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Dr Antonia (Tania) Thodis
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Dr Tania Thodis is a research fellow and accredited practising dietitian leading the FareShare Medically Tailored Meals Pilot Program, a joint partnership with Australia’s largest not-for-profit food relief organisation providing millions of meals for vulnerable Australians. A ‘Food Is Medicine’ advocate, Tania is passionate about improving access to nutritious foods and diet quality underpinned by a culturally responsive approach to improve health outcomes of vulnerable and ethnically diverse communities. Clinical and mixed method research experience includes acute and outpatient healthcare settings, facilitating dietary intervention trials testing Mediterranean-style diet and lifestyle interventions as a model for preventing and managing chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, NAFLD, dementia and cardiovascular disease and a national trial to co-create and test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of culturally responsive, multilingual digital health resources in 10 languages.
Tania has a PhD in nutrition epidemiology (MEDIS-Australia study), which examined associations between lifestyle and sociocultural characteristics of first-generation Greek Australian long-term migrants, their adherence to a Mediterranean diet pattern and successful ageing compared to counterparts living in Greece.
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The George Institute for Global Health, Australia's Consumer and Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) has been providing consumer leadership since December 2021. The Committee functions at the organisational level and works with Institute leaders.
The objective of the CCAC is to ensure the research The George Institute does is relevant, important and makes the biggest difference to the Australian population.
The CCAC has been instrumental in developing a CCI framework and strategy for the Institute. These resources guide the work of the CCI Program, and the development and engagement of the Consumer and Community Network.
Aim1. Inform the Institute’s programs of work including identifying areas of need within the community2. Inform CCI strategies and support functions to facilitate partnerships between researchers, consumers, and community members3. Promote the Institute’s work, ensuring that relevant communic
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