Dr Rachelle Pretorius

Dr Rachelle Pretorius is a proficient and enthusiastic Registered Nutrition (R.Nutr) researcher and lecturer with strong organizational and multitasking skills. Rachelle is an Early Career Researcher (ECR) with advanced experience in multidisciplinary approaches to research, including epidemiology and clinical research methods. Rachelle is also an experienced and engaging lecturer who can stay relevant and relatable to my students. She completed her PhD at the University of Western Australia with a research focus on maternal dietary fibre intakes during pregnancy and immunology and metabolic outcomes for both the mother and child. Rachelle is seeking the lecture in Food Science and Nutrition position at Murdoch University to support the growth of the Food Science and Nutrition program and contribute to the academic excellence of scholars and professional research outputs. Will use skills to collaborate, learn and implement strategies to become a competitive teaching and research institute. Hardworking Postdoctoral Research Fellow with a demonstrated record of research success. Self-directed and motivated professional with a highly ethical, meticulous and thorough approach. Committed and engaging [Job Title], bringing exceptional lecturing skills and expertise in [Area of study]and gifted in engagement and guidance of students with [Number] years in postsecondary education. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

• Committee member with the following organizations, Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA), since 2013
• Public Health Association of Australia Food and Nutrition Special Interest Group (PHAA_FANSIG) since 2019.
• Champion of the Nutrition Decadal Plan and a team member of the newly established “A united nutrition Science Voice”.
• As a regional committee member, she was part of the planning team organizing the NSA annual meeting that was held in Perth (2022). In her role as a member of the PHAA_FANSIG, I drafted a support letter to the City of Canning concerning restricting Fast-food advertising to Children.

• 2023, Certificate in Public Health Advocacy, Canberra University
• 2021, Certificate in Good Clinical Practice ICH
• 2017, Laboratory training that includes Biosafety and cryo-preserving.
• 2009, Certificate in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Internal audit: ISO 9001

• Theo Murphy Initiative travel grant ($400) (July 2023)
• Elected attendee “Empowering EMCRs to Lead the Future of the Science of Nutrition”, Melbourne (July 2023)
• Awarded funding for the Public Health Advocacy Course, University of Canberra ($2300) (August 2023)
• Illuminate Pitch Fest Finalist, TKI (February 2023)
• Finalist presenter for the Raine Study Symposium, Finalist for ECR, Perth (2022)
• Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) Travel Grant ($2000) (2019)
• The University of Western Australia Graduate Research Student Travel Award (2019)
• Final round qualifier for NNI (Nestle Nutrition Institute) – Young research award (2019)
• Australian Postgraduate Award (2016)
• The UWA Top-up Scholarship (2016)
• The employee of the year (Nativa). Department: Scientific Affairs (2010)
• Finalist of a Nestle Nutrition Institute, USA, Nutritional Science and Research Fund (NSERF) reward. – 14th John M Kinney Award for Paediatric Nutrition (2011)
• Student member: The South African Association for food science, technology (SAAFost) (2007)

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• Pretorius, R.A.; Palmer, D.J. High-fiber diet during pregnancy characterised by more fruit and vegetable consumption. Nutrients 2021, 13, 35. This 2021 publication has nine citations (Scopus 04/08/2023). Nutrient is a top-quartile journal in the nutrition field. DOI: 10.3390/nu13010035
• Pretorius R, M Bodinier, SL Prescott, DJ Palmer. Maternal fibre dietary intakes during pregnancy and infant allergic disease. Nutrients. August 2019. This 2019 publication has 23 citations and a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of 2.23 (Scopus 04/08/2023). Doi: 10.3390/nu11081767
• Pretorius R, Prescott SL, Palmer, DJ. Taking a prebiotic approach to early immunomodulation for allergy prevention. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 2018; 14(1),43-51. This 2018 publication has 20 citations (Scopus 04/08/2023). Expert Review of Clinical Imm presents high-quality original peer-reviewed papers (impact factor of 5.1). DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2018.1411191
• Kruger HS, Schutte AE, Pretorius R. 2008. Children with Excessive Body Fat and Stunted Children May Be at Risk for Non-Communicable Diseases. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 108, Issue 9, A118. DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.06.362