Professor Tim Green
- Principal Research Fellow Women and Kids
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Tim Green is a SAHMRI Women and Kids Theme Faculty member and a Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.
Previously he was a Principal Nutritionist at SAHMRI Women and Kids (2016-2023) and prior to that a Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of British Columbia and a Scientist at BC’s Child & Family Research Institute. Within the past five years, Tim has had funding from the Women's and Children's Research Foundation, Australian Eggs, Nutrition International, the Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation, NHMRC and MRFF.
His research focuses on micronutrients in pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, lactation, and early life (first 1000 days) with studies conducted in Canada, NZ, Asia and Africa. His group seeks to: identify micronutrient deficiencies through nutrition surveys; better define micronutrient requirements and pregnancy outcomes in these groups through RCTs; and develop sustainable strategies to improve micronutrient status.
Find out more about Tim's research outputs, qualifications and affiliations on the
SAHMRI Researcher portal
Feeding Practices and Anaemia Rates of South Australian Aboriginal Infants and Young Children living in South Australia
Project Status: IN PROGRESSThe FIG Study
Project Status: RECRUITING
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- Uncle Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien, Kaurna Elder
