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Carmel Smart

Carmel Smart PhD

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Research and Clinical Research
Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

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Dr. Carmel Smart is a clinical researcher and practitioner who is internationally recognised as a leading authority in nutrition and type 1 diabetes. Carmel has developed international partnerships and research collaborations aimed at improving the nutritional care of children living with diabetes.

Dr Smart holds appointments as a Senior Diabetes Dietitian and Clinical Research Fellow at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle. Carmel led the 2014 and 2018 International Paediatric Diabetes Clinical Nutrition Guidelines and is a lead investigator in the Australian Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network.

She served on the International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes executive and was the convenor of the Science School for Health Professionals. Dr Smart is currently appointed to JDRF International Type 1 Exercise Expert Advisory Group and is a senior practitioner member of the Australian Dietetic Council. She has written chapters for numerous books on diabetes including the American Diabetes Association Nutrition Therapy Guidelines released in 2017 and publishes in leading diabetes journals.
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