Conference presentations
As experts in nutrition and dietetics, our dietitians are regularly invited to speak at conferences to upskill other health professionals on the latest information.
See some of the conferences that they have presented at:
Melanie McGrice, BScNutr (Hons) MNutrDiet, AdvAPD
- 2011 – Eating disorders (Mental Health Network, Melbourne)
- 2011 – What are VLED’s? (Asia Pacific Conference on Metabolic Syndrome, Sydney)
- 2011 – Weight Management – Simple Tips & Practical Treatments for GPs (General Pracitioner Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne)
- 2011 – Weight Management for People with Diabetes (Dietitian's Association of Australia National Conference, Adelaide)
- 2011 – Tips & tricks to manage obesity (Dietitian's Association of Australia National Conference, Adelaide)
- 2011 - Pharmacotherapy for weight loss (Dietitian's Association of Australia Obesity Roadshow, Canberra)
- 2011 - Weight Management (Pharmaceutical Society of Austtralia, National webinar)
- 2011 - The Obesity Epidemic (Dietitian's Association of Australia Victorian Obesity Roadshow, Melbourne)
- 2011 – Why is the community not heeding the health warnings? – (Diabetes Queensland Impact Symposium, Brisbane)
- 2010 – Motivating patients to change (Practice Nurse Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne)
- 2010 – Obesity Management (General Pracitioner Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne)
- 2010 – Diet Pills: An update for APDs working in weight management (Dietitian's Association of Australia National Conference, Melbourne)
- 2010 – Unilever margarine cooking demonstration (Dietitian's Association of Australia National Conference, Melbourne)
- 2010 – Nutrition requirements for our teenage athletes (Girls Sport Victoria, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Dietary management of serum lipids: what can be achieved? (Melbourne General Practice Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Current treatments for morbid obesity (Eastern Health, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Motivating patients to change (Practice Nurse Conference & Exhibtion, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Nutrition & the media (Deakin University, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Long term dietary complications of bariatric surgery (Dietitian's Assocation of Australia Victorian Bariatric Surgery Roadshow, Melbourne)
- 2009 – Bariatric surgery: a dietitian’s perspective (Dietitian's Association of Australia National Conference, Darwin)
- 2008 – Weight reduction (Practice Nurse Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne)
- 2008 – Nutrition & the media (Deakin University. Melbourne)
- 2007 – Bariatric surgery: should we or shouldn’t we? (Dietitian's Association of Australia Victorian Diabetes Professional Education Conference, Melbourne)
- 2007 – Dietetic intervention for the unsuccessful patient (Obesity Surgery Society of Australia & New Zealand, Perth)
- 2007 – Malnutrition & wound healing (Postgraduate nurses program, Melbourne)
- 2007 – Malnutrition in the third world (Eastern Health Dietitians Meeting, Melbourne)
- 2007 – Nutrition for diabetes (Bethesda Medical Unit, Haiti)
- 2007 – Nutrition for pregnancy (Bethesda Medical Unit, Haiti)
- 2007 – Nutrition for infants (Bethesda Medical Unit, Haiti)
- 2006 – Good health for people with diabetes (Victorian Diabetes Expo, Melbourne)
Tess O'Shea, BA, BND, APD
- 2010 - Dietary Management of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia Educational Forum Series, Melbourne)
Ashlee Gervasoni, BAppSci(HM), MDiet, APD
- 2011 - Low Glycemic Index for Beginners (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia Educational Forum Series, Melbourne)