Congratulations to .....

Heather Yeatman, who has been selected as a member of the Expert Panel for Food Labelling Review.  This national level panel is likely to have real impact on food labelling practices throughout Australia.  Heather's appointment to this panel reflects the high regard held for Heather in the area of Nutrition Policy.

PhD students, Deborah Nolan has been successfully awarded a 2010 Endeavour Research Fellowship.The letter of offer from the Minister of Education, Julia Gillard, advises that the  awards are 'the Australian government's internationally competitive, merit based scholarships providing high achieving individuals with a unique opportunity to undertake research'. Deborah will use this opportunity to enhance her doctoral research on the health effects of dairy foods by undertaking nutrigenomics studies for 6 months with Professor Lynnette Ferguson at the University of Auckland.  Building on established collaborations between Professor Ferguson and Deborah's primary supervisor, Professor Linda Tapsell, this period of study will  help to consolidate research between Nutrigenomics New Zealand and the Smart Foods Centre /School of Health Sciences/ IHMRI at the University of Wollongong.