Our Speakers

FAB Research Scientific Advisory Board and Speakers

Food and Behaviour Research (FAB Research) is a charitable organisation established in 2003 and dedicated to advancing scientific research into the links between nutrition and human behaviour, and to making the findings from such research available to the widest possible audience.


FAB Research has a vast range of speakers who are committed to improving current knowledge and awareness of the effects of nutrition and diet on human behaviour, learning and mood.

Our Speakers

Dr Emma Derbyshire, PhD

November 7, 2024
Founder and CEO of Nutritional Insight. Authored 200+ peer-reviewed nutrition publications and the successful Wiley-Blackwell text “Nutrition in the Childbearing Years”.

Dr Alex Richardson

August 12, 2024
Dr Alex Richardson is a world-renowned researcher, educator, speaker and published author; and Founder Director of the UK-based charity, Food and Behaviour (FAB) Research.

Dr Kevin Williamson

By Phil Admin • August 5, 2024
Consultant Nutritionist and Clinical Lead at their Centre for Nutrition and Behaviour, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH).

Dr Joseph R Hibbeln

By Phil Admin • August 5, 2024
Psychiatrist, Nutritional Neuroscientist. One of the very first investigators to flag the importance of adequate dietary omega-3 intakes for mental wellbeing.

Prof Julia Rucklidge, PhD

April 22, 2024
Professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and leads the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group.

Dr. Rachel V. Gow

April 22, 2024
Founder of Nutritious Minds Consulting and Nutritious Minds Trust (not-for-profit) Nutritional Neuroscientist, Neuropsychologist, Reg Nutritionist, Public Speaker and Author.

David Rex, RD

April 22, 2024
Has a lead public health role for Food & Health in schools, nurseries and Children’s Residential Units; and for over 20 years, has been providing specialist Dietetic advice for children with ASD and ADHD.

Prof John Stein

March 14, 2024
Professor of Neurophysiology, University of Oxford, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Chair of the Dyslexia Research Trust.

Prof Michael A Crawford

March 14, 2024
Pioneer in human nutrition research and a world-leading authority in the field of fatty acids and lipids in particular, their role in human brain development and evolution.
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