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Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology

Dr Margaret Murray is a Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, with the School of Health Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology. She is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food at Monash University.

Her main research focus is investigating the health impacts of food, nutrients and food components with a focus on reducing the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and mental health disorders. Her focus is on the human aspect of food, nutrition and health. She has run multiple human clinical trials looking at how food and nutrition influence health outcome markers.

Margaret is also interested in other areas of nutrition, including educating people about nutrition, and the bigger picture of our food system and the relationship between the food system, human health and planetary health.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
  • 2023–2023
    Lecturer, Monash University
  • 2019–2023
    Research fellow, Monash University
  • 2019–2023
    Teaching Associate, Monash University
  • 2014–2018
    Research assistant, Monash University

Education

  • 2019 
    Monash University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2014 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Nutrition (Honours)
  • 2013 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics