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Chairperson

Julie Van Onselen

Dermatology Lecturer Practitioner

Dermatology Education Partnership Ltd and The National Eczema Society

Hannah Whittaker

Specialist Paediatric & Pregnancy Dietitian

Bump2baby Nutrition LTD

Caroline Benjamin

Founder/Trainer/Consultant

Food Allergy Aware

Dr Caroline Childs

Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences

University of Southampton

Dr Emma Derbyshire

CEO

Nutritional insight

Dr José Maia e Costa

Consultant Paediatrician in Allergy

New Foscote Hospital and Nuffield Hospital Warwickshire

Julie Van Onselen


Dermatology Lecturer Practitioner
Dermatology Education Partnership Ltd and The National Eczema Society

Julie is a Dermatology Lecturer Practitioner, RGN and RSCN; 30 years as a dermatology clinical nurse specialist.  She has always had a focus on supporting children with atopic eczema and developing UK-wide primary care services. Dermatology Education Partnership Ltd focuses on dermatology educational projects and training courses. She works for skin support groups, including the National Eczema Society (helpline). She publishes widely in health care journals; and is past editor of the BDNG Journal, Dermatological Nursing. She is a PCDS executive committee member and leads the primary care practitioner group. Her current clinical is in skin cancer detection clinics. Julie is passionate about improving care for people with skin conditions through developing educational initiatives.

Hannah Whittaker


Specialist Paediatric & Pregnancy Dietitian
Bump2baby Nutrition LTD

Hannah is a specialist pregnancy and paediatric dietitian with a focus on milk allergy and vegan and plant-based pregnancy and early years. With experience working in the NHS, she established her own business, bump2baby nutrition in 2021, where she helps empower new mums and mums-to-be with evidence-based nutrition advice. She also serve as a media spokesperson, dispelling myths and educating the public on her specialist areas.

Caroline Benjamin


Founder/Trainer/Consultant
Food Allergy Aware

Caroline founded Food Allergy Aware Ltd in 2013 to enable the food service business to understand and embrace the Food Hypersensitive (FHS) customer. We develop solutions to give businesses the tools, knowledge and expertise to not only manage allergen processes and the labelling regulations, but to take it to the next level and offer a positive customer journey for the FHS diner. In 2019 Caroline won the SOFHT ‘Company of the Year Award’

Caroline has written various articles for many industry publications including Garden Centre Forum,  and The Caterer, she has also spoken at various events on the topics of Food Allergen Awareness within the food service industry. https://foodallergyaware.co.uk/news-room/

Caroline is worked with Jacqui McPeake on the Near Miss Reporting Campaign, they formed Hospitality Allergen Support UK, to highlight the importance of managing hazards and risks specifically related to allergen management.  Check out via HASUK.co.uk

Dr Caroline Childs


Associate Professor in Nutritional Sciences
University of Southampton

Dr Caroline Childs is Programme Lead of the BM6 medicine course, a programme designed to widen participation in medicine, and Nutrition and Metabolism subject lead in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr Childs' research focuses on diet and its links with immune function, inflammatory status, immunosenescence and the gut microbiome.

Dr Emma Derbyshire


CEO
Nutritional insight

Dr Emma Derbyshire is founder and CEO of Nutritional Insight. She has a degree in Nutritional Biochemistry, PhD in Human Nutrition specialising in Maternal (Pregnancy) Nutrition and is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist.

Dr José Maia e Costa


Consultant Paediatrician in Allergy
New Foscote Hospital and Nuffield Hospital Warwickshire

Dr José Costa is a senior consultant paediatrician and media commentator, specialising in the latest research, medical guidance and insight on childhood food allergies, Rhinitis (Hay Fever), Eczema, Asthma and associated conditions.

With over 16 years of experience in Paediatrics and 12 years in Paediatric Allergy, Dr Costa is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. A graduate of Coimbra’s Medical School, in Portugal, Dr Costa holds also two post-graduate certificates - one in Paediatric Allergy, from Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Católica, in Lisbon/Portugal and the other in Allergy, undertaken at the Imperial College in London.

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