Rate My Professor Roberta Asher

Dr. Asher's research centers on cooking skill development and nutrition education to enhance diet quality, health, and wellbeing, with particular emphasis on inclusive approaches for people with disabilities through co-design methods. Her PhD investigated culinary nutrition education programs for adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability. She has co-authored 14 journal articles and four conference papers, including 'A Systematic Review Identifying Critical Evidence Gaps in Reporting Dietary Change in Randomized Controlled Trials Prescribing Liraglutide, Semaglutide, or Tirzepatide' (Obesity Reviews, 2026), 'Designing the Food and Lifestyle Information Program (FLIP) culinary nutrition intervention for adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability' (Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 2024), 'Feasibility and acceptability of a culinary nutrition programme for adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability: FLIP Food and Lifestyle Information Programme' (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024), 'Development of the Cook-EdTM Matrix to Guide Food and Cooking Skill Selection in Culinary Education Programs That Target Diet Quality and Health' (Nutrients, 2022), and 'Culinary medicine and culinary nutrition education for individuals with the capacity to influence health related behaviour change: A scoping review' (Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021). As an investigator, she has secured funding totaling $1,459,165 across five grants, such as the No Money No Time Project ($502,039, 2024) and HMRI Colonial Diabetes Alliance Program ($902,290, 2023).