[5] Over the next subsequent years, Han, Morin, Gordon M. Shepherd, Tim McClintock, Bob Perry, Jehangir Mehta, Charles Spence, Kelsey Rahenkamp, Siddharth Kapoor, Ouita Michel, and Bret Smith formed ISN with sponsorship from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/National Institutes of Health.

[10] Neurogastronomists aim to expand evidence-based approaches to promote human health, quality of life, clinical management, and related economics of food sustainability.

[9] The interdisciplinary meetings of neurogastronomists via ISN were initially led by Han and his colleagues between 2015 and 2018. International efforts were fostered involving six countries, i.e., United States, Canada, England, Germany, Spain, and Japan.

Olfaction, taste, cognitive, bioenergetics, and food technology scientists, clinicians, and culinary artisans annually participate in this intersection of neurogastronomy.

[6][7][8][12][13][14] In 2015, Han created the Applied Neurogastronomy Challenge within ISN’s project events,[5] which incorporates interdisciplinary teamwork to address dietetic and nutritional needs of clinical patient populations.