Dr Lisa Smithers |
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| Position: | Post Doctoral Research Fellow: Early Life Nutrition and Population Health | |
| Division/Portfolio: | Division of Health Sciences | |
| School/Unit: | School of Health Sciences | |
| Group: | SIHR HLS | |
| Campus: | City East Campus | |
| Office: | P5-06B | |
| Telephone: | +61 8 830 21882 | |
| Fax: | +61 8 830 22842 | |
| Email: | Lisa_dot_Smithers_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au | |
| URL for Business Card: | http://people.unisa.edu.au/Lisa.Smithers | |
Teaching interests
- Nutrition
- Fatty Acids & Health
Professional associations
Nutrition Society of Australia
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids & Lipids
Australian Society for Medical Research
Healthy Development Adelaide Research Cluster
Qualifications
BAppSc Univeristy of South Australia 1992
Grad Dip Hum Nutr Deakin University 1999
PhD University of Adelaide 2006
Research interests
- My research interests include the long-term effects of nutrition during pregnancy and in infancy on later health and development.
- I explore the effect of dietary omega 3 (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on visual and cognitive development of infants and young children
- I conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses of foods or nutrients on health outcomes
Research publications
Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Discipline: health sciences
- Effects of omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids on visual & cognitive development
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