Helen Truby

My research career has been informed by my clinical practice in nutrition science and dietetics. I trained as a paediatric dietitian at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne and completed my PhD at the University of Melbourne in 1999. I gained international experience in education and research at the University of Surrey, UK, where I coordinated the dietetics program, led the first evaluation in simulated practice and managed several large clinical trials. I returned to Australia in 2006 and spent a couple of years at the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre at Herston before I was appointed to the Chair of Nutrition and Dietetics at Monash University where I founded and led the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food for 10 years.
I moved to the University of Queensland in 2020, where I am a Professorial Research Fellow. My latest project which disseminates free evidence-based food and nutrition information for the Under 5's, can be found at www.growandgotoolbox.com.

I hold Honorary Professor appointments at Monash University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. I am a Fellow of the Nutrition Society of Australia and Fellow of the Association of Nutrition (UK), and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian.