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Assolciate Professor Susan Ash is Coordinator of the Nutrition/Nutrition and Dietetics programs and is unit coordinator for Nutritiion Ressearch Project and Dietetic Management.  Her research interests include assessment of nutritional status, particularly energy requirements and body composition in chronic kidney disease; innovative education strategies in the management of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity and diabetes; and professional competence and collaborative models of implementing evidence based practice in nutrition and dietetics.

QUT ePrints
Electronic copies of selected academic papers by Associate Professor Susan Ash are available on the QUT ePrints web site.

Davidson W, Ash S, Capra S, Bauer J. Improvement in survival time and quality of life for patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer with weight stabilisation. Clinical Nutrition, 2004;23:239-247.

Hickman IJ, Jonsson JJ, Prins JB, Ash S, Purdie DM, Clouston AD, Powell EE. Modest weight loss and physical activity in overweight patients with chronic liver disease results in sustained improvements in alanine aminotransferase, fasting insulin and quality of life. Gut 2004;53:413-419.

Hickman IJ, Powell EE, Prins JB, Clouston AD, Ash S, Purdie DM, Jonsson JR. In overweight patients with chronic hepatitis C, circulating insulin is associated with hepatic fibrosis: implications for therapy J Hepatology 39 (6): 1042-1048; 2003.

Ash S, Reeves M, Capra S, Yeo S, Kerr G, Carey D. Effect of intensive dietetic interventions on weight and glycemic control in overweight men with Type 2 diabetes – a randomised trial. Int J Obesity, 2003: 27(7):797-802.

Research Interests

1.      Assessment of nutritional status, particularly energy requirements and body composition in chronic kidney disease and cancer

2.      Innovative education strategies in the management of lifestyle diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease

3.      Professional competence and collaborative models of implementing evidence based practice in nutrition and dietetics.

Professional Practice

Member - Dietitians Association Australia (DAA);

Member - Australian Society for the Studyof Obesity

Member - Organising Committee for Obesity Satellite Conference for International Soceity for Study of Obesity in 2006

Member - DAA Practice Advisory Committee

Accreditted Practising Dietitian (APD)

Chair - DAA Dietetic Standards and Accreditation Advisory Committee

Chair - Council of Overseas Dietetic Standards Recognition

Reviewer - Nutrition and Dietetics and International Journal of Obesity

NHMRC reviewer and member of NHMRC General Practice Clinical Research Working Group