Our people
The Centre will draw together a diverse community of researchers and academics who have the capability to consider everything from food production to the economics of grocery shopping, the physiology of metabolic disorders, clinical translational research, public policy, health economics, law and regulation, behavioural sciences and cultural studies.
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Focusing on obesity and the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents -- causes, consequences, management and prevention.
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Changing the way we think about food with her rigorous research on the glycemic index.
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Exploring the integration of our understandings of the evolution of work with the analysis of chronic disease.
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Leading ground-breaking studies examining the health impact of bereavement on recently bereaved spouses and parents.
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Challenging the status quo of clinical care for chronic diseases and aiding government and key stakeholders to recognise obesity as a genuine problem in the Australian population.
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An internationally recognised expert in diabetes, an outspoken critic of the junk food industry and a champion of public health.
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Studying early heart disease in children and young adults at risk of atherosclerosis.
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Conducting groundbreaking research into the way we cultivate land and grow our food, in search of sustainability.
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Developing and analysing effective learning networks that can be applied to how staff at the centre interact with students and other users.
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Examining evolutionary theory and the public's understanding of the role of genetics and environmental factors in obesity.
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Expert in the description of microbial communities, and the linkage between the microbial communities in the gut and health.
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Driving the building of the new centre to transform the work practises of those who use it.
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Seeking to create an environment that better supports healthy choices and lifestyles.
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Researching body image with the intention of preventing eating disorders and child obesity, focussing on child and adolescent health.
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Examining two key risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity: amount of physical activity and sedentary behaviours.
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Studying locust behaviour, which may hold some of the keys to understanding and solving the world's obesity crisis.
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Conducting research that is dedicated to preventing, detecting, treating and reversing end-organ complications in diabetes.
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Leading the world in the study of the human body's tropoelastin, which can be used to augment and repair human tissues.