Kevin D. Cashman, BSc, PhD, DSc, RPHNutr 

Professor Kevin Cashman has been a University lecturer and Principal Investigator in Nutrition for 35 years. Trained in Ireland (Cork) and in the USA (USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Ageing at Tufts, Boston); he took up a lectureship post at University College Cork in 1993 and an Endowed Research Professorship at the University in 2000; this is a joint post between the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Medicine.  He is the Co-Director of the Cork Centre for Vitamin D and Nutrition Research at University College Cork.

His research interests focus on the key public health areas of vitamin D, including population distributions of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and related metabolites, dietary requirements for vitamin D in different population subgroups, food-based solutions for increasing vitamin D intake and status, and the role of vitamin D in health outcomes. He has over 250 publications; his work has contributed to current understanding of dietary vitamin D requirements and factors which affect same, as well as finding evidence-based dietary approaches for reaching the requirement estimates. 

Key research interests:

• Vitamin D - a nutrient of public health concern
• Micronutrient deficiencyt and hidden hunger
• Summary of research output (via Google Scholar; March 2026)
  • Total Publications: 279
  • H-Index: 84
  • i10-index: 237 
  • Citations: 24,429 

35 years of nutriton teaching and examinining experience, including external examiner duties.  I strive to ensure that I contribute research-led teaching within our programmes of Nutrition education. I also strive to provide undergraduate and taught postgraduate education in Nutrition to the highest standards of excellence and which are relevant to regional, national and European needs.