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Dr, PhD, MSc Dietetics, BSc Exercise and Nutrition, RD, APD, AN
Dr Oliver Canfell is a Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London, United Kingdom. Oliver is dual-registered in the UK and Australia as a Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Health & Care Professions Council (UK) and Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and Accredited Nutritionist (AN) with Dietitians Australia.
Oliver is interested in the prevention and management of noncommunicable diseases, especially obesity, across the life course. Oliver has completed a BSc in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (UQ), MSc in Dietetics Studies (awarded with Dean’s Commendation) (UQ), and PhD in Preventive Medicine (Obesity) (UQ) that developed a clinical prediction model to prevent childhood obesity. During his PhD, Oliver worked as a clinical paediatric dietitian in Queensland’s healthcare system, specialising in multidisciplinary obesity prevention and management with children and young people in clinical, community, and public health programs, including with minority ethnic groups.
In 2020, Oliver was awarded an Emerging Leader Research Fellowship by the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (Australian Government) to undertake research on digital health transformation in Queensland. During this Fellowship, Oliver was a member of the Queensland Digital Health Centre (UQ) and generated new evidence for precision public health, artificial intelligence, digital hospitals, electronic health records and wearable devices to improve healthcare and public health. Oliver also established the UQ Digital Health HDR Cohort, which provides research mentorship and support to ~20 PhD, MPhil and Honours research students.
Oliver’s research program intersects nutrition and dietetics, digital health (clinical informatics), and health services research to achieve the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare by partnering between academia, healthcare, and industry. As an early career researcher, Oliver has been awarded >£3.5 million as an investigator on research projects in obesity and digital health.
Oliver is active in national research committees, including membership of the National Committee for Nutrition’s Early-Mid Career Researcher Data Stream (Australian Academy of Science), and the Research Australia Early-Mid Career Working Group. Oliver also holds an Adjunct Senior Fellow appointment with the School of Public Health, The University of Queensland.
Nutrition and dietetics
Digital health
Health services research
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):
Preventive Medicine, Obesity, Doctor of Philosophy
2017 → 2020
Dietetics Studies, Master of Science
2015 → 2016
Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Bachelor of Health Science
2012 → 2014
Adjunct Senior Fellow, The University of Queensland Australia
Jan 2024 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
De Camargo Catapan, S. (Recipient), Haydon, H. (Recipient), Hickman, I. J. (Recipient), Webb, L. (Recipient), Isbel, N. (Recipient), Johnson, D. (Recipient), Campbell, K. L. (Recipient), Mayr, H. (Recipient), Canfell, O. (Recipient), Scuffham, P. A. (Recipient), Burton, N. (Recipient), Caffery, L. (Recipient), Smith, A. C. (Recipient) & Kelly, J. T. (Recipient), Dec 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Canfell, O. (Recipient), Oct 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Canfell, O. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Littlewood, R. (Recipient), Rogany, A. (Recipient), Canfell, O. (Recipient), Farletti, R. (Recipient) & Weller, K. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)