Rate My Professor Katya Clark

Dr. Katya Clark is an Associate Professor in the Curtin School of Population Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition (Honours), a PhD, and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Innovation and Learning & Teaching. As a Registered Nutritionist (RNutr), Clark coordinates the undergraduate Nutrition degrees, including the Bachelor of Science (Nutrition & Food Science) and associated double degrees. Her teaching responsibilities include Nutrition Professional Practice (NUTR3007). She is an experienced teaching academic focused on curriculum design, student experience, learning communities, and preparing students for diverse careers in nutrition.

Clark's research specializations include postprandial lipid metabolism, chylomicron homeostasis, dietary fats' effects on health markers, nutrition science competencies, and nutrition graduate employability. She leads the Australian Working in Nutrition (WIN) study, providing insights into employment landscapes, graduate skillsets, and career pathways for nutrition professionals. Key publications encompass 'Restoration of dietary-fat induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction by anti-inflammatory lipid-modulating agents' (2012, Lipids in Health and Disease, 60 citations), 'The chronic effects of fish oil with exercise on postprandial lipaemia and chylomicron homeostasis in insulin resistant viscerally obese men' (2012, Nutrition & Metabolism, 48 citations), 'Development of nutrition science competencies for undergraduate degrees in Australia' (2019, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 33 citations), 'Dietary fat and physiological determinants of plasma chylomicron remnant homoeostasis in normolipidaemic subjects: insight into atherogenic risk' (2017, British Journal of Nutrition, 19 citations), and 'Nutrition employability and graduate readiness: The Australian Working in Nutrition study' (2024, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics). Her scholarship has garnered over 230 citations on ResearchGate. Clark chairs the Nutrition Society of Australia's Special Interest Group for Nutrition Education and Tertiary Teaching (SIGNETT), serves on regional committees, and is a member of the Australia and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE). In 2024, she received the Curtin University Faculty of Health Sciences Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Impact Award for the WIN Project.