Sheila Skeaff | |
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Canada |
Education | University of Guelph |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Known for | food literacy, iodine deficiency |
Spouse | Murray Skeaff |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nutrition |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Doctoral advisor | Christine Thomson |
Sheila A. Skeaff (born 1961) is a Canadian-born New Zealand nutritionist and full professor at the University of Otago. [1] Her research focusses on food literacy, sustainable diets and iodine deficiency. [2]
Skeaff was born in 1961 [3] and grew up in northern Ontario [4] and graduated with an MSc in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Guelph in Canada in 1988. [3] She and her husband Murray Skeaff moved to Dunedin to work at the University of Otago [4] in mid-1989. She completed a PhD in human nutrition in 2004, under the supervision of Christine Thomson. [5] [6]
In March 2018 Skeaff received a teaching excellence award from the University of Otago. [7]
Sheila Skeaff | |
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Canada |
Education | University of Guelph |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Known for | food literacy, iodine deficiency |
Spouse | Murray Skeaff |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nutrition |
Institutions | University of Otago |
Doctoral advisor | Christine Thomson |
Sheila A. Skeaff (born 1961) is a Canadian-born New Zealand nutritionist and full professor at the University of Otago. [1] Her research focusses on food literacy, sustainable diets and iodine deficiency. [2]
Skeaff was born in 1961 [3] and grew up in northern Ontario [4] and graduated with an MSc in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Guelph in Canada in 1988. [3] She and her husband Murray Skeaff moved to Dunedin to work at the University of Otago [4] in mid-1989. She completed a PhD in human nutrition in 2004, under the supervision of Christine Thomson. [5] [6]
In March 2018 Skeaff received a teaching excellence award from the University of Otago. [7]