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Speakers
Confirmed Keynote Speakers for 2010 include:
Professor Olle Ljungqvist
Olle Ljungqvist, 1954 in Stockholm, received his MD at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden in 1982 and his PhD at the Karolinska Hospital in 1987, where also trained in general surgery finishing 1989. He became an Associate Professor of Surgery in 1991 and in 2005 professor of surgery nutrition and metabolism at Karolinska Institutet. HE was Head of The Center for gastrointestinal disease Ersta hospital in Stockholm for 8 years before moving to become professor of surgery at Orebro university hospital. Olle Ljungqvist has about 150 peer review papers and reviews, and is the current Chairman of European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, ESPEN.
Carolyn Lister
Dr Carolyn Lister leads the Phytochemicals and Health Team, which is part of the Food Solutions Group at the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research. She obtained her PhD in plant biochemistry from the University of Canterbury University in 1994. Although originally working on pigments and plant colour, in 1997 Dr Lister completed a fellowship at the University of Glasgow and changed to an emphasis on the role pigments play in human nutrition. The primary focus of her groups current research is on phytochemicals and their role in human health, especially as antioxidants. This research involves extraction, identification and quantification of components, understanding factors influencing their levels, the development of assays for in vitro assessment of activity and bioavailability/bioefficacy studies (animal and human). The final goal of the research is the development of scientifically validated functional foods or supplements with improved efficacy for key health targets (e.g. prevention of cancer). Dr Lister has worked with a range of food and supplement companies throughout New Zealand and Australia, which has lead to the development of a number of new products and increased product sales. She also has a strong interest in communicating science to the community. To help achieve consumer awareness of antioxidants Dr Lister has published a book “Antioxidants: a health revolution” and more recently worked on a book incorporating recipes alongside nutrition and health information: “Hot potatoes & cool bananas”. She has also been working with community groups, for example working with a chef to provide practical, healthy eating seminars to cancer support groups.
Professor Mike Daube
Professor Mike Daube is Professor of Health Policy at Curtin University and Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia.
Professor Daube is currently President of the Public Health Association of Australia, the Australian Council on Smoking and Health, and the WA Heart Foundation, Chair of the WA Alcohol and Drug Authority, Deputy Chair of the Federal Government’s Preventative Health Taskforce, a member of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s Prevention and Community Health Committee, and many other committees and editorial boards. Before moving to Curtin in 2005 he was Director General of Health for Western Australia and Chair of the National Public Health Partnership. He has played a leading role in public health, health policy and health advocacy in Australia, the UK and internationally since 1973. He has received numerous awards for his work from national and international organizations.
Professor Helen Truby
Helen Truby started her professional life as paediatric dietitian and completed both her Masters and Phd while working at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Since that time she has worked in an academic role in the UK and at the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, University of Queensland. Recently she joined Monash University as Head of Dept of Nutrition & Dietetics. She has published over 80 research papers and abstracts and is the Australian Editor for the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Her research interests are focused around understanding energy balance in healthy populations and has a particular interest in childhood obesity. Her research aims are to enhance the evidence base in successful nutritional interventions and to contribute to transferring them into practice
Ms Claire Palermo
Claire is a lecturer in nutrition and dietetics at Monash University. Her career has spanned community and public health nutrition in Victoria and the Northern Territory. Her research and practice interests include capacity building and food access. She is passionate about public health nutrition workforce development and preparing entry-level dietitians for a career in public health. The work she will present today includes findings from her PhD - an evaluation of a mentoring circle intervention for post graduate professional development of dietitians.
Dr Amanda Lee
Dr Amanda Lee is currently Manager of Nutrition and Physical Activity within the Health Promotion Branch in Queensland Health and Conjoint Associate Professor within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Queensland. She has a PhD in Medicine, a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, a post-graduate Diploma of Dietetics, and a Graduate Certificate in Business Management. Amanda serves on several national public health committees, including as Chair of the National Health and Medical Research Council Dietary Guidelines Working Committee. She has worked for over 30 years in public and Indigenous health, in academia, and as a consultant in Australia and Japan. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology and at Griffith University.
Ms Caryl Nowson
Dr. Caryl Nowson holds the chair of Professor of Nutrition and Ageing, Associate Head (Research) School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and team leader within the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research at Deakin University. Prof. Nowson has a research program spanning more than 20 years which has focused on two major diseases of ageing, specifically nutrition related to hypertension and bone health. Professor Nowson has published widely, demonstrating the effectiveness for dietary interventions, particularly reduction of dietary sodium and increasing dietary potassium. She is also a member of the scientific advisory committee of Osteoporosis Australia was the founding chairperson of AWASH (Australian division of World Action group on Salt and Health) and continues as a member of the secretariat.
In Dec (2005) Prof. Nowson set up AWASH (Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health) to ensure that the evidence base was translated into a public health action plan to reduce the dietary intake of salt in Australia. AWASH was formally launched in May 2007 and is now based at the George Institute, Sydney.
Mr Brenton Philp
Brenton Philp is the General Manager of the Compliance Strategies Branch within the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. With qualifications in law, Brenton joined the ACCC in 2000. In that time, Brenton’s work has included a range of trade practices compliance, enforcement and merger matters.
Brenton’s current responsibilities include operation of the ACCC’s consumer, outreach and small business programs as well as the delivery of its compliance and industry codes programs. In addition, Brenton is responsible for considering emerging issues which currently include health and environmental claims. These roles provide regular opportunities to work with both consumer and business organisations in identifying and responding to trade practices concerns in the Australian market place.
Dr Karen Walton
Karen Walton is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and Lecturer at the University of Wollongong. She is currently lecturing in dietetics, food service dietetics and research subjects for nutrition and dietetics students, and also coordinates Honours projects for the School of Health Sciences.
She is actively involved with the Smart Foods Centre and her particular areas of research interest include food service dietetics, healthy ageing and nutrition requirements for long stay hospital patients. Karen has recently completed a PhD in this area, titled, “Nutrition and food service systems for long stay elderly patients. A contextual analysis - Making every mouthful count.” Karen is also the national convenor of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) National Food Service Interest Group.
Linda Tapsell
Linda Tapsell is Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Wollongong. She lead the National Centre of Excellence in Functional Food from 2003-2008 and is currently Director, Nutrition Research and the Smart Foods Centre in the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI). She has published substantially in the field of diet and disease, and serves on a number of national and international committees addressing food and nutrition policy and research. Professor Tapsell is the Editor of the journal Nutrition and Dietetics, the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia including the New Zealand Dietetics Association. She is a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia
Sandra Capra
Sandra is currently the Chair of the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations (2004-2010). In her international role she has been involved in supporting the development of cross national approaches that will impact on dietetics practice, including the development of the definition of a dietitian, the international code of ethics and good practice. Part of the current strategic plan for the ICDA is to support particular activities of individual national dietetic associations across the world in order to improve practice. The standard nutrition and dietetics terminology is one such activity. Sandra is currently Professor of Nutrition at the University of Queensland.
