Projects per year
Personal profile
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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Preparing Learners for Uncertainty in Health Professions Subtitle: A Handbook for Educators
Lazarus, M., Stephens, G., Garcia Ochoa, G., Kickett, R., Bedi, G., Brand, G., Bonnamy, J., Barbour, L., McCartan, J., Callaway, L., Austin, Z., Brock, T., Farlie, M., Diug, B., Howard, B., Robinson, P., Wright, C. & Wise, S.
6/04/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Other
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Scoping the suitability on Tonga and Samoa as potential research sites for inclusion in FIS/2022/120
Leahy, D., Kleve, S. & Barbour, L.
24/05/23 → 14/12/23
Project: Research
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Co-designing planetary health curriculum for health professions education: empowering students and increasing educator capacity
Barbour, L., Bonnamy, J., Simmons, M., Cubillo, B., Abbonizio, J., Kent, F. & Bedi, G.
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., Nayna Schwerdtle, P., Barbour, L., Collins, J., Ilangakoon, C., Bonnamy, J., Simmons, M., Carr, B., Wotherspoon, R. & Bedi, G.
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. & Brimblecombe, J.
1/02/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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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
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Equipping the future dietetic workforce to take bold, urgent action on planetary health
McCartan, J. & Barbour, L., Jun 2023, p. 150. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Local government policy to facilitate healthy and sustainable diets and the broader policy hierarchy: insights from Milan Urban Food Policy Pact cities
Barbour, L. R., Woods, J. L. & Brimblecombe, J. K., 24 May 2023, In: Health Research Policy and Systems. 21, 1, 9 p., 35.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Perseverance, partnerships and passion: ingredients for successful local government policy to promote healthy and sustainable diets
Barbour, L. R., Woods, J. L. & Brimblecombe, J. K., Dec 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 1, 13 p., 1762.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Dietitians Australia position statement on healthy and sustainable diets
Barbour, L., Bicknell, E., Brimblecombe, J., Carino, S., Fairweather, M., Lawrence, M., Slattery, J., Woods, J. & World, E., Feb 2022, In: Nutrition and Dietetics. 79, 1, p. 6-27 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access25 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education (Teaching Excellence) - Monash Nutrition Indigenous Curriculum Working Group
McCartan, Julia (Recipient), Dordevic, Aimee (Recipient), Bryce, Andrea (Recipient), Kellow, Nicole (Recipient), Dart, Janeane (Recipient), Barbour, Liza (Recipient), Brimblecombe, Julie (Recipient) & Murgia, Chiara (Recipient), Aug 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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NHMRC Post-Graduate Scholarship
Barbour, Liza (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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SCS Teaching Excellence Award in the category of Innovation in Learning
Barbour, Liza (Recipient) & McCartan, Julia (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, Julia (Recipient), Dart, Janeane (Recipient), Bryce, Andrea (Recipient), Dordevic, Aimee (Recipient), Barbour, Liza (Recipient), Kellow, Nicole (Recipient) & Brimblecombe, Julie (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
Fiona Kent (Organiser), Jess Abbonizio (Member of programme committee), Liza Barbour (Member of programme committee), Gitanjali Bedi (Member of programme committee), Margaret Simmons (Member of programme committee), Alison Francis-Cracknell (Member of programme committee) & Rosie Wotherspoon (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
Gabrielle Brand, Gitanjali Bedi, Jorja Collins, Liza Barbour, Margaret Simmons, James Bonnamy, Chanika Ilangakoon, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle & Rosie Wotherspoon
18/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Preparing the health sector for the global climate emergency
Jorja Collins, Margaret Simmons, Gabrielle Brand, Gitanjali Bedi, Liza Barbour, James Bonnamy, Bethany Carr, Chanika Ilangakoon, Patricia Schwerdtle & Rosie Wotherspoon
15/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature