gmail.com
๐ช๐ช Estonia
Liivi Maddison โ info@estspen.ee
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
Anne Pohju โ anne.pohju@hotmail.com
๐ซ๐ท France
Diana Cardenas
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
Dorothee Volkert โ dorothee.volkert@fau.de
Matthias Pirlich –
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
Kalliopi-Anna Poulia โ lpoulia@gmail.com
๐ญ๐บ Hungary
Gabor Nardai โ nardai@hotmail.com
๐ฎ๐น Italy
Alessandro Laviano โ alessandro.laviano@uniroma1.it
๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
Laila Meija โ laila@meija.lv
Ilze Jagmane โ ilze.jagmane@inbox.lv
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
Edita Gaveliene โ edita.gaveliene@santa.lt
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
Cora Jonkers-Schuitema โ C.F.Jonkers@amc.uva.nl
๐ณ๐ด Norway
Svein Oskar Frigstad โ svosfr@vestreviken.no
๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐ต๐น Portugal
Ricardo Marinho โ ricardomarinho.medicina@chporto.min-saude.pt
Paulo Lopes –
๐ท๐ด Romania
Ioana Grintescu โ ioana.grintescu@rospen.ro
Liliana Mirea โ llmirea@yahoo.com
๐ท๐ธ Serbia
Marina Panisic โ panisicm@gmail.com
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
Katja Kogovลกek โ kkogovsek@onko-i.si
Milena Blaz –
๐ช๐ธ Spain
Rosa Burgos โ rburgos@vhebron.net
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
communications@bapen.org.uk
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine
Sergii Dubrov โ sergii.dubrov@gmail.com
Asia & Middle East
๐ฎ๐ณ India
Shilpa Varma โ pencommunication@iapenindia.org
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
Hartono โ hartonoicu@gmail.com
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
Pierre Singer โ psinger@clalit.org.il
๐ฎ๐ท Iran
Maryam Alinezhad-Namaghi โ Alinezhadnm@mums.ac.ir
๐ฏ๐ต Japan
Hiroyoshi Takemoto โ htakemoto68@gmail.com
Ayano Agano โ aya.k.nagano@gmail.com
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
Renuka Jayatissa โ renukajayatissa@ymail.com
๐น๐ญ Thailand
Sonqsri Keawtanom โ keawtanom@gmail.com
๐น๐ท Turkey
info@kepan.org.tr
Africa
๐ช๐น Ethiopia
Awol Seid Ali โ awole.seid@aau.edu.et
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
Anna-Lena du Toit โ Anna-Lena.duToit@westerncape.gov.za
America
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
Adriana Horrisberger โ ahorrisberger@sanatorioallende.com
๐จ๐ฑ Chile
Alejandra Parada โ alepdaza@gmail.com
๐จ๐ด Colombia
Janeth Barbosa โ nutritionday@nutriclinicacolombia.org
๐ช๐จ Ecuador
Irene Alvarado โ nutritiondayecuador@gmail.com
Evelyn Frias-Toral evelynft@gmail.com
๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
Josรฉ Gutiรฉrrez โ nutricionclinicaes@gmail.com
๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
Claudia Maza โ cmaza34@hotmail.com
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
Olga Gomez Santa Maria โ contacto@colegiodenutricionclinica.mx
๐บ๐ธ 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 Europeโs 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 Europeโs 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
