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Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology

Dr Fiona Willer (AdvAPD, PhD, FHEA, GAICD) is an Australian dietitian, bioethicist, academic, educator, non-executive board director and health advocate with a long career straddling higher education and the nonprofit and private sectors. Her weight inclusive professional development consultancy, Health, Not Diets, celebrated 10 years of providing education-based advocacy in 2023. She is also a long-standing lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at Queensland University of Technology and has a senior research role at the UQ School of Business in the area of optimising digital technologies to enhance primary care service delivery. Fiona's academic research involves health consciousness, dietary quality and the integration of weight inclusive approaches (eg Health at Every Size®) into healthcare practice and she is the creator of the innovative Unpacking Weight Science professional development podcast. Fiona currently serves as the Vice President of Dietitians Australia and has previously served on the boards of Size Inclusive Health Australia (formerly known as HAES Australia) and the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH).

Experience

  • 2008–present
    Lecturer and Unit Coordinator, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2014–present
    Director , Health, Not Diets
  • 2023–present
    Senior Research Assistant, University of Queensland Business School
  • 2008–2014
    Proprietor and Senior Dietitian, NutritionSense Allied Health
  • 2007–2010
    Clinical Dietitian, The Wesley Hospital

Education

  • 2023 
    Monash University, Master of Bioethics (with Distinction)
  • 2022 
    Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Company Director's Course (GAICD)
  • 2021 
    Queensland University of Technology, PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics and Psychology & Counselling)
  • 2007 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics)(Hons)
  • 1998 
    University of Queensland, Bachelor of Arts (English and Anthropology)

Professional Memberships

  • Dietitians Australia
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • The Ethics Centre
  • Public Health Association of Australia
  • Australian Health Promotion Association
  • Size Inclusive Health Australia