Rate My Professor Nina Wilson

Dr Nina Wilson is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Food Sciences in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance within the College of Health at Adelaide University. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science from the University of South Australia, where she also completed her Honours research involving the UniStArt study on first-year university students. Wilson earned her PhD investigating dietary and non-dietary factors influencing maternal omega-3 fatty acid levels during pregnancy. In her career, she has taught various science and nutrition courses, both internally and online, at the University of South Australia and contributed to developing new courses there. She received the UniSA Vacation Research Scholarship to support her UniStArt research efforts. Wilson is eligible to supervise Masters and PhD students as a co-supervisor.

Her research focuses on dietary and sociodemographic determinants of maternal omega-3 fatty acid status in pregnancy; polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents; body weight, dietary intake, and physical activity levels in first-year university students; sensory preferences for herbs and spices; preferences for dietary oils and fats in cooking and food preparation methods; and quality of life in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome. She has also examined the role of meditation to improve children's health. Key publications include Wilson, N. A., Mantzioris, E., & Villani, A. (2024). Sensory preferences are important motivators for using herbs and spices: a cross-sectional analysis of Australian adults. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics; Wilson, N. A., Villani, A., & Mantzioris, E. (2023). Preferences for dietary oils and fats in cooking and food preparation methods: a cross-sectional analysis of Australian adults. British Journal of Nutrition; Wilson, N. A., Villani, A., Tan, S. Y., & Mantzioris, E. (2022). UniStArt: a 12-month prospective observational study of body weight, dietary intake, and physical activity levels in Australian first-year university students. Biomedicines; Wilson, N. A., Mantzioris, E., Middleton, P. F., & Muhlhausler, B. S. (2020). Influence of sociodemographic, lifestyle and genetic characteristics on maternal DHA and other polyunsaturated fatty acid status in pregnancy: a systematic review. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids; and Wilson, N., & Pena, A. S. (2020). Quality of life in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.