Dr Rajshri Roy
Bio
Dr Rajshri Roy is a Senior Lecturer in Dietetics and an Accredited Practising Dietitian in the School of Nursing at the University of Sydney. She manages the public health and community nutrition domain within the Masters of Nutrition and Dietetics programme with a strong teaching experience in nutritional health promotion. Her research is in population nutrition and community dietetics looking at lifestyle interventions and nutritional epidemiology in young adults. In her current research, she is particularly interested in digital marketing and social media opportunities for dietary behaviour change in young adults. She has expertise in food environments, digital health, public health nutrition, and multidisciplinary research and is an advocate for the primary prevention of obesity and chronic diseases in young adults.
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She holds leadership roles locally, nationally, and internationally including Convenor for the NSW Branch Leadership Committee and Co-Deputy Chair of the Digital Health ECR Working Group at Charles Perkins Centre.She remains an Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Auckland with close collaborative ties and ongoing research projects with UoA staff members and co-supervisor to a number of postgraduate students.
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Rajshri is passionate about scalable and sustainable properties of food environment and social marketing-based interventions that have the potential to bring about adequate changes in the dietary behaviour of individuals and communities. Her academic research concentrates on dietary behaviour changes through appropriate personalisation of interventions, according to the requirements of the individuals and community by using user-centred, co-design and participatory research methodologies, and proper integration of behaviour change techniques to motivate long-term changes.
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DEGREES
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PhD
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 4 Mar 2013 - 31 Jul 2016
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Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 Dec 2018 - 2 Dec 2019
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BSC (Hons)
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 5 Mar 2007 - 14 Nov 2011
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Affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sydney
Research Areas of Expertise: - Public Health Nutrition - Obesity - Diet - Food Environment Interventions - Dietary Behaviour Change - Young Adults - Health Promotion - Social Marketing - Implementation Science - Nutrition Assessment - Nutritional Epidemiology - Dietary Patterns - eHealth/mHealth - Qualitative Research - Translational Research
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CERTIFICATIONS
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​Accredited Practising Dietitian, Australia
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Dietitians Australia, Canberra, Australia, 1 Mar 2011 - present
Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) credential is a public guarantee of dietetic expertise
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Registered Dietitian, New Zealand
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The Dietitians Board of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 22 Jul 2016 - December 2023
Registered within the Scope of Practice of a Dietitian in New Zealand with name been duly entered in the Register of Dietitians.
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CURRENT RESEARCH​
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Her current research centres on three key themes:​
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Exploring the determinants of dietary choices to support improved outcomes for health and sustainability.
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Point-of-purchase interventions to promote healthy dietary behaviours through nutrition education and food environment modification.
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Digital food environments through which flows of services and information that influence people’s dietary behaviours are directed, including social media, digital health promotion interventions, digital food marketing and online food retail.
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Dr. Rajshri Roy's research encompasses a range of topics within the field of nutrition and dietetics.Her research is characterized by a commitment to scalable and sustainable strategies in nutrition and dietetics, with a particular interest in the impact of food environments and digital technologies on dietary behaviours and public health​. Her primary areas of expertise include:
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Public Health Nutrition and Obesity: Focusing on lifestyle interventions, nutritional epidemiology, and diet in young adults.
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Food Environment Interventions: Exploring dietary behaviour change through interventions in the food environment, including point-of-purchase interventions and digital food environments like online food delivery services.
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Digital and Social Media: Investigating how digital marketing and social media can be leveraged for dietary behaviour change in young adults.
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Dietary Behaviour Change: Emphasizing personalized interventions for individual and community needs using user-centred, co-design, and participatory research methodologies.
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Nutritional Health Promotion: Focusing on implementation science, nutrition assessment, dietary patterns, eHealth/mHealth, and qualitative research.
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Translational Research: Applying research findings to practical settings, particularly in relation to the primary prevention of obesity and chronic diseases in young adults.
​Dr Roy has led many high-quality and independent research that have made original contributions to the literature and expanded knowledge and practice in nutrition and dietetics, particularly nutritional health promotion. She has developed an established research profile evidenced by original, high-quality, and independent research in public health nutrition, with global recognition (1615 citations, h-index 21,1.71 FWCI). Dr Roy has published 53 peer-reviewed articles, 5 book chapters, the majority as first and/or corresponding senior author and presented in various national and international conferences. She has been responsible for a range of strategic research outputs which have underpinned policy discussions and advocacy efforts around improving food environments in tertiary education settings.
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Current projects
Dr. Roy is currently supervising and leading various research projects, including, for example:
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Health Promotion for Young Adults:Focusing on youth co-design of a social media program (Doctoral project supervised by Dr. Roy).
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Ethnographic Study of Student Eating Behaviour:Comparing eating behaviours in a Chinese university with a New Zealand university (Doctoral project supervised by Dr. Roy).
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Nutrition Interventions Design and Evaluation:Incorporating end-user-centric approaches in nutrition interventions (Doctoral project where Dr. Roy is the secondary supervisor).
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Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media: Investigating the prevalence, accuracy, and engagement of nutrition misinformation on Instagram and TikTok.
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Dietitian Podcasts: Evaluating Australian dietitian podcasts, analyzing themes, topics, and adherence to ethical standards, while highlighting gaps in evidence-based information and financial disclosure practices.
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Food Insecurity in University Students: Measuring the impact of food insecurity and developing and testing innovative nutrition and mental health support tools for food insecure university students.