Senior lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong
Dr Yasmine Probst is a Research Fellow with the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. Yasmine has been recognised as a Fellow by the Australasian Society of Health Informatics. In 2018 she was recognised by the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute awarded the Dame Bridget Ogilvie Clinical Research Excellence award.
Yasmine holds Masters qualifications in both dietetics and in health informatics and has been the recipient of consecutive National Health and Medical Research Council fellowships. She is the current Honours Coordinator for Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Wollongong and coordinator of the Visiting Researcher program for the Smart Foods Centre.
Yasmine has worked within the clinical trials research team to manage food-based intervention trials with a specific focus on dietary methodology, dietary modeling and food composition. She is a leader for food composition data use in Australia and in 2016 she was recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization for her work in this area. In 2013, she developed a virtual interdisciplinary Centre for Nutrition Informatics. She is an active member of the Dietitians Association of Australia, Nutrition Society of Australia and the Health Informatics Society of Australia. Yasmine has presented her research at a number of national and international conferences and published widely.
Health check: will eating nuts make you gain weight?
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How to get children to eat a rainbow of fruit and vegetables
Aug 28, 2018 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
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