Regional Group Committees
Dr Damien Belobrajdic (Co-Chair)
CSIRO
Health and Biosecurity
P: +61 8 8303 8815
E: damien.belobrajdic@csiro.au
Dr Rebecca Thomson (Co-Chair)
School of Medicine
University of Adelaide
Adelaide SA 5000
P: +61 8 8161 7304
E: r.thomson@adelaide.edu.au
Dr Bianca Benassi-Evans (Treasurer)
CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship
Kintore Avenue
Adelaide SA 5000
P: +61 8 8303 8982
E: Bianca-Benassi-Evans@csiro.au
Dr Lucy Bell (Secretary) Flinders University
Student Representatives
Lauren Chartier
Christina Norris
Committee Members
Dr Alison Hill (University of South Australia)
Dr Karma Pearce (University of South Australia)
Dr Nichola Thompson (University of Adelaide)
Dr Suzanne Mashtoub (University of Adelaide)
Dr Tom Wycherley (University of South Australia)
Dr Jayne Barbour (Flinders University)
Mrs Olivia Farrer (Flinders University)
Dr Dorota Zarnowieki (University of South Australia)
Ms Genevieve James-Martin (CSIRO)
Ms Caroline Giezenaar (University of South Australia)
Dr Niikee Schoendorfer (Chair)
Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, University of Queensland
Royal Children’s Hospital
Herston QLD 4029
P: +61 7 3365 5325
E: n.schoendorfer@uq.edu.au
Treasurer – Misa Matsuyama
Secretary –Dr Michael Netzel
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
The University of Queensland
T: +61 7 0344 32476
E: m.netzel@uq.edu.au
Dr Tanya Lawlis (Chair)
The University of Canberra
Canberra ACT 2600
P: +61 2 6206 8711
E: tanya.lawlis@canberra.edu.au
Emma Breen (Treasurer)
Dionne Eckley (Secretary)
Vashti Fox (Undergraduate Student Representative)
Stacey Morgan (Postgraduate Student Representative)
Committee Members
Gillian Duffy
Jacinta Dugbaza
Sarah Belton
Cathy Knight-Agarwal
Dr Tracy McCaffrey (Chair)
Monash University
E: tracy.mccaffrey@monash.edu
Committee Members
Collette Arnheim (Victoria University)
Maxine Bonham (Monash University)
Jessica Biesiekierski (Monash University)
Ananda Chandrasekara (Deakin University)
Lisa Lucas (Deakin University)
Lisa Newman (Deakin University)
Sharleen O'Reilly (Deakin University)
Andrew Sinclair (Deakin University)
Caroline Tuck (Student rep) (Monash University)
Ms Rebecca Williams (Chair)
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
P: +61 2 4042 0139
E: rebecca.williams@newcastle.edu.au
Dr Irene Munro (Treasurer)
University of Newcastle
Callaghan NSW 2308
E: irene.munro@uon.edu.au
Ms Kirrilly Pursey (Secretary)
Committee Members
Cintia Dias (University of Newcastle)
Tracy Schumacher (University of Newcastle)
Dr Rachel Wong (University of Newcastle)
Kristine Pezdirc
Senaka Ranadheera
Edith Cowan University
P: +61 8 9224 0339 / F: +61 8 9224 0246
E: c.bondonno@ecu.edu.au
Curtin University
P: +61 8 9266 2962 / F: +61 8 9266 2958
E: T.P.James@curtin.edu.au
Lauren Blekkenhorst (Secretary)
University of Western Australia
Ph: +61 8 9224 0381
Email: lauren.blekkenhorst@research.uwa.edu.au
Committee Members
Dr Mi Kyung Lee (Murdoch University)
A/Prof Graham Gardner (Murdoch University)
Prof Jonathan Hodgson (Edith Cowan University)
Dr Therese O’Sullivan (Edith Cowan University)
Prof David Pethick (Murdoch University)
Prof Richard Prince (University of WA)
Jesiane Accioly (WA Dept of Agriculture and Food)
Rachelle Pretorius, UWA – Postgraduate student representative
Jane Yu Ying Ong, Curtin University – Undergraduate student representative
Dr Kim Bell-Anderson (Chair)
Nutrition and Metabolism
University of Sydney
P: +61 2 9351 6276
E: kim@usyd.edu.au
Ms Helen Parker (Secretary)
Discipline of Exercise & Sport Science
The University of Sydney
E: h.parker@sydney.edu.au
A/Professor Stewart Truswell (Treasurer)
Nutrition and Metabolism
University of Sydney
P: +61 2 9351 3726
E: stewart.truswell@sydney.edu.au
Committee Members
Dr Jayashree Arcot
Ms Liane Colwell
Dr Amelia Cook
Dr Michelle Crawford
Dr Graham Faichney
Dr Flavia Fayet
Professor David Fraser
Mr Megan Gow
Professor Heather Greenfield
Ms Holly Johnson
Ms Annette Wong
*Many thanks to members standing down from the committee in 2014, for their efforts and contributions over the past years: Dr Sarah Garnett, Mrs Jennifer McArthur, Dr Kaye Brock and A/Prof Samir Samman.
Melanie Blackhall (Chair)
School of Medicine
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 34, GPO, Hobart TAS 7001
P: +61 3 6226 7683
E: Melanie.Blackhall@utas.edu.au
Susan McLeod (Treasurer)
Health Plus
PO Box 383, Moonah, TAS 7009
P: 0417 155 609
E: healthplus.tas@bigpond.com
Jeff Beckett (Secretary)
University of Tasmania
Locked Bag 1322
Launceston TAS 7250
P: +61 3 63245479
E: jbeckett@utas.edu.au
Committee Members
David Woodward
Kylie Smith (Menzies Research Institute)
Kiran Ahuja (University of Tasmania)
Chris Forbes-Ewan (Defense Science and Technology Organisation)
Sophie Dunn (Dunn Consulting)
Jane Pittaway
Joanna Russell (Chairperson)
School of Health and Society
University of Wollongong
P: 02 4221 5552
E: jrussell@uow.edu.au
Anne McMahon (Treasurer)
School of Medicine
University of Wollongong
T: 02 4221 4829
E: amcmahon@uow.edu.au
Committee Members
Professor Barbara Meyer
Associate Professor Karen Charlton
Lauren Houston
Cinthya Wibisono