Dr Alison Yaxley

Senior Lecturer

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

+61 8 72218849

alison.yaxley@flinders.edu.au

Bedford Park (N323)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Alison is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and an academic in Nutrition and Dietetics with experience in a range of practice areas. Her teaching interests are broad covering a range of topics from general nutrition to food service, with particular interest in all things food. Alison's PhD was awarded for research conducted in the area of unintentional weight loss in older adults, which remains one of her research interests. Alison is also a licensed Clinical Bone Densitometrist who conducts research scans for a number of research trials within the university.

Qualifications

2006 Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University

2007 Bachelor of Science (Honours) First Class, Flinders University

2014 Doctor of Philosophy, Flinders University

2015 Master Certificate in Foodservice Management, Cornell University

Accredited Practising Dietitian (full)

Honours, awards and grants

2013 New Researcher Award, Dietitians Association of Australia 30th National Conference
2008 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation & Aged Care Private Scholarship
2008 Flinders University Research Scholarship
2007 Chancellor's Commendation for outstanding academic achievement
2006 Flinders University Department of Rehabilitation & Aged Care Honours Scholarship
2002 Commendation from Dean of Medicine for outstanding academic achievement
2001 Chancellor's Commendation for outstanding academic achievement
2001 Entrance to Golden Key Honours Society

Key responsibilities

Food Service Placement Coordinator

Academic Integrity Officer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Teaching interests

The Food System
General Nutrition
Food Service Management
Research Skills

Topic coordinator

NUTD9167 Food Service and Professional Practice

NUTD3109 Food Service and Professional Practice

NUTD4011 Research Methods in Evidence-Based Nutrition and Dietetic Practice A

NUTD9130 Research and Critical Thinking in Nutrition and Dietetics A

NUTD9222 Food Service Management Placement in Nutrition and Dietetics

NUTD7106 Honours Research Project in Nutrition and Dietetics

Supervisory interests

General nutrition in health

Health and wellbeing, body compositional changes and impact

Healthy Ageing

Inflammation and nutritional status

Nutritional health of older adults

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: Nutrition and Dietetics (2)

Completion

Associate supervisor: Medicine (1), Nutrition and Dietetics (1)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Dr Tom Walsh

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence - MAR 2019

Professional engagement

Member of Dietitians Association of Australia

Chair, Dietitians Association of Australia SA Branch Executive Committee 2014

Member, Dietitians Association of Australia SA Branch Executive Committee 2013

Coordinator, Dietitians Association of Australia Research Discussion Group 2015-2017

Member, 2022 Dietitians Australia Conference Scientific and Social Program Committee

Member of Australian Association of Gerontology

Associate Editor: BMC Nutrition

Reviewer: PLOS Medicine, Australasian Journal on Ageing, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Nutrition, BMC Geriatrics, BMC Public Health, BMC Nutrition, Nutrients, Journal of Nutrition and Healthy Aging, Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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