Researcher

Biography

Dr Eden Barrett is a public health nutrition researcher, academic and dietitian with expertise in nutrition, dietetics and food policy. She is a Research Fellow in the Food Policy division at the George Institute for Global Health, a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, and holds a co-appointment at the Food is Medicine Institute and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston.

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Dr Eden Barrett is a public health nutrition researcher, academic and dietitian with expertise in nutrition, dietetics and food policy. She is a Research Fellow in the Food Policy division at the George Institute for Global Health, a Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, and holds a co-appointment at the Food is Medicine Institute and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston.

Dr Barrett leads a global research program that uses large-scale food composition data to evaluate the nutritional quality and sustainability of the global food supply. Her work advances the development and evaluation of evidence-based tools and policies, including nutrient profiling systems and front-of-pack labelling strategies, aimed at supporting healthier diets and reducing diet-related disease risk across diverse populations.

She has presented her research at major international conferences and received significant funding and awards, including support from the National Heart Foundation of Australia. In addition to her research, Dr Barrett contributes to academic leadership through active involvement in several national and international committees. Within her institutions, she founded the CRE Human and Planetary Health Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Group at The George Institute and serves on the UNSW School of Health Sciences Research Strategy Committee.


My Grants

2024, Health Star Rating system anomalies analysis, Vic Health, $30,000 (Named investigator)

2023, GrainSwitch: An innovative online grocery shopping intervention to encourage healthy grain food choices among Australians at risk of cardiovascular disease, Heart Foundation Vanguard Awards, $69,995 AUD (Primary investigator)

2023, Food Compass Consultancy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy/Tufts University, $128,000 AUD (Sole recipient)

2023, Healthier Diets for Healthy Lives sub-award, University of Ghana, ₵1,661,568 GHS (Named investigator)

2023, Understanding the mental and physical health impacts of climate activism - a research study, The Sunrise Project Peter Gray Community Action Fund, $15,000 AUD (Named investigator)

2021, Aboriginal Tobacco Scoping Project Co-Design, Cancer Institute NSW, $375,000 AUD (Named investigator)

2021, Proposal for Aboriginal Tobacco Scoping Project, Cancer Institute NSW, $140,000 AUD (Named investigator)

2018, Australian Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship, Australian Government Department of Education, $75,000 AUD


My Qualifications

PhD (Health Sciences), University of Wollongong

Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Hons class 1), University of Wollongong


My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

Undergrad research projects (IPL), Honours, Masters.


Currently supervising

Doctoral students:

Elissa Price - Food classification systems to model healthful dietary patterns for Australians (full-time)

Mariel Keaney - A framework for best practice front-of-pack sustainability labelling (full-time)

Prisca Arfines - Commercially produced foods for infants and young children – how healthy are they? An evaluation across Australia and Indonesia (full-time)

 

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