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Public Profile
Professor Robert Gibson is a clinical biochemist/nutritionist who has published over 350 peer reviewed papers in a variety of paediatric, nutrition and biochemical journals. He has designed and conducted a range of randomised clinical trials involving nutrition interventions in the perinatal period. He has tested the effects of interventions with iron, selenium, probiotics, nucleotides and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on infant biochemistry, growth, physiology and developmental outcome. Professor Gibson was awarded the 2003 Nutrition Society of Australia, Research Medal and in 2004 was made a Fellow, Nutrition Society of Australia. In 2012 he was awarded the Alexander Leaf Distinguished Scientist Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2016 made a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL).
In 1998 he established and led the Child Nutrition Research Centre which has continued as one of Australia’s leading nutrition research groups particularly in the area of fatty acids in the perinatal period.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 1 Nov 1975
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Carleton University
Award Date: 1 Nov 1970
External positions
Emeritus Professor of Functional Food Science, University of Adelaide
Keywords
- nutrition
- omega-3 fatty acids
- dietary fatty acids
- lipid biochemistry
- perinatal
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Research output
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Effect of parenteral lipid emulsion on preterm infant PUFAs and their downstream metabolites
Suganuma, H., Collins, C. T., McPhee, A. J., Leemaqz, S., Liu, G., Andersen, C. C., Bonney, D. & Gibson, R. A., Jan 2021, In: Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 164, 102217.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fingertip whole blood as an indicator of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid changes during dose-response supplementation in women: Comparison with plasma and erythrocyte fatty acids
Meyer, B. J., Sparkes, C., Sinclair, A. J., Gibson, R. A. & Else, P. L., May 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 5, 1419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New methodologies for conducting maternal, infant, and child nutrition research in the era of covid-19
Gould, J. F., Best, K., Netting, M. J., Gibson, R. A. & Makrides, M., Mar 2021, In: Nutrients. 13, 3, p. 1-11 11 p., 941.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Omega-3 fatty acids ameliorate vascular inflammation: a rationale for their atheroprotective effects
Pisaniello, A. D., Psaltis, P. J., King, P. M., Liu, G., Gibson, R. A., Tan, J., Duong, M., Nguyen, T., Bursill, C. A., Worthley, M. I., Nicholls, S. J. & Di Bartolo, B. A., May 2021, In: Atherosclerosis. 324, p. 27-37 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plasma long-chain omega-3 fatty acid status and risk of recurrent early spontaneous preterm birth: a prospective observational study
Goodfellow, L., Care, A., Harrold, J., Sharp, A., Ivandic, J., Poljak, B., Roberts, D., Alfirevic, A., Müller-Myhsok, B., Gibson, R., Makrides, M. & Alfirevic, Z., Aug 2021, In: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 100, 8, p. 1401-1411 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
Activities
- 2 Oral conference presentations and other invited talks
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3rd AAOCS Infant Nutrition workshop
Maria Makrides (Speaker) & Robert Gibson (Speaker)
12 Feb 2020Activity: Invited talks and oral presentations › Oral conference presentations and other invited talks
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Dried blood spot technology for the detection of diet induced changes inesterified and free fatty acids and their oxylipin derivatives in humans
Robert Gibson (Speaker)
1 Oct 2019Activity: Invited talks and oral presentations › Oral conference presentations and other invited talks