Rate My Professor Sarah Hiles

A former EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow and Australian Endeavour Research Fellow at VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, Hiles also served as a Research Associate in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. She has authored over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter, including highly influential works such as “A systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary patterns and depression in community-dwelling adults” (2014), “Physical activity protects from incident anxiety: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies” (2019), and “Treatable traits: a new paradigm for 21st century management of chronic airway diseases” (2019). Hiles has obtained grants exceeding $300,000, including the 2022 Women in Research Fellowship. Notable awards encompass the Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs Early Career Award (2018), Jennie Thomas Medical Research Travel Grant (2018), and Young Investigator Scholar from the American Psychosomatic Society (2016). She mentors PhD students, creates resources for clinicians, participates in early- to mid-career researcher committees, and her research informs international guidelines like the Global Initiative for Asthma.