Rosalind Gibson

Rosalind Susan Gibson is a New Zealand nutrition academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Otago.[1]

Rosalind Susan Gibson
Alma materUniversity of London
Scientific career
FieldsMicronutrients
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Academic career

After a 1965 MSc titled 'The inter-relationship of vitamins B6 and E.' at the University of California,[2] and a 1979 PhD from University of London titled 'Use of hair as a biopsy material for the assessment of trace metal status in Canadian low birthweight infants' , she moved to the University of Otago, rising to full professor.[1]

In 2002, Gibson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[3]

Gibson was awarded the 2013 Kellogg International Prize in Nutrition.[4]

Selected works
  • Gibson, Rosalind S. Principles of nutritional assessment. Oxford University Press, USA, 2005.
  • Gibson, Rosalind S. "Zinc nutrition in developing countries." Nutrition Research Reviews 7, no. 1 (1994): 151-173.
  • Gibson, Rosalind S. "Content and bioavailability of trace elements in vegetarian diets." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59, no. 5 (1994): 1223S-1232S.
  • Hotz, Christine, and Rosalind S. Gibson. "Traditional food-processing and preparation practices to enhance the bioavailability of micronutrients in plant-based diets." The Journal of Nutrition 137, no. 4 (2007): 1097-1100.
  • Gibson, Rosalind S. Nutritional assessment: a laboratory manual. Oxford University Press, 1993.

References
  1. Nutrition, Department of Human. "Professor Rosalind Gibson". www.otago.ac.nz.
  2. Gibson, Rosalind Susan (30 August 1965). The inter-relationship of vitamins B6 and E. OCLC 20831665.
  3. "List of all Fellows with surnames G–I". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. "International award to Otago nutritionist". 17 April 2013.


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