The Institute is committed to reducing the burden of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases through nutrition research excellence, while supporting the next generation of research leaders in the field. Our research advances evidence for nutritional approaches to improve health across the lifespan and develops innovative technologies for translation and health promotion.

We are scientific and medical researchers who investigate how diet can improve health and how this knowledge can be translated into practice and policy. Our research is relevant to all life stages – from pregnancy and early infant feeding to aged care.

Outcomes provide the tools and knowledge to inform decisions regarding nutritional approaches to improve health across the lifespan.

A major area of research focus is on blood vessel health, or vascular health. Vascular disease results in heart attacks, strokes and several other chronic diseases that are responsible for more than one-third of all deaths. Whilst most of the ~11 million deaths that occur globally as a result of poor diet can be prevented, the optimal approaches to bring this about are less clear.