Personal
- Name
- Professor Nuala Byrne
- Position(s)
- Professor
Faculty of Health,
School - Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - IHBI Member
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Exercise and Nutrition - HHWB - Discipline *
- Human Movement and Sports Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 6088
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 6030
- n.byrne@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
-
Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology), MAppSc (Research) (Queensland University of Technology), BHMS (University of Queensland)
- Professional memberships
and associations - President – Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society (ANZOS)
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- American Physiological Society (APS)
* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Biography
Research interests
- Markers of exercise intensity
- Measuring energy expenditure during exercise and physical activity
- Dose-response relationship between exercise and health outcomes
- Co-morbidities of obesity
- Diabetes
- Genetic, physiologic, metabolic and psychosocial predictors of weight gain.
Project highlights
- 5-year NHMRC Health Research Partnership in Type 2 diabetes ($750,000): The Diabetes Health Research Program: A collaborative research-based program of education, intervention and scientific discovery in Type 2 Diabetes.
- 2-year NHMRC Project Grant ($221,500): Energy cost of self-paced walking in obese adults.
- 3-year NHMRC Project Grant ($771,000): Improving Successful Long-term Weight Loss by Deactivating the Human Famine Reaction.
- Body Fat and its Relationship with Metabolic Syndrome Indicators in Overweight Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents – Funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Nutritional Status of Ugandan Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Anthropometry and Body Composition Assessment - Funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
This information has been contributed by Professor Nuala Byrne.
Teaching
Publications
- Hills A, Byrne NM, Wood RE, (2008) Exercise, physical activity, and eating and weight disorders, Paediatric, Exercise Science and Medicine p453-465
- Sharpe J, Byrne NM, Stedman T, Hills A, (2008) Bioelectric impedance is a better indicator of obesity in men with schizophrenia than body mass index, Psychiatry Research p121-126
- Sharpe J, Byrne NM, Stedman T, Hills A, (2008) Comparison of clinical body composition methods in people taking weight-inducing atypical antipsychotic medications, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition p573-579
- Hunter GR, Byrne NM, Sirikul B, Fernandez J, Zuckerman PA, (2008) Resistance training conserves fat-free mass and resting energy expenditure following weight loss, Obesity p1045-1051
- Colley RC, Hills AP, O'Moore-Sullivan TM, Hickman IJ, Prins JB, Byrne NM, (2008) Variability in adherence to an unsupervised exercise prescription in obese women, International Journal of Obesity p837-844
- Hunter GR, McCarthy JP, Bryan DR, Zuckerman PA, Bamman MM, Byrne NM, (2008) Increased strength and decreased flexibility are related to reduced oxygen cost of walking, European Journal of Applied Physiology p895-901
- Kagawa M, Byrne NM, Hills A, (2008) Comparison of body fat estimation using waist: height ratio using different 'waist' measurements in Australian adults, British Journal of Nutrition p1135-1141
- Kagawa M, Tahara Y, Byrne NM, Moji K, Tsunawake N, Hills A, (2008) Are Japanese criteria for obesity useful for screening at risk Japanese? Consideration from anthropometric indices-percentage body fat relationships., Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health p102-110
- Hills A, King NA, Byrne NM, (2007) Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, Treatment and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity, Routledge
- Colley R, Byrne NM, Hills A, (2007) Implications of the Variability in Time to Isotopic Equilibrium in the Deuterium Dilution Technique, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition p1250-1255
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Aerobic fitness, physical function and falls among older people: a prospective study (2008)
- Body composition and energy expenditure in men with schizophrenia (2008)
- Energy expenditure and physical activity patterns in children: Applicabiity of simultaneous methods (2008)
- Exercise intensity, exercise training and energy metabolism in obese males (2008)
- Quantifying the effect of exercise on total energy expenditure in obese women (2007)
