Editing

I was formerly an associate editor for the academic journal Public Health Nutrition, am current editor for Nutridate and Health & PE – Warringal publications aimed at high school students – and was acting editor for Cosmos online for four weeks from Sept-Oct 2019 and three weeks in March 2020.

I have provided extensive peer-review for academic journals and grant funding bodies, edited student publications, supervised higher degree research students, and examined four PhD theses – see below for details.

Higher degree student supervision

– Five PhD students to successful completion (four as primary supervisor):
    – Dr Angie Willcocks
    – Dr Natasha Schranz
    – Dr Jacqueline Peters
    – Dr Dorota Zarnowiecki
    – Dr Catherine Milte

– Two Masters students to successful completion
– Three Honours students to successful completion

Thesis examination

– Six Honours theses
– Two Masters theses
– Four PhD theses: Monash, RMIT and Swinburne Universities, Australia; Massey University, New Zealand.

Journal peer review

– Pediatrics (2)
– The Lancet
– British Journal of Nutrition (10)
– Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids (6)
– Appetite (6)
– Lipids (3)
– Paediatrics & Child Health (2)
– Public Health Nutrition (10) – before becoming Associate Editor
– American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2)
– Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (2)
– Journal of Applied Social Psychology
– Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
– Neuropharmacology
– Women’s Health
– The Journal of Complementary Medicine
– Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics (3)
– Aging Health
– Nutrients (4)
– Physiology & Behavior
– European Psychiatry (2)
– Nutrition Journal (6)
– Journal of Child Health Care (3)
– Journal of Nutrition Science (2)
– PLoS ONE (6)
– Psychiatry Research
– Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
– Current Neuropharmacology
– Nutrition Reviews (2)
– Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
– Nutritional Neuroscience (3)
– Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
– Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
– The Scientific World Journal (4)
– Current Psychopharmacology
– Nutrition Research
– Journal of the American Aging Association
– Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
– Journal of Attention Disorders
– British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
– Journal of Affective Disorders (2)
– Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging (3)
– Nutrition (3)
– Ecology of Food and Nutrition
– CNS Drugs (2)
– International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
– Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (3)
– Early Intervention in Psychiatry (3)
– Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
– European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
– BMC Psychiatry
– International Journal of Preventive Medicine
– Nutrition and Dietetics (2)
– SOJ Psychology
– Child and Adolescent Mental Health
– Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
– Autism Research and Treatment
– Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
– International Journal of Molecular Sciences
– BMJ Open (2)
– BMC Geriatrics
– The Journal of Nutrition
– BMC Public Health
– Dove Medical Press: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
– Comprehensive Psychiatry (3)
– BMJ

Grant referee reports

– Australian Research Council (ARC) (20)
– National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (5)
– Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Grants
– Health Research Council of New Zealand Grant
– Netherlands Organisation for Health Research & Development Grant
– BUPA Foundation Medical Research Charity Grant, UK
– Canterbury Medical Research Foundation, New Zealand
– Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
– Mauritius Research Council, Africa
– Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
– Auckland Medical Research Foundation
– Romanian National Council for Scientific Research
– Experimental and Translational Medicine Research Committee (ETMRC), Scotland
– Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon UK
– National Initiative Brain and Cognition (NIBC), Netherlands
– Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
– Vic Davis Memorial Trust, New Zealand
– Alberta Gambling Research Institute, Canada
– Swiss National Science Foundation
– Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation Research Project Grants