ACB President - Prof Ian Young

Ian Young is Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, and Deputy Medical Director and Consultant Chemical Pathologist at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.  In addition, he is Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Health, Northern Ireland, and Director of Research for Health and Social Care.   

His main clinical and research interests are in biochemical aspects of nutrition and lipid metabolism, particularly in relation to disease prevention and management of patients with complex lipid disorders.  He is author of over 380 published research papers.  His work has extended from basic science investigations through to epidemiological studies and clinical trials.  He was Chair of the Scientific Division of the International Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine from 2010 - 2016. He is a member of the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the UK National Institute of Biological Standards and Controls. He is Associate Editor for Clinical Chemistry, and a member of the editorial boards of a number of other international journals. 

President's Bulletin