Associate Professor Amanda Devine

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5527  
Mobile: 0416 114 810  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5005  
Email: a.devine@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.129E  

 

Current Teaching

  • Nutritional assessment
  • Controversies in nutrition
  • Nutrition through the lifecycle

Background

  • 2001-current: Undergraduate Coordinator of Nutrition Program, ECU
  • 2010-2011: Postgraduate Coordinator of Master of Nutrition & Dietetics, ECU
  • 2007-2010: Senior Lecturer Nutrition Program, ECU
  • 2004-2007: Senior Adjunct Lecturer, School of Medicine and Pharmacology UWA
  • 2001-2006: Lecturer Nutrition Program, ECU
  • 2001-2004: Adjunct Lecturer, School of Medicine and Pharmacology UWA
  • 1999-2004: Principal Scientific Officer and Senior Research Officer, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA
  • 1998-1999: Research Officer, Dept of Medicine, UWA
  • 1994-1998: PhD Candidate, Dept of Medicine, UWA
  • 1990-1994: Research Coordinator, Dept Medicine, UWA
  • 1993-1994: Lecturer Nutrition Program, Sessional, ECU

Professional Memberships

Nutrition Society of Australia

  • 2007-current: Registered Public Health Nutritionist

Dietitians Association of Australia

  • 2009-current: Accredited Nutritionist

Nutrition Australia

  • 2003-2007: Executive committee member of Nutrition Australia National Council Member
  • 2004-2001: WA Chair/Director
  • 2001-current: WA Deputy Chair/Director

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2003: Outstanding Abstract Award in the Field of Calcium Research, Australian New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
  • 1991-2001: Various travel grants to support National and International Meetings
  • 1994: University Postgraduate Award School, PhD UWA, 3 year stipend

Research Areas and Interests

  • Nutritional aspects of bone health and body composition
  • Public health nutrition
  • Sports nutrition
  • Benefits of fruit and vegetables
  • Dietary aspects of exposure to metals
  • Dietary aspects of chronic disease
  • Cooking programs for prevention of dementia
  • Childhood obesity
  • Effects of cadmium on bone density in perimenopausal women

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Education), The University of Western Australia, 1999 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Diets to Defy Dementia,  Council On The Ageing (WA) Inc,  Grant(**),  2010,  $5,000.
  • Communicating the Role of Vegetables and Fruit in the Diet. Optimising Health, Preventing Disease and Advance Healing,  West Australian Vegetable Growers Association Inc,  Action Grant,  2008,  $50,960.
  • New Independent Researcher Infrastructure Support Award 2004,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant,  2004,  $17,300.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Zhu, K., Austin, N., Devine, A., Bruce, D., Prince, RL., (2011), Response letter to DRS. kaloostian and shil. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 59(4), 771-772, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03348.x.
  • Zhu, K., Devine, A., Lewis, JR., Dhaliwal, SS., Prince, RL., (2011), "Timed up and go" Test and Bone Mineral Density Measurement for Fracture Prediction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(18), 1655-1661, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.434.
  • Hodgson, J., Zhu, K., Lewis, J., Kerr, D., Meng, X., Solah, V., Devine, A., Binns, C., Woodman, R., Prince, R., (2011), Long-term effects of a protein-enriched diet on blood pressure in older women. The British Journal of Nutrition: an international journal of nutritional science , N/A(N/A), N/A, DOI: doi:10.1017/S0007114511004740.
  • Zhu, K., Meng, X., Kerr, DA., Devine, A., Solah, V., Binns, CW., Prince, RL., (2011), The effects of a two-year randomized, controlled trial of whey protein supplementation on bone structure, IGF-1, and urinary calcium excretion in older postmenopausal women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26(9), 2298-2306, DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.429.
  • Zhu, K., Devine, A., Suleska, A., Tan, C., Toh, C., Kerr, D., Prince, R., (2010), Adequacy and change in nutrient and food intakes with aging in a seven-year cohort study in elderly women. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 14(9), 723-729, France.
  • Lewis, J., Prince, R., Zhu, K., Devine, A., Thompson, P., Hodgson, J., (2010), Habitual chocolate intake and vascular disease: a prospective study of clinical outcomes in older women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 170(20), 1857-1858, United States, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.396.
  • Rodrigues, M., Foster, J., Verdile, G., Joesbury, K., Prince, R., Devine, A., Mehta, P., Beilby, J., Martins, R., (2010), Predicting memory decline as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in older post-menopausal women: Quod erat demonstrandum?. International Psychogeriatrics, 22(2), 332-335, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991190.
  • Solah, V., Kerr, D., Adikara, C., Meng, X., Binns, C., Zhu, K., Devine, A., Prince, R., (2010), Differences in satiety effects of alginate- and whey protein-based foods. Appetite, 54(3), 485-491, DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.01.019.
  • Zhu, K., Austin, N., Devine, A., Bruce, D., Prince, R., (2010), A randomized controlled trial of the effects of vitamin D on muscle strength and mobility in older women with vitamin D insufficiency. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(11), 2063?2068, United States, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03142.x.
  • Ueland, T., Wilson, S., Islam, F., Mullin, B., Devine, A., Bollerslev, J., Zhu, K., Prince, R., (2009), A cohort study of the effects of serum osteoprotegerin and osteoprotegerin gene polymorphisms on cardiovascular mortality in elderly women. Clinical Endocrinology, 71(6), 828-833, United States, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03605.x.
  • Sanders, K., Nowson, C., Kotowicz, M., Briffa, K., Devine, A., Reid, I., (2009), Calcium and bone health: position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 190(6), 316-320, Australia.
  • Devine, A., McFaull, S., (2009), Vegetables and fruit for health and healing executive summary. Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia., 16(1), 5-9.
  • Meng, X., Zhu, K., Devine, A., Kerr, D., Binns, C., Prince, R., (2009), A 5-year cohort study of the effects of high protein intake on lean mass and BMC in elderly postmenopausal women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 24(11), 1827-1834, United States, DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.090513.
  • Zhu, K., Beilby, JP., Dick, IM., Devine, A., Soos, M., Prince, RL., (2009), The effects of homocysteine and MTHFR genotype on hip bone loss and fracture risk in elderly women. Osteoporosis International, 20(7), 1183-1191, DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0804-y.
  • Zhu, K., Devine, A., Prince, R., (2009), The effects of high potassium consumption on bone mineral density in a prospective cohort study of elderly postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International, 20(2), 335-340, DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0666-3.
  • Prince, R., Austin, N., Devine, A., Dick, I., Bruce, D., Zhu, K., (2008), Effects of ergocalciferol added to calcium on the risk of falls in elderly high-risk women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(1), 103-108.
  • Hodgson, J., Devine, A., Burke, V., Dick, I., Prince, R., (2008), Chocolate consumption and bone density in older women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87(1), 175-180.
  • Mullin, B., Prince, R., Dick, I., Islam, F., Hart, D., Spector, T., Devine, A., Dudbridge, F., Wilson, S., (2008), Bone structural effects of variation in the TNFRSF1B gene encoding the tumor necrosis factor receptor 2. Osteoporosis International, 19(7), 961-968.
  • Zhu, K., Devine, A., Prince, R., (2008), The effects of high potassium consumption on bone mineral density in a prospective cohort study of elderly postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis International, 20, , 335-340, Online.
  • Zhu, K., Devine, A., Dick, I., Wilson, S., Prince, R., (2008), Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Hip Bone Mineral Density and Calcium-Related analytes in Elderly Ambulatory Australian Women: A Five-Year Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93(3), 743-749, USA.
  • Zhu, K., Bruce, D., Austin, N., Devine, A., Ebeling, P., Prince, R., (2008), Randomized controlled trial of the effects of calcium with or without vitamin D on bone structure and bone-related chemistry in elderly women with vitamin D insufficiency. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 23(8), 1343-1348.
  • Zhu, K., Beilby, J., Dick, I., Devine, A., Soos, M., Prince, R., (2008), The effects of homocysteine and MTHFR genotype on hip bone loss and fracture risk in elderly women. Osteoporosis International, 20(7), 1183-1191, DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0804-y.
  • Rodrigues, M., Verdile, G., Foster, J., Hogervorst, E., Joesbury, K., Dhaliwal, S., Corder, E., Laws, S., Hone, E., Prince, R., Devine, A., Mehta, P., Beilby, J., Atwood, C., Martins, R., (2008), Gonadotropins and Cognition in Older Women. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 13(3), 267-274, Amsterdam.

Research Student Supervision

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Vitamin D, Neuromuscular Control And Falling Episodes In Australian Postmenopausal Women.