Felice Jacka

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Felice Nellie Jacka OAM is an Australian academic, founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. She is a professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and the director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University. [1]

Jacka focused her research work in the field of nutritional psychiatry, establishing diet as a risk factor and treatment target for common mental disorders. In 2017, she led a trial showing that an improved diet could treat major depression, [2] finding that healthier eating habits can result in a 30% reduced risk of depression. [3]

Articles in the Australian press about Jacka's studies include The Guardian , [4] The Sydney Morning Herald [5] and ABC News. [6] With over 260 publications, she is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher for all years between 2020 and 2023, [7] ranking her in the top 0.1% of publishing scientists worldwide. [8]

In 2021 Jacka was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to nutritional psychiatry research. [9]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Food and Mood Centre | We are a team of world-class researchers from various backgrounds, studying the food-mood relationship at various levels, from microbiology to public health". Food and Mood Centre. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. ↑ "World-first trial shows improving diet can treat major depression". www.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ↑ Fleming, Amy (2019-03-18). "Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ↑ Fleming, Amy (2019-03-18). "Nutritional psychiatry: can you eat yourself happier?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  5. ↑ Berry, Sarah (2019-10-09). "Diet could improve depression symptoms in three weeks, study finds". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  6. ↑ "Mediterranean diet can help in fight against depression: study". ABC News. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  7. ↑ "Web of Science". www.webofscience.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  8. ↑ "Felice Jacka". Food and Mood Centre. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  9. ↑ Swannell, Cate (2021-06-14). "Queen's Birthday honorees". Medical Journal of Australia. 214 (111). ISSN   0025-729X.
  10. ↑ West, Madeline L.; Hart, Susan; Loughman, Amy; Jacka, Felice N.; Staudacher, Heidi M.; Abbaspour, Afrouz; Phillipou, Andrea; Ruusunen, Anu; Rocks, Tetyana (November 2023). "Challenges and priorities for researching the gut microbiota in individuals living with anorexia nervosa". International Journal of Eating Disorders. 56 (11): 2001–2011. doi:10.1002/eat.24033. ISSN   0276-3478.
  11. ↑ Gabriel, Fernanda C.; Oliveira, Manoela; Bruna De M. Martella; Berk, Michael; Brietzke, Elisa; Jacka, Felice N.; Lafer, Beny (2023-07-03). "Nutrition and bipolar disorder: a systematic review" . Nutritional Neuroscience. 26 (7): 637–651. doi:10.1080/1028415X.2022.2077031. ISSN   1028-415X.
  12. ↑ Young, Claire L.; Mohebbi, Mohammadreza; Staudacher, Heidi; Berk, Michael; Jacka, Felice N.; O’Neil, Adrienne (2021-04-03). "Assessing the feasibility of an m-Health intervention for changing diet quality and mood in individuals with depression: the My Food & Mood program" . International Review of Psychiatry. 33 (3): 266–279. doi:10.1080/09540261.2020.1854193. ISSN   0954-0261.
  13. ↑ Young, Claire L.; Mohebbi, Mohammadreza; Staudacher, Heidi; Berk, Michael; Jacka, Felice N.; O’Neil, Adrienne (2021-04-03). "Assessing the feasibility of an m-Health intervention for changing diet quality and mood in individuals with depression: the My Food & Mood program" . International Review of Psychiatry. 33 (3): 266–279. doi:10.1080/09540261.2020.1854193. ISSN   0954-0261.
  14. ↑ Aslam, Hajara; Green, Jessica; Jacka, Felice N.; Collier, Fiona; Berk, Michael; Pasco, Julie; Dawson, Samantha L. (2020-09-01). "Fermented foods, the gut and mental health: a mechanistic overview with implications for depression and anxiety" . Nutritional Neuroscience. 23 (9): 659–671. doi:10.1080/1028415X.2018.1544332. ISSN   1028-415X.
  15. ↑ Opie, Rachelle S.; O'Neil, Adrienne; Jacka, Felice N.; Pizzinga, Josephine; Itsiopoulos, Catherine (2018-08-09). "A modified Mediterranean dietary intervention for adults with major depression: Dietary protocol and feasibility data from the SMILES trial". Nutritional Neuroscience. 21 (7): 487–501. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2017.1312841 . ISSN   1028-415X.
  16. ↑ Opie, R.S.; Itsiopoulos, C.; Parletta, N.; Sanchez-Villegas, A.; Akbaraly, T.N.; Ruusunen, A.; Jacka, F.N. (2017-03-16). "Dietary recommendations for the prevention of depression" . Nutritional Neuroscience. 20 (3): 161–171. doi:10.1179/1476830515Y.0000000043. ISSN   1028-415X.
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