
Ms Cathy Harbury
Conjoint Lecturer
School of Health Sciences (Nutrition and Dietetics)
Career Summary
Biography
Cathy Harbury is a qualified and experienced clinician (AdvAPD) whose expertise and research interest are focused on the dietetic care of individuals with clinically significant obesity. She practises patient centred dietetics in a privately funded out-patient clinic. This includes supporting individuals undertaking weight loss surgery.
As a conjoint lecturer of the Faculty of Health at the University of Newcastle she shares her expertise on patient centred care. She has completed a Graduate Certificate in Marketing, and was awarded the prize for excellence in post-graduate consumer behaviour.
In 2011, she commenced part-time study as a Research Higher Degree candidate at the University of Newcastle under the supervision of Professor Clare Collins and Professor Robin Callister. Her thesis is focused on investigating the associations of nutrition knowledge and diet quality in an obese population and she has published some of her results and has presented at national and international conferences.
Her opinion is sought for peer review and she is a committee member of the DAA Bariatric Surgery Interest Group. She is an active mentor for the APD mentoring program guiding new graduates from provisional to full APD status. In addition, she has supervised several 4th year Nutrition & Dietetic students on Independent Professional Placements.
Her approach to dietetic practice is best described with three words; engage, encourage, empower.
Qualifications
- Graduate Diploma in Dietetics, Deakin University
- Bachelor of Science, Deakin University
- Graduate Certificate in Marketing, University of Newcastle
- Post Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Nut & Diet, University of Melbourne
Keywords
- Clinical practice
- Obesity
- Weight loss surgery
Professional Experience
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/11/2006 - 31/7/2017 | Bariatric Surgery Dietitian | John Hunter Hospital/ Hunter New England Health Australia |
2/11/1998 - 29/2/2000 | Eating Disorders Dietitian (part time) | Centre for Psychotherapy Australia |
1/2/2007 - | Bariatric Surgery Dietitian | Surgery Central Australia |
1/7/2002 - 30/6/2007 | Paediatric Dietitian (casual) | John Hunter Children Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (3 outputs)
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2019 |
Harbury C, Collins CE, Callister R, 'Diet quality is lower among adults with a BMI =40 kg m -2 or a history of weight loss surgery', Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 13 197-204 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Harbury CM, Callister R, Collins C, 'Nutrition "fat facts" are not common knowledge', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 29 93-99 (2018) [C1]
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2016 |
Harbury CM, Verbruggen EE, Callister R, Collins CE, 'What do individuals with morbid obesity report as a usual dietary intake? A narrative review of available evidence', Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 13 e15-e22 (2016) [C1]
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Conference (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2014 |
Harbury C, Verbruggen E, Collins CE, Callister R, 'The dietary intake of the morbidly obese: a systematic review', Nutrition and Dietetics, Brisbane, Australia (2014) [E3]
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Ms Cathy Harbury
Position
Conjoint Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Focus area
Nutrition and Dietetics
Contact Details
cathy.harbury@newcastle.edu.au |