Tracy Burrows

Dr. Tracy Burrows

School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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Biography

Prof. Burrows is currently the Co-Director of HMRI’s Food and Nutrition Research Program and Director of the TRACE research group. She is recognized as a top-tier clinician and researcher through multiple prestigious awards including Fellow of Dietitians Australia, HMRI Award for Mid-Career Research Excellence in 2020, and NSW Tall Poppy Award in 2016. Prof. Burrows is currently a Research Fellow at the College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle. Her intervention work in obesity treatment and prevention has been translated to a diverse range of population groups including indigenous and low-income families. One community translation study received an award from the World Health Organisation for Excellence in Obesity Prevention (2014). Internationally, she has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for dietary assessment research in Cambodia and Tanzania. Prof. Burrows was part of the leadership team that undertook the systematic reviews to update the National Health & Medical Research Council dietary guidelines. She contributed to evidence synthesis and guideline development, which informed the writing of these national guidelines. In a similar role, she was part of the team that undertook the reviews for revision of the Dietitians Association of Australia Obesity Management Guidelines for Obesity.

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