Professor Sumantra (Shumone) Ray is a Licensed Medical Doctor as well as a Registered Nutritionist (Public Health), with special interests in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Nutrition Education in Health Systems. He is the NNEdPro Founding Chair and Executive Director with
University affiliations at the University of Cambridge, Ulster University, Imperial College London and University of Wollongong.

Most recently Shumone has been cross-appointed in Cambridge as a Director of Research at the
University of Cambridge and Co-Lead for the Food, Nutrition and Education Work Package for the
TIGR2ESS Programme in India (2017-21) led by Cambridge and supported by UK Research and
Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Shumone is a Bye-Fellow of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge, and, additionally, holds a fractional personal chair appointment as
Professor of Global Nutrition, Health and Disease at Ulster University where he is also an Advisory Board Member to the high-impact GCRF Latin American SAFEWATER programme (2017-22). In addition, he has a number of honorary/visiting professorial appointments, including Imperial College London in the UK, and internationally.
Since 2008 Shumone and NNEdPro have pioneered efforts in studying the positioning and implementation of medical nutrition education in higher education and healthcare practice.