Sheila Skeaff
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Born1961 (age 63–64)
Canada
EducationUniversity of Guelph
AlmamaterUniversity of Otago
Knownforfood literacy, iodine deficiency
Sheila Skeaff | |
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.jpg) Skeaff in 2009 | |
| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) Canada |
| Education | University of Guelph |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Known for | food literacy, iodine deficiency |
| Spouse | Murray Skeaff |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nutrition |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
| Doctoral advisor | Christine Thomson |
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Sheila Anne Skeaff (born 1961) is a Canadian-born New Zealand nutritionist and full professor at the University of Otago.[1] Her research focusses on food literacy, sustainable diets and iodine deficiency.[2]
Skeaff was born in 1961[3] and grew up in northern Ontario[4] and graduated with an MSc in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Guelph in Canada in 1988.[3] She and her husband Murray Skeaff moved to Dunedin to work at the University of Otago[4] in mid-1989. She completed a PhD in human nutrition in 2004, under the supervision of Christine Thomson.[5][6]
In March 2018 Skeaff received a teaching excellence award from the University of Otago.[7]
