Associate Professor Leigh Ward received training originally in biochemistry and nutrition, gaining a BSc with Honors and subsequently a PhD from the University of Nottingham, UK for studies on muscle protein turnover. Expertise gained here was applied to using isotope tracer methods to measure protein metabolism in vivo particularly in children with cystic fibrosis. As part of these studies, he became interested in the measurement of body composition in vivo that is now a major research focus. He has a particular interest in all technologies for body composition analysis, their technological development, validation and application. His research along with that of colleagues has been instrumental in the advancement of bioelectrical impedance analysis for this purpose. He has published widely in the field with over 200 publications listed on Web of Science. He is a founding member of the International Society for Body Composition Research and the International Society for Research in Electrical Bioimpedance. He is a member of the Nutrition Societies of the UK and Australia and has served in various capacities on the executive of the Australian society. He collaborates widely internationally in nutritional studies in all the age groups from focused research through to large-scale epidemiological research. As a serving teaching and research academic he teaches biochemistry and nutrition to a wide range of undergraduate students, as well as supervising masters and PhD students.
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