Biography
Dr Brayner is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN). She has a PhD in Nutrition and Public Health from Deakin University and a Masters in Human Nutrition (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Her research focuses on dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health from both an epidemiological and clinical research perspective.
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2023-2025: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University.
2019-2023: Doctor of Philosophy (Nutrition and Public Health), Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University. Research project: Dietary patterns based on fat type and cardiometabolic health. Primary supervisor: Dr Katherine Livingstone. Associate supervisors: Prof Michelle Keske and Dr Gunveen Kaur.
2016-2018: Master of Sciences (Human Nutrition), Institute of Nutrition Josue de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Research project: Polymorphism in the FADS gene, profile of circulating polyunsaturated fatty acids and lipid intake in eutrophic adult pregnant women from a public maternity in Rio de Janeiro county. Supervisor: Prof Fatima Lucia de Carvalho Sardinha.
2015: Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Fortaleza.
Research interests
Understand the impact of diet in obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and multiple sclerosis.
Affiliations
Nutrition Society of Australia
Knowledge areas
- Public Health Nutrition
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Dietary Patterns
- Insulin Resistance
- Cardiovascular Disease
Conferences
- B Brayner, MA Keske, KM Livingstone, G Kaur “Divergent effects of high-calorie high-fat feeding on large artery and muscle capillary blood flow in healthy humans”, Boden Research Conference: Advancing the Science of Precision and Personalised Nutrition 2023, (Oral)
- B Brayner, A Perez-Cornago, G Kaur, MA Keske, C Piernas, KM Livingstone “Associations of Mediterranean, DASH and a posteriori dietary patterns characterized by fat type with markers of cardiometabolic health: a cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank participants”, ESPEN 2022, (Poster)
- B Brayner, G Kaur, MA Keske, KM Livingstone “Dietary patterns characterized by fat quality and associations with Framingham risk score: application of reduced rank regression in the UK Biobank cohort study”, eICDAM 2021, (Poster)
- B Brayner, G Kaur, MA Keske, KM Livingstone “High-saturated or polyunsaturated-fat dietary patterns and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal analysis of the UK Biobank”, Nutrition Society Australia Virtual Conference 2020, (Oral)
Media appearances
- Einstein a Go Go, 3RRR’s Live Science show, “Research into diet and health”
- The Australian, “Despite being high in calories, some high-fat foods may actually help you lose weight”
- The Australian, “Here’s the skinny on ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fats”
- Deakin Nutrition, “How is your diet related to risk of type 2 diabetes?”
Awards
- Best oral presentation, Boden Research Conference: Advancing the Science of Precision and Personalised Nutrition.
- Boden Research Conference: Advancing the Science of Precision and Personalised Nutrition Travel Grant.
- Australian Nutrition Trust Fund Early Career Researcher Development and Travel Award, Nutrition Society of Australia.
- Second runner up for Best PhD publication in 2021, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University.???
- Best student oral presentation, 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting, Nutrition Society Australia.
Publications
B Brayner, A Perez-Cornago, G Kaur, M Keske, C Piernas, K Livingstone
(2023), Vol. 33, pp. 797-808, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, C1
B Brayner, G Kaur, M Keske, L Marchese, K Livingstone
(2023), Vol. 10, Frontiers in Nutrition, C1
A Curtis, K Livingstone, R Daly, B Brayner, G Abbott, N Kiss
(2023), Journal of Cancer Survivorship, C1
K Livingstone, M Sexton-Dhamu, F Pendergast, A Worsley, B Brayner, S McNaughton
(2022), Vol. 61, pp. 1595-1607, European Journal of Nutrition, C1
K Livingstone, B Brayner, C Celis-Morales, G Moschonis, Y Manios, I Traczyk, C Drevon, H Daniel, W Saris, J Lovegrove, M Gibney, E Gibney, L Brennan, J Martinez, J Mathers
(2022), Vol. 61, pp. 2953-2965, European Journal of Nutrition, C1
K Livingstone, B Brayner, C Celis-Morales, J Ward, J Mathers, S Bowe
(2022), Vol. 158, Preventive Medicine, C1
B Brayner, M Keske, G Kaur, S Shariful Islam, A Perez-Cornago, C Piernas, K Livingstone
(2022), Vol. 11, Journal of the American Heart Association, C1
Is vascular insulin resistance an early step in diet-induced whole-body insulin resistance?
L Carmichael, M Keske, A Betik, L Parker, B Brayner, K Roberts-Thomson, G Wadley, D Hamilton, G Kaur
(2022), Vol. 12, Nutrition and Diabetes, C1
K Livingstone, C Milte, S Bowe, R Duckham, J Ward, M Keske, M McEvoy, B Brayner, G Abbott
(2022), Vol. 41, pp. 1942-1949, Clinical Nutrition, C1
Barbara Brayner, Barbara Brayner, Gunveen Kaur, Gunveen Kaur, Michelle Keske, Michelle Keske, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Carmen Piernas, Carmen Piernas, Katherine Livingstone, Katherine Livingstone
(2021), Vol. 151, pp. 3570-3578, JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, C1
FADS polymorphism, omega-3 fatty acids and diabetes risk: A systematic review
B Brayner, G Kaur, M Keske, K Livingstone
(2018), Vol. 10, Nutrients, C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Does short-term high-calorie high-fat feeding impair skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow and increase the risk of pre-diabetes in humans?
Dr Gunveen Kaur, Prof Michelle Keske, Dr Andrew Betik, Dr Lewan Parker, Dr Barbara Vitorino Alencar Brayner
Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant
- 2022: $52,720
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report