
Overview
Background
Dr Hannah Mayr is an Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian and works as Principal Research Fellow for the Nutrition and Dietetics Department at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. She collaborates with diverse teams of allied health and medical clinicians, clinician researchers, academics and consumers.
Dr Mayr has expertise in cardiometabolic disease prevention and management and her work has a focus on evidence-based healthy dietary patterns. In this area her interests and experience include dietary intake assessment and intervention design; randomised controlled and feasibility trials; telehealth and mhealth; qualitative interviews; implementation science and consumer engagement.
Dr Mayr received the Dietitians Australia Early Career Researcher Award in 2018 for her PhD work investigating a Mediterranean diet intervention in people with coronary artery disease and its impact on the Dietary Inflammatory Index. She has recently led a project focused on translating a Mediterranean-style, heart healthy diet approach into routine care for people with type 2 diabetes or heart disease. Dr Mayr has also collaborated on projects focused on improving outcomes for people with kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, liver transplant, and fatty liver disease through nutrition assessment or intervention.
Dr Mayr is an experienced university Lecturer and research supervisor in dietetics practice and research and is committed to research capacity building of dietitians and allied health professionals.
Availability
- Dr Hannah Mayr is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Research interests
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Dietary patterns
Including the Mediterranean diet and other evidence-based healthy dietary patterns, specifically for the prevention and management of chronic disease.
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Cardiometabolic disease
Mechanisms for the management and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and fatty liver disease through lifestyle intervention
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Translation of research into practice
Consideration of evidence-practice gaps in dietetics and using implementation science to translate evidence-based nutrition and models of care into routine practice.
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Inflammation
Relationship of chronic inflammation with dietary intake and the impact of dietary patterns on inflammatory markers and inflammatory conditions including arthritis
Works
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2018
Conference Publication
Improvement in Dietary Inflammatory Index Score After Six-Month Dietary Intervention is Associated with Reduction in Interleukin-6 in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: The AUSMED Heart Trial
Mayr, H., Itsiopoulos, C., Tierney, A., Ruiz-Canela, M., Hebert, J., Shivappa, N. and Thomas, C. (2018). Improvement in Dietary Inflammatory Index Score After Six-Month Dietary Intervention is Associated with Reduction in Interleukin-6 in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: The AUSMED Heart Trial. 66th Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, the International Society for Heart Research Australasian Section Annual Scientific Meeting and the 12th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2 - 5 August 2018. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.619
2017
Journal Article
Central obesity and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review of intervention trials
Bendall, C. L., Mayr, H. L., Opie, R. S., Bes-Rastrollo, M., Itsiopoulos, C. and Thomas, C. J. (2017). Central obesity and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review of intervention trials. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 58 (18), 3070-3084. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1351917
2016
Journal Article
Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing Indirect Calorimetry Into Routine Clinical Care of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Nevin, Amy, Mayr, Hannah, Atresh, Sridhar, Kemp, Irene, Simmons, Joshua, Vivanti, Angela and Hickman, Ingrid J. (2016). Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing Indirect Calorimetry Into Routine Clinical Care of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 22 (4), 269-276. doi: 10.1310/sci2016-00001
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Hannah Mayr is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Evaluation of a novel Multidisciplinary hospital Avoidance and Post-acute Service (MAPS) program providing nursing and allied health team care in the community: a qualitative study of clinician and patient perspectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emmah Doig
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The clinical utility of measuring sarcopenia, myosteatosis and frailty in the nutrition assessment of patients referred for liver transplantation.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Graeme Macdonald, Associate Professor Ingrid Hickman
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