Dr Jacki Walker

School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland

Dr Jacki Walker is a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at Health and Wellbeing Queensland, the state’s public health and prevention agency. Jacki’s work focuses broadly on the prevention and management of childhood overweight and obesity and associated co-morbidities, through a pragmatic research agenda that considers integrated public health approaches and systems change. Jacki is a paediatric dietitian by training and has worked with many children and families within acute hospital settings, community clinical settings and private practice.