ABOUT ME
I started my research journey in 2008 where I did my honours thesis investigating the effects of macronutrients on behavioural and physiological responses in fish. I then shifted models, using a similar framework in mice - this time, with the goal of understanding how macronutritients and energy influenced latelife health and longevity. I spent my PhD on this topic and continue to work in this field, expanding on previous findings and asking new questions that will expand our current knowledge in the field of nutrition and ageing.
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In addition to my reserach, I am also a third year medical student at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney and with the aim of working across basic science, clinical research, and patient care.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Integrative nutritional physiology
How do we disentangle the complexity of nutrition to understand its influence on behaviour, physiology and underlying cellular and molecular processes?
Biology of ageing
What are the mechanisms that drive the ageing process?
EDUCATION
2002
International School Manila, Philippines
High School Diploma
2008
University of Sydney, Australia
BSc Marine Science (Honours 1)
2014
University of Sydney, Australia
PhD
Healthy ageing
How can we use nutrition to slow down the ageing process and extend healthy lifespan?
2021 - current
University of Notre Dame, Sydney
Doctor of Medicine
Obesity & metabolic disease
Can we delay the onset of age-related disease using nutritional interventions?
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Maternal nutrition and offspring health
How can maternal diets program offspring health outcomes in later life?
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