ProfessorLucinda Black

Professor Lucinda Black is a nutrition scientist and Registered Nutritionist at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Lucinda's research spans food composition, vitamin D and nutritional epidemiology. She leads the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Nutrition Research Program, which aims to elucidate the role of diet in MS to improve disease outcomes, and the Connecting with Country for Healthy Eating project, which aims to promote healthy eating among Aboriginal people living remotely. She works closely with the MS community and Aboriginal communities to ensure that her research meets their values and needs.

Lucinda completed her PhD at University College Cork in 2012 investigating dietary vitamin D in the Irish population. As lead investigator, she holds an NHMRC Ideas Grant, MRFF, and US National MS Society Project Grant, and has previously held an MSWA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, two consecutive MS Australia Fellowships, MS Australia Project Grant and NHMRC Project Grant.