Aedin Cassidy

Aedin Cassidy is a Professor at the Institute for Global Food Security within the School of Biological Sciences at Queen's University Belfast. She has been active in dietary polyphenol research since 1988, focusing on flavonoids' impact on cardiometabolic health, gut microbiome, and anthocyanin efficacy. Her work spans from mechanistic studies to large-scale population research, with 212 total research outputs and 1 supervised work documented.

• Current member, REF2021 sub-panel 3
• Fellow of the American Heart Association (2017)
• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013)
• Collaborations with EU/North America institutions including Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Her research highlights include flavonoid-disease risk associations (chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular conditions), microbiome metabolism studies, and planetary health diet analysis. Key methodologies involve cohort studies, intervention trials, and biochemical nomenclature standardization.

Scientific awards include:

• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013)
• Fellow of the American Heart Association (2017)
• Fellow of Society for Biology
• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

She has published extensively on flavonoid health impacts, with recent 2025 studies covering chronic kidney disease prevention, planetary diet outcomes, and anthocyanin metabolism. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to zero hunger and good health.