O. C. Lyons

Oonagh holds a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition from Ulster University and a BSc. in Physiology from University College Cork. Oonagh has worked in the Public Health Nutrition team at FSAI since 2014. Her main responsibilities are providing technical secretariat to the Public Health Nutrition Subcommittee of the Scientific Committee, providing scientific support to the Department of Health on policy-related issues and representing Ireland as the Irish delegate at Codex Alimentarius. Oonagh is also a part-time PhD researcher at Ulster University, with her PhD focusing on two of the most nutritionally vulnerable age groups – young children and older adults.