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Dr Virginia Chan is a Lecturer in Nutrition at the Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, and an Accredited Practising Dietitian. She holds membership in the Charles Perkins Centre. Her research focuses on leveraging innovative technologies like wearable cameras and social media to assess dietary behaviors and improve nutritional information dissemination.
Her PhD research explored evidence-based nutrition generation and sharing mechanisms. Notable projects include the MYMeals study using wearable cameras to analyze meal contexts and dietary quality. She collaborates extensively with institutions like the Charles Perkins Centre and has advised student Leanne Wang on technology's role in dietary interventions.
Key research themes include food delivery platform analysis, chrononutrition, and functional food efficacy. Over 15 peer-reviewed articles since 2020 highlight her contributions to nutrition science and public health policy.
Her work bridges technology and nutrition, with recent studies examining grocery affordability via Reddit, Instagram-based health communication preferences, and nutritional quality of online food delivery menus.