Rate My Professor Mansi Dass Singh

Dr. Mansi Dass Singh is a Lecturer in Biomedical Science at the University of New England, focusing on human nutrition. She holds a PhD in Medicine with a specialization in nutrigenomics from the University of Adelaide and CSIRO, based on her thesis “Diet and DNA damage in South Australian Infants: The DADHI study.” Additional qualifications include a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Delhi, where she received the Best Student Award, a Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Science from the University of Delhi, and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Education from the University of South Australia. Her career includes a ten-year lectureship at the University of Delhi teaching nutrition, health, and physiology to first-generation women learners following success in the University Grants Commission exam. After migrating to Australia in 2008, she tutored at South Australian universities, served as Senior Lecturer at Endeavour College of Natural Health for seven years coordinating nutritional biochemistry, lifespan nutrition, dietary analytics, nutritional physiology research, and food as medicine, and joined the University of New England in 2022. She has worked as a clinical research assistant on the Treatment Of Booking Gestation Diabetes Mellitus (TOBOGM) study (2017-2018) and research assistant on the Folic Acid Clinical Trial (FACT) study (2013-2015).

At the University of New England, Dr. Singh coordinates units such as Human Nutrition and Metabolism (NUTR320/PSIO335), Science for Nurses 1 (HHSC111), Science for Nurses 2 (HHSC112), Introduction to Human Development (HDEV201/401), and Integrating Science for Nurses: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology (PSIO215/415). A Registered Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia and Certified Practicing Nutritionist, she co-founded and manages education and professional development for the Australasian Association and Register of Practicing Nutritionists (AARPN). Her research interests encompass personalised nutrition for maternal health, nutrigenomics, nutritional biochemical pathways for mental wellbeing, micronutrient associations with brain health, and phytochemicals in women’s health. Key publications include “Role of mushrooms in gestational diabetes mellitus” (Gulati, Singh, & Gulati, 2019), “Potential role of folate in pre-eclampsia” (Singh et al., 2015), and “Infant birth outcomes are associated with DNA damage biomarkers as measured by the cytokinesis block micronucleus cytome assay: the DADHI study” (Dass Singh et al., 2017). She delivered invited talks on maternal nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies for India’s Ministry of Human Resources and NGOs.