Dr Irene P Tzanetakou, is an assistant professor of research methodology and epidemiology at the European University, Cyprus. She received her doctorate from the Medical School of the National University of Athens, her BSc in human nutrition and dietetics from London Metropolitan University, while she also holds a biomedical sciences degree from the University of Brighton. Dr. Tzanetakou has more than a decade of professional clinical dietetic experience as a consultant dietitian at  Ygeias Arogos: Mind Body Medicine center in Athens, and lead dietitian at the Bariatric Surgical Department, Laparoscopy Unit, “Hippokrateio” University Hospital of Athens. She is also the treasurer and a founding member of the Hellenic Society for the Study and Research of Ageing (EEMEG). Her research interests include aging, nutrigenomics, developmental origins of diseases, and nutritional psychology.