Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics Honours

Course Code: 3865 ~ Course Abbreviation: BNutrDiet(Hons) ~ Total credit points required: 48 ~ 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

This program is for top ranking graduates of a dietetic course. It will allow participants to develop their research skills and competencies, learn specific techniques and gain a deeper understanding of a selected aspect of human nutrition.

The program consists of

• an individual major research project and
• a compulsory coursework component.

The coursework component (Honours degree of Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics for 2010 course overview) will be conducted in semester one, and includes modules on project organization, literature reviewing, study design, data collection, data analysis, scientific report writing, and submitting work for peer review. In turn this contributes towards the successful completion of a research project.

Projects can be chosen from either clinical or community/population nutrition areas and will be supervised by an experienced member of the Nutrition and Dietetics staff.

• Identification of sarcopaenic obesity in the older population
  Supervisor: Associate Professor Boyd Strauss

• Body composition changes following pregnancy
  Supervisors: Associate Professor Boyd Strauss, Dr E McCarthy

• Vitamin C status in hospital patients
  Supervisor: Dr G Wilcom

• Potassium source in the diets of the haemodialysis and near end-stage renal failure populations
  Supervisor: Karen Salamon and July Tweedie

• Implementation of evidence based practice to improve nutrition outcomes in people receiving haemodialysis in one of Southern Health’s satellite centres
  Supervisor: Janine Engstrom and Mary Anne Silvers

• Assessment of appetite regulation and energy expenditure in women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  Supervisor: Professor Helena Teede and Dr Lisa Moran

• Assessment of diet and physical activity in Australian women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Australian Longitudinal Women’s Health Study
  Supervisor: Professor Helena Teede and Dr Lisa Moran

• Assessment of fructose metabolism in women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent and Dr Lisa Moran

• Investigating the role of fodmap carbohydrates in the genesis of gastrointestinal symptoms
  Supervisor: Peter Gibson, Jane Muir, Sue Shepherd and Jaci Barrett.

• Project 1: Investigating the use of glucose to assist with fructose absorption from drinks and juices in healthy volunteers and patients with Irritable bowel syndrome.
• Project 2: Reducing dietary levels of FODMAP carbohydrates (particularly sugar polyols) by breastfeeding mothers to improve colic-like symptoms in young breast-fed babies



• Nutrition for boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  Supervisor: Professor Helen Truby, Professor Andrew Komberg and Zoe Davidson APD

Applications

Applications for entry (Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics Honours 2010 application form (pdf 76 KB)) into the BND honours program can be made for either semester 1 or semester 2 of the academic year. Applications for semester 1 2010 will close on 27 November 2009 and for semester 2 2010 the closing date will be 29 May 2010.

Further information

Assoc Prof Boyd Strauss, BND Honours Co-ordinator
E-mail: Boyd.Strauss@med.monash.edu.au

Please note that Associate Professor Boyd Strauss will not be available until 16 September 2009.

Alternatively, contact:

Professor Helen Truby, Head Nutrition and Dietetics
Phone: +61 3 9594 5511
Email: helen.truby@med.monash.edu.au

Or

Phone: +61 3 9594 5510
Email: nutrition.dietetics@med.monash.edu.au

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Level 5, Block E
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
Clayton, VIC 3068
Fax: +61 3 9594 6509