Dr Gayle Savige - Researcher Profile

Biography

Gayle is a Lecturer/ Yr 1 & 2 MBBS Rural Program (Academic Coordinator) at Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, Moe. (MUDRIH)

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Research & Supervision Interests

1.  Rural Health/Public Health
2.  Nutrition
3.  Medical Education

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1998

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF DIETETICS

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 1992

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 1991

DIPLOMA OF TEACHING PRIMARY

Institution: Education Department Victoria

Year awarded: 1975

Publications

Book Chapters

Savige, G., Kouris-Blazos, A., Wahlqvist, M., 2011, Iodine and thyroid function, in Food & Nutrition: Food and Health Systems in Australia and New Zealand, eds Mark L. Wahlqvist, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2065, pp. 668-680.

Wahlqvist, M.L., Savige, G.S., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., 2005, Australian regions: people's health and the foods eaten, in Regional Foods: Australia's health and wealth, eds Rita Erlich, Ruth Riddell and Mark Wahlqvist, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Barton ACT Australia, pp. 46-60.

Savige, G.S., Dalais, F., Wahlqvist, M., Coveney, J., Fallowfield, H., 2004, Food safety, in Environmental Health in Australia & New Zealand, eds Nancy Cromar, Scott Cameron and Howard Fallowfield, Oxford University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 229-250.

Journal Articles

Kellow, N., Savige, G.S., 2012, Type 2 diabets diagnosis using HbA 1c: will it delay opportunities for early intervention?, Australian Diabetes Educator, vol 15, issue 1, Australian Diabetes Educator Association, Woden ACT, pp. 18-23.

Kellow, N., Savige, G., Khalil, H., 2011, Predictors of poor glycaemic control during the initial five years post-diagnosis in rural adults with type 2 diabetes, Australian Journal of Rural Health [P], vol 19, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 267-274.

Rahman, A., Savige, G., Deacon, N., Chesters, J., Panther, B., 2011, Urinary iodine deficiency in Gippsland pregnant women: the failure of bread fortification?, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 194, issue 5, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd, Australia, pp. 240-243.

Rahman, A., Savige, G.S., Chesters, J.E., Deacon, N.J., Panther, B.C., 2010, Dietary iodine deficiency among pregnant women in the Gippsland region, The Australasian Medical Journal [E], vol 1, issue 1, Australasian Medical Journal Pty Ltd, Perth, Western Australia, p. 108.

Rahman, A., Savige, G.S., Deacon, N.J., Francis, I., Chesters, J.E., 2010, Increased iodine deficiency in Victoria, Australia: Analysis of neonatal thyroid-stimulating hormone data, 2001 to 2006, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 193, issue 9, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd, Australia, pp. 503-505.

Rahman, A., Deacon, N., Panther, B., Chesters, J., Savige, G., 2010, Is Gippsland environmentally iodine deficient? Water iodine concentrations in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, Australian Journal of Rural Health [P], vol 18, issue 6, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 223-229.

Rahman, A., Chesters, J., Savige, G., Deacon, N., 2010, Taking a history: The learnings that national health science forgot, Australian Journal of Rural Health [P], vol 18, issue 6, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 230-234.

Ball, K., MacFarlane, A., Crawford, D., Savige, G., Andrianopoulos, N., Worsley, A., 2009, Can social cognitive theory constructs explain socio-economic variations in adolescent eating behaviours? A mediation analysis, Health Education Research [P], vol 24, issue 3, Oxford University Press, United States, France, pp. 496-506.

MacFarlane, A., Crawford, D., Ball, K., Savige, G.S., Worsley, A., 2007, Adolescent home food environments and socioeconomic position, Asia Pacific Journal Of Clinical Nutrition [P], vol 16, issue 4, H E C press, McKinnon Vic 3204, pp. 748-756.

Savige, G.S., Ball, K., Worsley, A., Crawford, D., 2007, Food intake patterns among Australian adolescents, Asia Pacific Journal Of Clinical Nutrition [P], vol 16, issue 4, H E C press, McKinnon Vic 3204, pp. 738-747.

Savige, G.S., MacFarlane, A., Ball, K., Worsley, A., Crawford, D., 2007, Snacking behaviours of adolescents and their association with skipping meals, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity [P], vol 4, issue 36, Biomed Central ltd, London WC1X 8HL United Kingdom, pp. 1-9.

Savige, G.S., 2005, E-learning: A nutritionally ripe environment, Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol 26, issue 2 Suppl 2, Interational Nutrition Foundation, Tokyo Japan, pp. S230-S234.

Wahlqvist, M.L., Savige, G.S., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., 2004, Cuisine and health: a new initiative for science and technology?"The Zhejiang report" from Hangzhou, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 13, issue 2, HEC Press, Southbank Vic Australia, pp. 121-124.

Lukito, W., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., Savige, G.S., Hutchinson, P., Wahlqvist, M.L., 2004, Nutritional indicators, peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets and survival in an institutionalised elderly population, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 13, issue 1, HEC Press, Southbank Vic Australia, pp. 107-112.

Savige, G.S., 2002, Can food variety add years to your life?, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 11, issue Supplement, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 637-641.

Worsley, A., Wahlqvist, M.L., Dalais, F.S., Savige, G.S., 2002, Characteristics of soy bread users and their beliefs about soy products, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 11, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 51-55.

Xiong, Z., Wahlqvist, M.L., Hsu-Hage, B.H., Biegler, B.M., Balazs, N.D.H., Savige, G.S., Xiong, D., Lim, Y., 2002, Factors contributing to variation in lipoprotein (a) in a Melbourne Chinese population, Nutrition Research, vol 22, issue 5, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 553-565.

Wahlqvist, M.L., Savige, G.S., 2000, Interventions aimed at dietary and lifestyle changes to promote healthy aging, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 54 issue 3, Nature Publishing, Basingstoke UK, pp. 5148-5156.

Wahlqvist, M.L., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., Savige, G.S., Kannar, D., 1998, Bioavailability of two different formulations of conenzyme Q10 in healthy subjects, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol 7, issue 1, Blackwell Science, www.blackwell.science.com/australi/, pp. 37-40.

Lukito, W., Hodgson, J.M., Hutchinson, P., Wahlqvist, M.L., Holdsworth, S.R., Savige, G.S., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., 1998, Platelet Fatty Acids and Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subsets in an Institutionalized Elderly Population, Cytometry (Communications in Clinical Cytometry), vol 34, Wiley-Liss Inc, New York NY USA, pp. 17-21.

Savige, G.S., Hsu-Hage, B.H., Wahlqvist, M.L., 1997, Food Variety as Nutritional Therapy, Current Therapeutics, vol march, Adis International Pty Ltd, French's Forest NSW, pp. 57-67.

Conference Proceedings

Rahman, A., Panther, B.C., Savige, G.S., Deacon, N.J., Chesters, J.E., 2009, Regional differences in iodine deficiency: an example from the Gippsland region of Victoria, Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, 04/10/2009 - 09/10/2009, S Karger AG, Basel, Switzerland, p. 552.

Omar, A., Wahlqvist, M.L., Savige, G.S., Kouris-Blazos, A., 2004, Self-assessment of health status through a web-based program, Cultures and technologies in Asia: The paradigm shifts, 09 February 2004 to 13 February 2004, Monash University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 196-204.

Savige, G.S., 2004, Web-based technologya 21st century medium for engaging children in the promotion of nutrition, Cultures and technologies in Asia: The paradigm shifts, 09 February 2004 to 13 February 2004, Monash University Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 188-195.

Wahlqvist, M., Darmadi, I., Savige, G.S., Kouris-Blazos, A., Trichopoulos, D., 2003, Age-fitness. How achievable with food?, Modern Aspects of Nutrition: Present knowledge and future perspectives, 27 August 2001 to 31 August 2001, Karger, Basel Switzerland, pp. 258-261.

Lee, D.J., Savige, G.S., Wattanapenpaiboon, N., Snelson, B.S., Wahlqvist, M.L., 1998, Physical activity to reduce frailty amongst elderly people: body composition and strength, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia, Adelaide SA 29 Nov - 2 Dec 1998, The Nutrition Society of Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, p. 168.

Other

Savige, G., 2010, Medical student attitudes & knowledge towards mobility in older adults, Medical student attitudes & knowledge towards mobility in older adults, The 2010 Primary Health Care Research Conference, Melbourne.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Dietary interventions to reduce advanced glycation end-products (AGEs).

Supervisors:

Savige, G (Main), Wattanapenpaiboon, N (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Martin, J.

Program of Study:

An exploration of Issues relating to nutritional deficiency in rural older adults. 2012.

Supervisors:

Mitchell, E (Joint), Savige, G (Joint-Co).

Student:

Rahman, M.

Program of Study:

Dietary iodine deficiency in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Chesters, J (Main), Deacon, N (Associate), Savige, G (Associate).