Professor Rob Daly holds the position of Chair in Exercise and Ageing in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and is a member of the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN). He currently holds a 5-year NHMRC Career Development Fellowship Award (to finish Dec 2011). Professor Dalys research is focused on understanding how exercise and nutrition can prevent common chronic diseases, particularly osteoporosis, sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes, and the translation of clinical research into policy and practice.
His research expertise and interests include: the role of exercise and nutrition for optimising musculoskeletal health and preventing chronic diseases such as osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes; the use of state-of-the-art non-invasive methods (MRI and QCT) for assessing body composition, bone strength and aortic calcification; and health issues related to vitamin D deficiency, low grade systemic inflammation and dietary protein in the elderly.
Awards and prizes
2010 Fellow of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation.
2009 Best Paper, Performance Enhancement and Basic Science. Be active 09 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
2009 Plenary Poster Award for High Ranking Poster at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.
2009 Lorin Prentice Memorial Award from Arthritis Victoria for outstanding contribution in raising public awareness of musculoskeletal disease.
2007 Applied Research in Sport and Recreation Science Award, Sport and Recreation Victoria, Department of Planning and Community Development.
2007 Highly Commended Award, Young Investigator for Basic Science and Performance. Be active 07 Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
2006 NHMRC Career Development Award
2005 Plenary Poster Award for High Ranking Poster at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.
2003 Public Health Research Award (Innovation), Public Health Association of Australia.
1999 Parke-Davis Prince de Merode Best Conference Paper (Medical Science), 5th IOC World Congress on Sports Sciences
1998 Roger Melick Young Investigator Award (Finalist). Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society.
1998 Travel Award. Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
1994 Winner Best Conference Poster, International Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport.
Memberships
Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS)
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
Service to the University, discipline or community
Professor Daly is involved in a number of university committees.
Member of Academic Board
Member of Faculty Board
Member of School Board
Professor Daly also serves on the following professional committees:
Member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Osteoporosis Australia
Chair of the Healthy Bones Subcommittee, Osteoporosis Australia
Board member of Sports Medicine Australia (Victoria)
Consultant for Danone Research
Professor Daly currently serves on the editorial boards of the following journals
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport
Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Physiology
Professor Daly served as a member of the Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Sports NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel from 2008-10, which included the role of Deputy Chair in 2009.
Over the past 10 years, Prof. Daly has reviewed papers for 30 different international peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Bone, Osteoporosis International, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Geriatric Society and the European Journal of Applied Physiology.
Conferences
Invited International Presentations
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Novaritis Endocrine Seminar, Quebec, Canada, 2010.
IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis & 10th European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis Florence, Italy, May 5-8, 2009.
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. Working Group for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in Patients with Osteoporosis. Denver, USA, 2009.
7th International Symposium on Nutrition and Bone Health, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research: Muscle and Bone Working Group, Philadelphia, USA, 2006.
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research: Physical Activity Working Group, Philadelphia, USA, 2006.
Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA, 2004.
