Qualifications 

PhD - Griffith University 

Master of Public Health - Curtin University of Technology 

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion - Curtin University of Technology 

Graduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics - Queensland Institute of Technology 

Bachelor of Science (Physiology & Biochemistry) - University of Queensland 

Professor Hughes joined Bond in 2012 following more than a decade as academic discipline
lead in nutrition and dietetics at Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine
Coast, where he was Australia's first Chair in Public Health Nutrition. Prior to
academia, he helped pioneer the development of public health nutrition as a practice area
in the Australian health system. 

Professor Hughes has research interests in allied and public health workforce
development, which informs his role in leading curriculum renewal and program development
in the health professions. 

An accredited dietitian/ nutritionist, Professor Hughes is internationally recognised for
his research and scholarship on public health nutrition workforce development, previously
working as external advisor to workforce development projects in the European Union and
more recently in Indonesia for the World Bank. 

Between 2004-2010, Roger served as Deputy Editor of Public Health Nutrition, the foremost
journal in this field internationally. He is currently Secretary (Professional Affairs)
of the World Public Health Nutrition Association and Associate Editor of the journal
World Nutrition. 

In 2010, his work in health professional education was recognised by an ALTC Citation for
Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the professional disciplines of
dietetics and public health nutrition.

Articles

Patients’ perceptions of nutrition care provided by general practitioners: Focus on Type 2 diabetes (with Lauren Ball, Ben Desbrow, and Michael Leveritt), Family practice (2012)

Background. In Australia, GPs are central to managing individuals with chronic disease. Due to the...

 

Books

Practical public health nutrition (with Barrie Margetts) (2011)

Providing the reader with a practice-focussed approach to public health nutrition intervention management, Practical Public...