ESDN: Gastroenterology

The mission of our network is to support dietitians in developing and implementing evidence based clinical practices regarding dietetic intervention and prevention through conducting research and creating tools in relation to Gastrointestinal Health and Disease

To promote the role of dietitians in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease in adults and children. To contribute to the prevention of gastrointestinal disease through emphasizing the role of healthy and sustainable food choices across Europe.

This will be achieved through:

 

  • Engaging with decision and policy makers at local, national and European levels.
  • Supporting the highest quality of professional dietetic practice by developing and designating evidence based proposals, guidelines, reports and position statements.
  • Supporting, developing and delivering dietetic research programs in the area of Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease to further develop the evidence basis for practice.
  • Supporting the highest quality of dietetic education, research activity and partnership.
  • Developing and updating role statement and briefing papers for the role of the dietitian in the specialist field.

 

 

  • Acting as an advocate for the role of the dietitian in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease.
  • Developing advanced competence statements for dietitians working in the specialist field.
  • Sharing and learning from dietetic practices in Gastrointestinal Health and Disease across Europe.
  • Engaging all dietitians working in the specialist field across Europe through the ESDN members.
  • Liaising as appropriate with other European professional groups and monitor the developments in education and LLL of other health professionals in the specialist field.
  • Liaising with other EFAD committees to develop the specialty in Education, Research and Professional Practice.

Who we are:

Dr. Christina N. Katsagoni Committee Lead, Greece

Clinical dietitian at Agia Sofia Children’s Hospital

Research Associate at Harokopio University of Athens

Dr. Paula Crespo Member, Spain

Clinical dietitian

Coordinator of the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit and Responsible of the Obesity Unit at Hospital Recoletas Campo Grande.

Professor and Researcher at Miguel de Cervantes European University.

Prof. Dr. Luzia Valentini Member, Germany

Professor for clinical dietetics and nutrition at the UAS Neubrandenburg
Head of the bachelor course in dietetics, UAS Neubrandenburg

Director of the Neubrandenburg Institute for Evidence-based Dietetics (NIED)

Asteria Stamataki, MSc Member, Greece

Clinical Fellow at 5th Surgical Clinic, Evgenidion Hospital ,National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine

Dr. Caroline M. Kiss Member, Switzerland

Advanced dietetic practitioner for research and development in clinical nutrition at University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, Basel, Switzerland

Judy Gore Student member, Austria

University Lecturer at School of Nursing, FH JOANNEUM Graz, Austria

Merve Guney-Coskun Student Member, Turkey

Research Assistant at Istanbul Medipol University

Hüsna Ercin Student Member, Turkey

MSc student at Hacettepe University

Papers and Reports

Categories: Reports

ESDN Gastroenterology Committee Report - EFAD Conference 2018

Last Modified: September 29 2018
Tags: Conference, Gastroenterology
Categories: Position Paper, Statements

AOECS and EFAD joint position statement on nutritional value of GF foods

Last Modified: June 2019
Tags: Gluten free