Clare Collins

Prof. Clare Collins

1. School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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Biography

Clare Collins AO is Laureate Professor, Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle (UON), and Co-Director, Food & Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute. As an internationally distinguished leader in nutrition and dietetics, her research performance places her in the top 1% most cited scientists globally. Laureate Professor Collins was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 2023 for distinguished service to health research in nutrition and dietetics, scientific organizations, and science communication. In 2024 she was awarded the UON Alumni Medical, its highest honor for outstanding professional excellence. A trailblazer in her field, L/Prof Collins was ranked the highest National Health and Medical Research Council female Investigator Grant in 2022 for her research in Personalised Nutrition and awarded the prestigious, Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Leadership in Clinical Medicine and Science. Her research in precision and personalized nutrition targets nutrition at key life stages and chronic disease conditions, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The personalized eHealth nutrition tools she invented, including the Australian Eating Survey and Healthy Eating Quiz, have been used by hundreds of thousands of people to help improve eating patterns, diet-related health, and wellbeing.

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