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Biography
Liza is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, where she teaches Public Health Nutrition and Food Sustainability Systems for nutrition science and dietetics students. Together with her colleague Dr Julia McCartan, Liza designed one of Australia's first undergraduate units on food sustainability systems for nutrition and dietetics students, which she continues to coordinate.
Liza is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD) with practical experience in community and clinical dietetics, food service and public health nutrition. These roles have enabled Liza to work in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions of remote Western Australia, Alice Springs, the Kingdom of Tonga and Metropolitan Melbourne.
Liza is an active member of Dieitians Australia's Food and Environment leadership committee and led the development of their first National position paper on Healthy and Sustainable Diets. Liza is an Australian Advisor on the International Confederation of Dietetic Association's (ICDA) sustainable food systems toolkit.
Liza's PhD explored the role of local government policy in promoting a population-wide shift to healthy and environmentally sustainable diets. Liza currently holds a Faculty Education Fellowship (2022-2024) where she is leading an interdisciplinary project to co-design planetary health curriculum with educators and students from various health professions at Monash University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Public Health Nutrition, PhD, Protecting our planet and our population: the policy response of local governments to facilitate the uptake of healthy and sustainable diet-related practices, MONASH UNIVERSITY
1 Feb 2019 → 14 Feb 2023
Award Date: 14 Feb 2023
Research area keywords
- Planetary Health
- sustainable food systems
- Education research
- social justice
- capacity building
- Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Consumption
- sustainable cities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 6 Finished
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Scoping the suitability on Tonga and Samoa as potential research sites for inclusion in FIS/2022/120
Leahy, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kleve, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Barbour, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
24/05/23 → 14/12/23
Project: Research
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Preparing Learners for Uncertainty in Health Professions Subtitle: A Handbook for Educators
Lazarus, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Stephens, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Garcia Ochoa, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Kickett, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bedi, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Brand, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bonnamy, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Barbour, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), McCartan, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Callaway, L. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Austin, Z. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Brock, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Farlie, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Diug, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Howard, B. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Robinson, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Wright, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Wise, S. (Associate Investigator (AI))
6/04/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Other
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Co-designing planetary health curriculum for health professions education: empowering students and increasing educator capacity
Barbour, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bonnamy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cubillo, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abbonizio, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kent, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bedi, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Building capacity to teach climate change and environmental sustainability in health professions education
Brand, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Nayna Schwerdtle, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barbour, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Collins, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ilangakoon, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bonnamy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simmons, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Carr, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wotherspoon, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bedi, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/05/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
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Protecting our planet and our population: the local government policy response to support an environmentally sustainable diet
Barbour, L. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Brimblecombe, J. (Supervisor)
1/02/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Equipping our public health nutrition workforce to promote planetary health - a case example of tertiary education co-designed with students
Chau, K. P., Chong, W., Londono, R., Cubillo, B., McCartan, J. & Barbour, L., 2025, In: Public Health Nutrition. 28, 1, p. 1-5 5 p., e29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Responding to urgent calls for fit-for-purpose planetary health curricula: an examination of nutrition and dietetics tertiary education
Barbour, L. & McCartan, J., 2025, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 26, 9, p. 112-130 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Nutrition
Barbour, L. & McCartan, J., 2024, Preparing Learners for Uncertainty in Health Professions: A Handbook for Educators. Lazarus, M. D. & Stephens, G. C. (eds.). Clayton Vic Australia: Monash University, p. 143-152 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other
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Student responses to co-designed planetary health education: a pilot study in nutrition and dietetics
McCartan, J., Chau, K. P., Chong, W., Londono, R., Cubillo, B. & Barbour, L., Jul 2024, p. 311. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open Access -
A multi-disciplinary audit of planetary health education in health professions curricula
Bowles, A., Barbour, L. & Palermo, C. E., 2023, In: Journal of Health Sciences and Professions Education. 3, 1, p. 34-37 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education (Teaching Excellence) - Monash Nutrition Indigenous Curriculum Working Group
McCartan, J. (Recipient), Dordevic, A. (Recipient), Bryce, A. (Recipient), Kellow, N. (Recipient), Dart, J. (Recipient), Barbour, L. (Recipient), Brimblecombe, J. (Recipient) & Murgia, C. (Recipient), Aug 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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NHMRC Post-Graduate Scholarship
Barbour, L. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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SCS Teaching Excellence Award in the category of Innovation in Learning
Barbour, L. (Recipient) & McCartan, J. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence: Monash Nutrition Indigenous Curriculum Working Group
McCartan, J. (Recipient), Dart, J. (Recipient), Bryce, A. (Recipient), Dordevic, A. (Recipient), Barbour, L. (Recipient), Kellow, N. (Recipient) & Brimblecombe, J. (Recipient), 27 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Contribution to conference
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Sustainability in Health Professional Education Symposium
Kent, F. (Organiser), Abbonizio, J. (Member of programme committee), Barbour, L. (Member of programme committee), Bedi, G. (Member of programme committee), Simmons, M. (Member of programme committee), Francis-Cracknell, A. (Member of programme committee) & Wotherspoon, R. (Member of programme committee)
22 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Addressing climate change impacts on human health requires educated and prepared health professionals
Brand, G., Bedi, G., Collins, J., Barbour, L., Simmons, M., Bonnamy, J., Ilangakoon, C., Nayna Schwerdtle, P. & Wotherspoon, R.
18/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Preparing the health sector for the global climate emergency
Collins, J., Simmons, M., Brand, G., Bedi, G., Barbour, L., Bonnamy, J., Carr, B., Ilangakoon, C., Schwerdtle, P. & Wotherspoon, R.
15/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature