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Stephen Simpson (professor)

Stephen Simpson (professor)

Australian scientist

Stephen James Simpson AC[1] FRS FAA (born 26 June 1957)[2] is the executive director of Obesity Australia and the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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Born in Australia, he graduated with a BSc from the University of Queensland in 1978, and completed his PhD at King's College London in 1982 on locust feeding physiology.[10] He spent 22 years in Oxford, in Experimental Psychology, the Department of Zoology, and the University Museum of Natural History, before returning to Australia in 2005, in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Awards and honors

Simpson was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2007.[11] In 2009, he was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.[12] He was awarded the Wigglesworth Medal of the Royal Entomological Society in 2011[3] and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2015.[13] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013 and of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2015.[3] Simpson was awarded the Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.[14]

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    "The secret to a longer life may be your protein to carb ratio, not your calories". Vogue.com.au.
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    Chris Pash. "Science says a low protein, high carb diet could be just as effective as cutting calories". Business Insider Australia.
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    "Bigger than the both of us: Obesity is best tackled at a community level". The Age. 23 April 2015.
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    'SIMPSON, Prof. Stephen James', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
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    "Steve Simpson". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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    "Sydney top for new Laureate Fellowships". University of Sydney. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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    "Professor Stephen James Simpson". It's an Honour. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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    "2022 awardees". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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