Secretary - Dorit Samocha-Bonet

Associate Professor Dorit Samocha-Bonet is a dietitian and clinical researcher at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the School of Clinical Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical Campus, UNSW Medicine & Health, Sydney.

Before turning to a career in research, Dorit worked as a clinical dietitian, managing patients with the metabolic syndrome. She obtained a B.Sc. in Nutrition & Dietetics (Hebrew University, Israel, 1992, Cum Laude), M.Sc. in Clinical Biochemistry (Tel Aviv University, Israel 1996) and PhD in Physiology & Pharmacology (Tel Aviv University, Israel 2006).

Dorit established and currently leads, the Clinical Insulin Resistance group at the Garvan (since 2013), has been on the Australian New Zealand Obesity Society Council (since 2017) and is a consultant to Wellana Health, a new venture providing dietitian-prescribed, chef-developed dishes.