Dr Miaobing Zheng

I am an ARC DECRA Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Innovation at the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney. I am an Accredited Practising Dietitian and a Nutritional Epidemiologist with research focuses on applying innovative statistical and machine learning approaches to understand the role of dietary and behavioural factors in the early origins of health and disease including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and emotional behavioural problems.

I have in-depth knowledge in dietary assessment and biostatistics and have extensive experience in analysing a wide range of data from National Health Surveys, longitudinal cohorts, and randomised controlled trials. I have published >80 scientific papers and have been awarded > $5 million research funding including an National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship (2017-2023) and an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) fellowship (2024-present). I am the Chair of Australian New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS) Early- and Mid-Career Researcher subcommittee and the Council member and Chapter/SIG coordinator of the Australasia Epidemiological Association (AEA). I am an Associate Editor for the Dietitians Australia Nutrition & Dietetics journal.

My research achievement in public health nutrition, childhood obesity, and epidemiology is acknowledged by several national and international prestigious awards. My research has been frequently profiled by The Obesity Society, United Nations Children's Fund UK, and public media. My research findings have provided internationally acknowledged insights to inform dietary guidelines and health policy statements for obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.