Sheila Skeaff

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Sheila Skeaff
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Skeaff in 2009
Born1961 (age 63–64)
Canada
Education University of Guelph
Alma mater University of Otago
Known forfood literacy, iodine deficiency
SpouseMurray Skeaff
Scientific career
FieldsNutrition
Institutions University of Otago
Doctoral advisor Christine Thomson

Sheila Anne Skeaff (born 1961) is a Canadian-born New Zealand nutritionist and full professor at the University of Otago. [1] Her research focusses on food literacy, sustainable diets and iodine deficiency. [2]

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Academic career

Skeaff was born in 1961 [3] and grew up in northern Ontario [4] and graduated with an MSc in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Guelph in Canada in 1988. [3] She and her husband Murray Skeaff moved to Dunedin to work at the University of Otago [4] in mid-1989. She completed a PhD in human nutrition in 2004, under the supervision of Christine Thomson. [5] [6]

In March 2018 Skeaff received a teaching excellence award from the University of Otago. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "University of Otago announces academic promotions". University of Otago. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Media Expertise Database". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Search – Theses Canada". Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "How to make a Canadian fruit pie". Otago Daily Times . 22 February 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dr Sheila Skeaff". University of Otago. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Emeritus Professor Christine Thomson". University of Otago. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Gibb, John (7 March 2018). "University teachers' passion rewarded". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 26 December 2020.


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