Dr. Sumantra Ray is an internationally recognized specialist in Nutrition and his main areas of interest are Nutrition Education in Health Systems and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. With his outstanding experience in this health field, he has served as a consultant on special assignment for the Nutrition Management of the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva. He has also worked as Director of Research in Food Security, Health and Society in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

For his constant commitment to the dissemination of healthy eating habits, he has received the Josephine Lansdell Award from the British Medical Association. Specifically, this recognition highlighted his contributions related to nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention. Also, as an international expert, he has participated in a work program on Food, Nutrition and Education in India, led by the University of Cambridge and funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund.

Dr. Sumantra Ray's studies are worldwide references, focusing on global food security, as it is a fundamental aspect for the development of societies. In addition, he has demonstrated his leadership skills as a Senior Clinical Scientist at the Medical Research Council, focusing on Nutrition and Vascular Health studies. In this position, he directed an experimental medicine facility dedicated to Human Nutrition studies.

Throughout his career he has authored more than 200 scientific publications and has written the Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Health Research, aimed at strengthening the basic research skills of health care workers around the world. In this sense, he has shared his scientific findings in numerous presentations and congresses, in which he has participated in different countries.

• Executive Director and Founder, NNEdPro Global Nutrition and Health Centre, Cambridge, UK
• Director of Research in Food Security, Health and Society in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge 
• Co-Founder and President of the BMJ Scientific Journal Nutrition, Prevention and Health 
• Presidential Advisor at the School of Advanced Studies on Food and Nutrition, University of Parma 
• Vice President of the Conference of Medical Academic Representatives of the BMA 
• Consultant on special assignment for the Nutrition Directorate of the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva 
• Honorary International Dean of the Cordia Colleges in India 
• Senior Clinical Scientist with the Medical Research Council 
• Bachelor's Degree in Medicine