Position	Senior Lecturer
Email	stuart.smith@deakin.edu.au
Area	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Phone	+61 3 925 17260
Campus	Burwood

Chairperson (and Treasurer), Australian Society for Microbiology (Victorian branch) 2001-2003
Student Champion, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (Victorian branch) 2003-onwards
Gardiner Foundation Grant 2005-2007. High-value milk with improved health and manufacturing benefits using natural variants of bovine milk mucin, Muc-1. (R. Tellam, K. Kongsuwan, S. Smith) $584,000
Gardiner Foundation grant 2007-2009, Commercial production of the milk protein Muc1 for existing and new markets. $565,000
NHMRC project grant Monash University/ Deakin University, The role of Dietary FODMAPs in the genesis of symptoms in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Crohn’s disease. $405,000
ANZ Trustees Foundation- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment $6,500 2009-2010



Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology


Dr Smith is involved in a wide range of Departmental, Faculty and University committees:
• Faculty Board 2008-2010
• School Academic Progress Committee
• Faculty Admission, Selection and Advanced Standing Committee
• Deakin University Biosafety Committee 2001-onwards

Dr Smith is also involved with external associations associated with Food Sciences and Nutrition courses.
• Committee member of Food Microbiology sub-committee of the Victorian branch of Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Committee member of the Victorian branch of Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Reviewer of manuscripts for Journal of Food Science, FEMS Microbial Ecology, Journal of Dairy Science, International Journal of Biology.



R.L. Tellam, L. Sando, R. Pearson, C. Gray, P. Parker, R. Hawken, P.C. Thomson, J. Meadows, K. Kongsuwan, and S. Smith. Bovine Muc1: a polymorphic gene encoding a highly glycosylated milk mucin that protects epithelial cells from bacterial attachment. International Milk Genomics Conference 2008.

S.M. Ferris, J.G. Muir, O. Rosella, R. Rose, P.R. Gibson, S. Smith. Minimising colonic fermentation of high fructan foods: using food processing techniques to reduce levels of fructans in onion and garlic. Conference Presentation. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2008;17 (Suppl 3).

A. Porzoor, K. Quail, S. Smith. Establishment of in vitro batch fermentation system using inulin substrate. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2008;17 (Suppl 3).

*J. Muir, J. Barrett, S. Mitchell, D. Ong, R. Rose, O Rosella, S. Shepherd, P. Irving, S. Smith, P. Gibson. 2007. FODMAPs are substrates for colonic fermentation: possible implications for gastrointestinal health. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2007;16 (Suppl 3): S75

S. Smith, J. Muir, D. Cameron-Smith. Does the inclusion of moderate amounts of red meat in the diet of exercising older women impact on faecal markers of bowel health, including faecal lactoferrin? Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2007;16 (Suppl 3): S109.

S. Cicerale, S.C. Smith, J.G. Muir, S.L. James, P.R. Gibson. Wheat bran plus resistant starch-enriched food beneficially modulate the colonic microflora in individuals with ulcerative colitis. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2006;15 (Suppl 3): S104.