Associate Professor Tim Crowe is nutrition academic within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and is also an Accredited Practising Dietitian. He is also the Course Director for the Master of Dietetics program. Tim teaches in the areas of nutritional physiology and biochemistry as well as the applied role of nutrition in disease prevention and management, particularly obesity, diabetes and cancer. He is actively involved in several areas of nutrition research including specialised nutrition in the prevention of surgical complications; nutrition support in wound healing; and at a public health level, the changing nutritional intake of the Australian population.
Associate Professor Crowe’s research interests focus on the use of specialised nutrition support in wound healing (particularly pressure ulcers), the prevention of post-surgical complications in cancer patients using immuno-enhancing nutrients, and the identification and treatment of malnutrition in hospitalised patients.
Awards and prizes
Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence 2008
Joan Woodhill Prize 1999 – by the Dietitians Association of Australia for the best research project undertaken by a dietetics student at the University of Sydney
Servier Award 1995 - by the Endocrine Society of Australia for the best published paper by a researcher under the age of 35 years
Memberships
Dietitians Association of Australia
Nutrition Australia
Nutrition Society of Australia
Service to the University, discipline or community
School and Faculty committees:
- Dietetics Advisory Board
- School Teaching and Learning Committee
- School Board
- School Academic Progress Committee
External organisations:
- Director, Weight Management Council of Australia
- Associate Editor, Choice Health Reader Magazine
- Associate Editor, Nutrition & Dietetics
- Editorial Advisory Board, Nutrition Management in General Practice 2011
- Editorial Advisory Board, Health Food Guide 2010
- Scientific advisor, Taking off Weight Naturally (TOWN) support group
- Consultant to corporate health programs for several 'blue chip' Australian companies
Conferences
Chapman B, Hamilton K, Brockbank C, Pearce L, Gow P, Crowe T. Does oral branched chain amino acid supplementation in patients awaiting liver transplantation improve nutritional outcomes? Dietitians Association of Australia 29th National Conference, Adelaide, May 2011 ORAL
Gout B, Garth A, Fetterplace K, Barker L, Crowe T. Malnutrition identification, diagnosis and dietetic referrals – does education to dietitians improve documentation of malnutrition? Dietitians Association of Australia 29th National Conference, Adelaide, May 2011 POSTER
Hill A, Kiss A, Hodgson B, Crowe TC, Walsh A. Associations between nutritional status, weight loss, radiotherapy treatment toxicity and treatment outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a pilot study. Dietitians Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne, May 2010 POSTER
Crowe T, McNaughton S, Nowson C. Writing for Publication. Dietitians Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne, May 2010 WORKSHOP
Desneves K, Pearce L, Jervis-Reid E, Bramley A, Evans R, Lauder A, Gojanovic M, Crowe TC. Investigation of factors impacting on fluid intake adequacy of patients with dyspahgia in three Melbourne Health Networks. Dietitians Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne, May 2010 POSTER
Barker L, Gray C, Wilson L, Thomson B, Shedda S, Crowe TC. The effect of pre-operative oral immunonutrition therapy on postoperative outcomes in gastrointestinal surgery patients. Dietitians Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne, May 2010 POSTER
Brewer S, Desneves K, Pearce L, Mills K, Dunn L, Brown D, Crowe TC. A pilot study of the effect of a specialised nutritional supplement on pressure ulcer healing in community spinal patients. Dietitians Association of Australia 28th National Conference, Melbourne, May 2010 POSTER
Brewer S, Desneves K, Pearce L, Mills K, Dunn L, Brown D, Crowe TC. Effect of an arginine-containing supplement on the healing of pressure ulcers in community spinal patients. Australian Wound Management Conference, Perth, March 2010 ORAL
Crowe TC. Nutrition and wound healing. Queensland Wound Care Association Biennial Wound Management Conference. Brisbane, August 2009 ORAL
Gout BS, Barker LA, Crowe TC. Malnutrition Identification, Diagnosis and Dietetic Referrals – Are we doing a Good Enough Job? Dietitians Association of Australia 27th National Conference, Darwin, May 2009 POSTER
