Dona Hileti

Dr Dona Hileti serves as an Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics within the Department of Life Sciences, School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Additionally, she practices as a Clinical Dietitian specializing in nutritional management of adults and children with chronic conditions including Diabetes, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Haematology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London
• Master's in Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading
• Bachelor's in Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey

Dr Hileti's research spans nutrition across the lifespan with current emphases on paediatric nutrition, clinical nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Her investigations include chrono-nutrition behaviors and cognitive function in middle-aged adults, complementary feeding practices in Cyprus, nutrition during pregnancy in Lebanon, and appetite regulation in infancy. She has authored a chapter in the Textbook of Clinical Paediatric Dietetics and an encyclopedia entry for the Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition.

Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals a strong regional focus on Cyprus and Lebanon addressing public health nutrition challenges through cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies. Her work bridges clinical practice and academic research, demonstrating consistent methodology in examining nutrition-behavior-health outcome relationships across different life stages.

Scientific Awards: No specific awards were mentioned in the available text.

Dr Hileti has extensive collaborative research experience including multidisciplinary projects at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Wolfson Centre on gastrostomy impacts in children with Cerebral Palsy. She developed childhood nutrition resources with the Cyprus Paediatric Society and has served as an invited speaker on early-life nutrition at international conferences. Her prior academic appointments include Associate Professor at the European University (2012-2013) and Lecturer at Frederick University (2008-2012).

Current research activities involve teams investigating nutrition interventions in Cypriot and Lebanese populations, with emphasis on translational applications from clinical settings to public health policy.