Dr Sarah McNaughton is a senior research fellow in the area of nutritional epidemiology in the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN) within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Registered Public Health Nutritionist. She is supported by a National Heart Foundation of Australia Research Fellowship. From July 1 2011, she will take up an Australia Research Council Future Fellowship.
Dr McNaughton’s current research interests include the assessment of dietary behaviours, diet quality and dietary patterns across the life course, their determinants and the implication for the prevention of obesity and cardio-metabolic disease. She is collaborating on the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study, the AusDiab study and the Women’s Health Australia study. She is also conducting research on the influences on dietary patterns among older adults and is leading an Australian Research Council funded study in this area known as the Wellbeing, Eating and Exercise for a Long Life (WELL) study.
Awards and prizes
2010 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher
2010 Dietitians Association of Australia Outstanding Contribution Award
2009 Nutrition Society of Australia Research Award
2007 NHMRC Travelling Award for Research Training
2007 Nutrition Society (UK) Travel Award
2007 Australian Nutrition Trust Travel Award
2001 Australian Nutrition Trust Travel Award
Memberships
Dietitians Association of Australia (1996 - present); Accredited Practising Dietitian
Nutrition Society of Australia (1997 - 2003, 2007 - present); Registered Public Health Nutritionist.
Nutrition Society UK (2003 - present).
International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2005 – present).
Australasian Epidemiological Association (2006 - present).
American Society for Nutrition (2007 – present).
Australian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (2007-present).
Service to the University, discipline or community
Higher Degree by Research Co-ordinator, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (2009- present)
Research and Research Training Committee, Faculty of Health (2010- present)
Chair of the Melbourne Group and Member of National Council, Nutrition Society of Australia (2011 - present)
Honorary Editor, Nutrition Society of Australia (2011 - )
Australian Research Council Oz Reader (2008 - present).
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (2007 - present)
Associate Editor, Nutrition & Dietetics, Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia (2003 - present)
Local Organising Committee, 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Melbourne (2008-2011).
Organising Committee, 2011 Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Societies of Australia and New Zealand (2010-2011).
Member, Editorial Board, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia (2010)
National Scientific Program Committee, Nutrition Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, (2010-2011).
Nutrition Society of Australia Professional Registration Committee (2009 - 2011).
Member, Go for Your Life Fruit and Vegetable Project Advisory Group, National Heart Foundation, Victoria (2007-2009).
Conferences
McNaughton SA (Convenor), Crowe TC, Nowson C. 2010. ‘Writing for Scientific Journal Publications’ (invited workshop). Dietitian’s Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne.
McNaughton SA, Bates CJ, Mishra GD. 2010. ‘Diet quality and longevity in older adults’ (oral presentation). Nutrition Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth. Australasian Medical Journal.
McNaughton SA, Bates CJ, Mishra GD. 2010. ‘Diet quality and all-cause mortality in adults aged > 65 years’ (poster presentation). Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Meeting, Sydney. Australasian Epidemiologist. 2010;17(2):114.
McNaughton SA, Crawford D, Campbell K, Ball K. 2010.’What are the influences on children’s diet quality: insights from the READI study.’ International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minnesota.
McNaughton SA. 2009. What are Australian children eating? Invited presentation. Public Health Association of Australia 39th Annual Conference, Food and Nutrition and Health Promotion Special Interest Group Workshop, Canberra.
McNaughton SA, Crawford D, Ball K. 2009. ‘Correlates of diet quality among women from disadvantaged backgrounds: findings from the READI study’ (oral presentation). Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon.
McNaughton SA, Mishra GD, Brunner EJ. 2009. ‘Use of reduced rank regression methods to identify dietary patterns that predict coronary heart disease: the Whitehall II study’ (oral presentation). International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods, Washington.
McNaughton SA, Mishra GD, Brunner EJ. 2008. ‘Identification of dietary patterns predicting coronary heart disease: the Whitehall II study’ (oral presentation). Australasian Population Health Congress, Brisbane.
McNaughton SA, Ball K, Mishra GD, Crawford D. 2007. ‘An integrated approach to measuring healthy eating patterns’ (oral presentation). 6th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo.
McNaughton SA, Mishra GD, Whichelow MJ, Cox BD. 2006. ‘Dietary patterns and longevity: Results from the Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS)’ (oral presentation). 6th International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen.
