Susan de Jersey

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Associate Professor Susan de Jersey is an Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialled Diabetes Educator at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Manager within the Prevention Strategy Branch within the Queensland Department of Health.

Susan leads a program of research in the Centre for Health Services Research at the University of Queensland. She has over 2 decades of professional experience across the healthcare continuum including regional, rural and remote areas of Queensland and the UK.

Susan and the teams she works with focus on ensuring women have access to wholistic care that supports their current and future health during the reproductive years.

Susan holds several leadership roles on state and national committees and is currently the Vice President and Board Director for the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society.

Experience

  • 2002–present
    Associate professor, University of Queensland
  • 2024–present
    Manager, Prevention Strategy Branch, Queensland Department of Health
  • 2005–present
    Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian; Credentialled Diabetes Educator, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Health

Education

  • 2021 
    Curtain University, Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Management
  • 2013 
    Queensland University of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2009 
    University of Queensland, Master of Public Health
  • 2001 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetics)
  • 2001 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement Studies)

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Diabetes Educators Association
  • Dietitians Australia
  • Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society

Contact Susan for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision