Dr. Rati Jani

Dr. Jani is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian (AdvAPD) with the Dietitians Association of Australia. She completed her Masters in nutrition and dietetics from Griffith University (2008-2010) followed by her doctorate studies at Queensland University of Technology (2010-2014). Her doctoral thesis was innovative as it was the first study to examine child-feeding practices and its association with childhood obesity among Australian-Indians.

Building on her doctorate work, Dr. Jani is currently establishing a multi-centric project (India-Australia-Greece) examining environmental and phenotypic determinants of picky eating in children and its association with their weight status. Dr. Jani’s multi-country post-doctoral experience in India (2014-15), USA (2015-16), and Australia (2016-ongoing) furthered her clinical and research skills in undernutrition, genetic metabolic nutrition, and type II diabetes, and food mapping.

Dr. Jani commenced her position at the University of Canberra (2017-ongoing) as Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics. She is the domain lead for community and public health nutrition.

Dr. Jani’s advocacy role as a community nutrition expert includes her participation as a leading member of the Dietitians Association of Australia-community and public health nutrition, Interest Groups Liaison Officer for the Dietitians Association of Australia-Engagement and Development Committee, and member of the Early Childhood Education and Care national steering committee. Dr. Jani is also a co-editor for the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition.