Rate My Professor Emily Burch

Emily's research specializes in improving diabetes healthcare across public and private sectors, with a focus on underserved populations, particularly individuals with intellectual disabilities. She uses quantitative and qualitative methodologies to identify barriers to care, evaluate interventions, and develop inclusive diabetes management strategies. Key publications include 'Dietary intake by food group of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review' (2018, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice), 'Dietitians' perspectives on teaching nutrition to medical students' (2017, Journal of the American College of Nutrition), 'Short-term improvements in diet quality in people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes' (2020, Nutrition & Diabetes), 'How does diet change with a diagnosis of diabetes? Protocol of the 3D Longitudinal Study' (2019, Nutrients), and 'What is the dietary intake and nutritional status of defence members: a systematic literature review' (2025, Nutrition Research Reviews). She is a member of Dietitians Australia, the Australian Diabetes Educators Association, the Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes group, and the National Intellectual Disability Clinicians Network. Emily also serves on Southern Cross University's High Risk Ethics Committee. As a prominent science communicator, she has authored over 43 articles for The Conversation, amassing more than 4.5 million readers, and regularly contributes to ABC radio broadcasts, translating research into accessible public health information.