Speaker Natalie Luscombe-Marsh BSc., PhD – “Enhancing Good Health Across the Decades”

Dr. Natalie Luscombe-Marsh is a Research Scientist at the CSIRO Food and Nutrition Department and an Affiliate Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Natalie’s long-standing research interest relates to the mechanisms underlying weight loss induced by high protein, energy-restricted diets in healthy and clinical populations, including overweight and obese patients. She is also interested in defining the detection and signaling pathways for protein – particularly L-glutamate. A third area of interest relates to nutrition in the elderly and Natalie has developed a project with Meals on Wheels Inc. South Australia.

Natalie has presented at numerous local, national and international meetings; authored 55 peer-reviewed papers/reviews; written 2 book chapters and has been a major contributor to the CSIRO Low-Carb Diet book.