Person
Brand-Miller, Janette Cecile (Jennie) (1952 - )
AM FAA
- Born
- 30 May 1952
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Nutrition scientist
Summary
Jennie Brand-Miller is international known for her advocacy of the role of the glycaemic index (GI) in health and disease, and the way in which carbohydrates are viewed by scientists, physicians and the public. Her research programs include insulin resistance, lactose intolerance, oligosaccharides in infant nutrition, and the evolutionary nutrition and diet of Australian Aborigines. Brand-Miller's books on GI have sold in their millions. Between 2003 and 2017 she was Professor of Nutrition at the University of Sydney.
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Chronology
- 1975
- Education - BSc (hons), University of New South Wales
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Lecturer in Nutrition and Physiology, East Sydney Technical College
- 1978 - 1986
- Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in Human Nutrition, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1979
- Education - PhD, University of New South Wales
- 1987 - 1994
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney
- 1990 -
- Career position - Professional Member, American Diabetes Association
- 1994 - 2000
- Career position - Editor, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia
- 1995 -
- Career position - Member, Australian Diabetes Society
- 1995 - 2000
- Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Nutrition Foundation
- 1995 - 2002
- Career position - Associate Professor in Human Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry and School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney
- 1998 -
- Career position - Fellow, National Australian Institute of Science and Technology
- 2000 -
- Career position - Member, Australian Society for the Study of Obesity
- 2000 -
- Career position - Director and President, Glycemic Index Foundation Ltd
- 2002 - 2005
- Career position - President, Nutrition Society of Australia
- 2003 -
- Career position - Member, International Diabetes Federation
- 2003
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2003 - 2013
- Career position - Professor of Human Nutrition (personal chair), School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney
- 2004
- Award - Award of Merit, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- 2004 - 2006
- Career position - Editor, British journal of nutrition
- 2006 -
- Award - Fellow, Nutrition Society of Australia
- 2006 - 2008
- Career position - Member, Technical Reference Group, Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
- 2007 - 2010
- Career position - Chair, National Committee on Nutrition, Australian Academy of Science
- 2008 - 2010
- Career position - Chair, Ministerial Committee in Hearing, New South Wales Health
- 2009
- Award - Sir Kempson Maddox Award, Diabetes Australia
- 2010 - 2012
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, International journal of nutrition and exercise
- 2011 -
- Career position - Member, American College of Sports Medicine
- 2011
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to people in the field of human nutrition as a researcher and academic, and as a supporter of people with a hearing impairment
- 2012 - 2015
- Career position - Member, Hearing Services Consultative Committee, Commonwealth Government
- 2014 - 2017
- Career position - Professor of Human Nutrition, Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Biosciences, University of Sydney
- 2015 -
- Career position - Sub-editor, Nutrients
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
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See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 8 January 2019