Greenfield showed that it was possible for women to survive and thrive in what was then a male-dominated field.
Dr Heather Greenfield was a powerhouse in the field of nutrition, both nationally and internationally. She was also a passionate advocate for women’s rights, fighting for them in the prevailing culture of the University of NSW where she worked first as a lecturer and rose to the position of associate professor in nutrition between 1976 and 1998. After retirement, she was an adjunct professor in UNSW and the University of Sydney and of Canberra until 2018.Heather was born in Sunderland, UK.
While at Bedford College she was encouraged to focus on research. At the same time, she was strongly influenced byHeather graduated with a bachelor of science , zoology and physiology in 1960, and later undertook her PhD at the Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, completing it in 1970.
In a later sabbatical, Heather – and her by now well-travelled children – went to France, where she worked with the International Agency for Research on Cancer. And, at the same time, she collaborated with a British scientist, Professor David Southgate, on the first textbook written on food composition –– which became known as “the bible for food composition”.
She had over 150 scientific publications, including 12 monographs, to her credit in her career, and she instilled in all her UNSW students the importance of food composition data, because without fundamental, original data, how could we assess the quality and adequacy of the Australian food supply?Additionally, for her female students, Heather showed that it was possible for women to survive and thrive in what was then a male-dominated field of food science and technology.
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