Colin R. Martin

Professor of Clinical Psychobiology and Applied Psychoneuroimmunology and Clinical Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk, UK. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Chartered Scientist. He trained in analytical biochemistry, reflecting the psychobiological focus of much of his research within mental health. He has published or has in press well over 300 research papers and book chapters. He is a keen book author and editor having written and/or edited more than 50 books. His works include Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (2011), Nanomedicine and the Nervous System (2012), Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants in Neurological Disease (2020), Zika Virus Impact, Diagnosis, Control and Models (2021), Factors Affecting Neurodevelopment: Genetics, Neurology, Behavior and Diet (2021), Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury (2022), The Neurobiology, Physiology, and Psychology of Pain (2022), and The Handbook of Lifespan Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Childhood, Adolescence, Pregnancy, Adulthood, and Aging (2023). Professor Martin is particularly interested in the relationship between underlying physiological substrates and behavior, especially in how these relationships manifest in both acute and chronic psychiatric disorder. He has published original research germane to significant mental health disorders including schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, alcohol and drug dependency, high secure forensic mental health, and personality disorder. He has a keen interest in the impact of postviral illness and is actively involved in clinical research post-Covid pandemic, focusing on the impact of Long Covid on psychological, neurological, physiological, and social functioning. He is involved in collaborative international research with many European and Non-European countries.

Vinood B. Patel

Professor in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Westminster. In 2014, Dr. Patel was elected as a Fellow to The Royal Society of Chemistry. He graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in Pharmacology and completed his PhD in protein metabolism from King’s College London in 1997. His postdoctoral work was carried out at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical School, NC, USA, studying structural-functional alterations to mitochondrial ribosomes, where he developed novel techniques to characterize their biophysical properties. His research investigates the role of nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals, iron, alcohol, and fatty acids in the pathophysiology of liver disease. Other areas of interest include identifying new biomarkers for disease diagnosis and prognosis, and understanding mitochondrial oxidative stress in neurological disorders and iron dysregulation in diabetes. Dr. Patel is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher and has several edited biomedical books related to the use or investigation of active agents or components. These books include The Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, and Epigenetics, Branched Chain Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition, Cancer: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants, Toxicology: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants, Molecular Nutrition: Vitamins, The Neuroscience of Pain, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. He is Editor of the ten-volume series Biomarkers in Disease: Methods, Discoveries and Applications.

Professor Preedy

Elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He was the founding Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. He is a leading expert on the science of health with a long-standing interest in disease processes, biomarkers, and tissue pathology. He has lectured nationally and internationally. Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, symposium presentations, reviews, and numerous books and volumes.

Dr. Rajkumar Rajendram

A clinician scientist with a focus on internal medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care, and peri-operative medicine. He graduated with distinctions from Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas Medical School, King’s College London in 2001, receiving several prizes, merits, and distinctions in pre-clinical and clinical subjects. Dr. Rajendram began his postgraduate medical training in general medicine and intensive care in Oxford, attaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2004 and completing specialist training in acute and general medicine in Oxford in 2010. He subsequently practiced as a Consultant in Acute General Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Dr. Rajendram also trained in anaesthesia and intensive care in London, receiving a fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 2009 and completing advanced training in regional anaesthesia and intensive care. He was awarded a fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) in 2013 and obtained the European diploma of intensive care medicine (EDIC) in 2014. He then moved to the Royal Free London Hospitals as a Consultant in Intensive Care, Anaesthesia, and Peri-operative Medicine. He has been a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin) and the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lond) since 2017 and 2019, respectively. He is currently a Consultant in Internal Medicine at King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Rajendram’s focus on improving outcomes from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) involves research on point-of-care ultrasound and phenotypes of COVID-19. He recognizes nutritional support as a fundamental aspect of medical care, especially for patients with COVID-19. As a clinician scientist, he has devoted significant time and effort to nutritional science research and education. He is an affiliated member of the Nutritional Sciences Research Division of King’s College London and has published over 400 textbook chapters, review articles, peer-reviewed papers, and abstracts.

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