Rate My Professor Tracy Burrows

Professor Tracy Burrows is a Professor in the School of Health Sciences (Nutrition and Dietetics) within the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She earned her PhD in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Newcastle in 2008, along with a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours) and a Graduate Certificate in Practice of Tertiary Teaching from the same university. As Co-Director of the Food and Nutrition Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute, she serves as an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and was awarded Fellow status by Dietitians Australia in 2018. Her career trajectory includes appointment as Associate Professor in the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing from 2018 to 2020, and prior role as Clinical Dietitian at Clued on Food Australia from 2005 to 2008. Burrows has attracted national and international research funding, supervises PhD, Masters, and Honours students across disciplines including nutrition, dietetics, science, IT, and psychology, and has mentored students to national and international awards.

Burrows specializes in dietary intake assessment methodologies, nutrition interventions for mental health, addictive eating and food addiction, childhood and adolescent obesity prevention and management, parent-child feeding practices, diet quality, eHealth and technology-based nutrition delivery, and personalized nutrition feedback. She has produced over 200 peer-reviewed journal publications, with key works including 'A systematic review of the validity of dietary assessment methods in children when compared with the method of doubly labeled water' (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2010), 'Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in child obesity: systematic review with meta-analysis' (Pediatrics, 2012), and 'The prevalence of food addiction as assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale: a systematic review' (Nutrients, 2014). Her impact is recognized through awards such as election as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2025, HMRI Mid-Career Researcher of the Year in 2020 and 2021, Helen Christiansen Award for Breakthrough Mental Health Research in 2024, NSW Young Tall Poppy in 2016, and Scopus Young Researcher of the Year in Medicine and Medical Sciences in 2014. She founded the ACERO network, chaired the IGNITE committee for early and mid-career researchers from 2019 to 2022, leads projects like Healthy Dads Healthy Kids, HIKCUPS, and No Money No Time, and contributes to systematic reviews and community nutrition programs.