Anu Ruusunen

Anu is an honorary member of the Food & Mood Centre, having recently held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre. Her primary research focus is clinical dietary interventions for psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders, depression and schizophrenia. Anu has a Title of Docent in Nutrition, specialisation in psychiatric disorders, and she is a registered dietitian (RD). She has pioneered clinical dietary counselling and interventions supporting dietary improvements in psychiatric populations, holding a unique clinical dietitian’s position at the Department of Psychiatry (Kuopio University Hospital, Finland).

Research areas and skills: Dietary interventions; Serious mental disorders; Eating disorders; Depression; Gut Microbiome