Project cooperationUpdated on 26 January 2026
Sensory and consumer science for health
Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology at University of Gastronomic Sciences
Bra, Italy
About
Experties offered:
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analysis of consumer food perception and behaviours
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skills on food science and technology
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mapping diets and food related life-stiles
Example of activites
- assessing sensory liking and perception in remodulated healthier products (e.g. salt-, sugar- and saturated fats-reduced products) and/or healthy products normally rejected due to salient sensory sensations -> in case of NCDs
-developing innovative healthier recipes and meal solutions based on a consumer-involved process
-Monitoring life-styles and dietary patterns
-matching adherence to different type of diets with food preferences, and individual physiological factors affecting by specific deseases
-supporting the development of food-models and meal solutions for patients affected by specific diseases
-assessing changes in appetite, taste, and smell and pleasure of eating and mapping altered food preferences (e.g. sweet cravings)
Topic
- DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02: Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people
- DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-03: Building public trust and outreach in the life sciences
- DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-11: Understanding of sex and/or gender-specific mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases: determinants, risk factors and pathways
- DESTINATION 6: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-IND-03: Regulatory science to support translational development of patient-centred health technologies
Type
- Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Sensory and consumer science for health
- Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
- DESTINATION 3: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-DISEASE-11: Understanding of sex and/or gender-specific mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases: determinants, risk factors and pathways
Maria Piochi
Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology at University of Gastronomic Sciences
Bra, Italy
Project cooperation
FoodEducators as dissemination and implementation partner for healthy diets
- Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
- DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-03: Building public trust and outreach in the life sciences
- DESTINATION 2: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-04: Towards climate resilient, prepared and carbon neutral populations and healthcare systems
- DESTINATION 2: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-ENVHLTH-01: Towards a better understanding and anticipation of the impacts of climate change on health
- DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02: Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people
Viktoria Soos
Programme Lead of FoodEducators programme at FoodEducators
Budapest, Hungary
Project cooperation
Atlantic Technological University St Angela's
- DESTINATION 1: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02: Behavioural interventions as primary prevention for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among young people
Aoibhín Moore Heslin
Postdoctoral researcher at Atlantic Technological University
Sligo, Ireland