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Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu
BSc (Hons), PhD
Biography
Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu leads a Nutrition Research Programme at the National Institute for Health Innovation. She trained in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at Trinity College Dublin and worked as a Clinical Dietitian in the UK before doing a PhD in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Southampton. Her research programme evaluates population dietary interventions and policies, such as food taxes/subsidies, front-of-pack nutrition labels, healthier food choice interventions, and food composition and reformulation. Her studies use a range of information technologies to deliver or evaluate interventions including smartphone apps, food purchase and sales scanner data, and automated wearable cameras. Cliona is a member of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Social Sciences & Economics Advisory Group and the trans-Tasman Health Star Rating Advisory Committee. She is author of more than 220 peer-reviewed journal papers, Director of the HRC-funded "Dietary Interventions: Evidence & Translation" Programme (DIET) http://www.diet.auckland.ac.nz/, and Deputy Director of the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge.
Research | Current
Research interests
- Public health nutrition
- Dietary interventions
- Food policy
- Nutrition labelling
- Food taxes/subsidies
- Food composition and reformulation
- Nutrient profiling
- Dietary salt reduction
Teaching | Current
Guest lectures for:
DIETETIC 708 - Professional Skills 2
POPLHLTH 765 - Nutrition Interventions in Public Health
POPLHLTH 712 - Clinical Trial Design, Analysis and Management
Postgraduate supervision
PhD, MPH, MHSc, BSc (Hons) thesis supervision
Distinctions/Honours
2020 | Best e- & mHealth 2019 publication Award, International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
2019-22 | Honorary Professorial Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Australia |
2019 | Public Health & User Experience Bronze Awards, NZ Best Design Awards |
2018-21 | Conjoint Professor, UNSW Australia |
2018 | Best e- & mHealth 2017 publication Award, International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
2014 |
NEXT Magazine Woman of the Year Award - Health & Science Finalist |
2013 |
Adjunct Assoc Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University, China |
2010-13 |
Senior Fellowship, Heart Foundation of New Zealand |
1999-02 |
Research Fellowship, Heart Foundation of New Zealand |
Responsibilities
Deputy Director and Science Leadership Team member, Healthier Lives He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge
Director, Dietary Interventions: Evidence &Translation (DIET), HRC 5-year research programme
Programme Leader Nutrition, National Institute for Health Innovation
Areas of expertise
Public health nutrition, randomised controlled trials, food policy
Committees/Professional groups/Services
2021 - present, New Zealand Public Health representative, Trans-Tasman Health Star Rating (HSR) Advisory Committee
2021, NHMRC Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative – 2020 Maternal Health and First 2000 Days, Early Childhood, and Exercise and Nutrition Grant Assessment Committee
2016, HRC Longterm Conditions Partnership Grants Steering Committee member
2016 - present, National Healthy Food & Drink Policy Network
2015, Ministry of Health Childhood Obesity Technical Advisory Group
2013, Health Promotion Agency Nutrition & Physical Activity Advisory Group
2012 - 2015, New Zealand Health Star Rating Labelling Advisory Group
2011 - present, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Social Sciences & Economics Advisory Group
2010 - 2013, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) Consumer & Public Health Dialogue
2006 - 2015, Heart Foundation of New Zealand Food & Nutrition Working Group
2006, Ministry of Health 2008/09 NZ Adult National Nutrition Survey External Technical Group
2006, Ministry of Health Food & Beverage Classification System for Schools Stakeholders Advisory Group
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Waterlander, W., Jiang, Y., Steenhuis, I., & Ni Mhurchu, C. (2015). Using a 3D virtual supermarket to measure food purchase behavior: A validation study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17 (4).10.2196/jmir.3774
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Yannan Jiang - Gemming, L., Rush, E., Maddison, R., Doherty, A., Gant, N., Utter, J., & Ni Mhurchu, C. (2015). Wearable cameras can reduce dietary under-reporting: Doubly labelled water validation of a camera-assisted 24 h recall. British Journal of Nutrition, 113 (2), 284-291. 10.1017/S0007114514003602
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Nicholas Gant - Ni Mhurchu, C., Eyles, H., Genc, M., Scarborough, P., Rayner, M., Mizdrak, A., ... Blakely, T. (2015). Effects of health-related food taxes and subsidies on mortality from diet-related disease in New Zealand: An econometric-epidemiologic modelling study. PLoS One, 10 (7)10.1371/journal.pone.0128477
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Helen Eyles - Ni Mhurchu, C., Whittaker, R., McRobbie, H., Ball, K., Crawford, D., Michie, J., ... Myers, K. (2014). Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) weight management programme for New Zealand adults. BMC Obesity, 1, 10-10. 10.1186/2052-9538-1-10
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Yannan Jiang, Ralph Maddison - Gemming, L., Jiang, Y., Swinburn, B., Utter, J., & Mhurchu, C. N. (2014). Under-reporting remains a key limitation of self-reported dietary intake: an analysis of the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. Eur J Clin Nutr, 68 (2), 259-264. 10.1038/ejcn.2013.242
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Yannan Jiang, Boyd Swinburn - Ni Mhurchu, C., Vandevijvere, S., Waterlander, W., Thornton, L. E., Kelly, B., Cameron, A. J., ... INFORMAS (2013). Monitoring the availability of healthy and unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages in community and consumer retail food environments globally. Obes Rev, 14 Suppl 1, 108-119. 10.1111/obr.12080
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Boyd Swinburn, Stefanie Vandevijvere - Eyles, H., Ni Mhurchu, C., Nghiem, N., & Blakely, T. (2012). Food pricing strategies, population diets, and non-communicable disease: a systematic review of simulation studies. PLoS Med, 9 (12)10.1371/journal.pmed.1001353
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Helen Eyles - Maddison, R., Foley, L., Ni Mhurchu, C., Jiang, Y., Jull, A., Prapavessis, H., ... Rodgers, A. (2011). Effects of active video games on body composition: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr, 94 (1), 156-163. 10.3945/ajcn.110.009142
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Yannan Jiang, Ralph Maddison, Andrew Jull
Identifiers
Contact details
- +64 9 923 4494
- +64.9.923.4494
- c.nimhurchu@auckland.ac.nz
- cnim002@aucklanduni.ac.nz
Primary office location
M&HS BUILDING 507 - Bldg 507
Level 1, Room 1066
28 PARK AVE
GRAFTON
AUCKLAND 1023
New Zealand