Lecturer, Monash University
Liza works in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as a lecturer. Liza convenes Public Health Nutrition and Food Sustainability Systems units for BNutSci and MNutDiet. Liza is a co-convenor of Australia's Right to Food Coalition.
Liza is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over a decade of practical experience in Community Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition. Liza has worked in the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions of remote Western Australia, Alice Springs, the Kingdom of Tonga and Metropolitan Melbourne. Liza worked as the National Nutrition Programs Manager at SecondBite, a non-profit food rescue organisation where she developed, implemented and evaluated two programs which strengthen capacity amongst individuals experiencing hardship throughout Australia. Liza's research interests involve supporting Australia's charitable food workforce to address the determinants of food insecurity and working towards a food system which is healthy, sustainable and equitable.
Reducing food waste can protect our health, as well as our planet's
Sep 04, 2018 13:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Globally, one-third of food produced for human consumption is wasted. Food waste costs Australia A$20 billion each year and is damaging our planets resources by contributing to climate change and inefficient land,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects