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Alessandro "Sandro" Demaio is an Australian medical doctor, public health expert and advocate, author,[1][2] TV presenter and executive,[3][4] with a focus on non-communicable diseases.[5][6][7]

Education

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Sandro Demaio holds a Master’s degree in public health, a PhD in non-communicable diseases, and has held fellowships at Harvard Medical School, Copenhagen School of Global Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Melbourne.[8][9][10][11]

Career

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Sandro started as a medical doctor at the Alfred Hospital in Australia.[12]

Sandro was an Assistant Professor and Course Director at the University of Copenhagen's School of Global Health. He founded the PLOS Global Health Blog.[11]

In 2012, Sandro co-founded NCDFREE, a global social movement against non-communicable diseases.[13][14][15]

Between 2012 and 2016, Sandro was a regular columnist with The Conversation and Huffington Post.[16][12]

In 2015, he founded festival21. The festival was held annually from 2015 to 2019 in Melbourne.[17][18]

From 2015 to 2018, Sandro has worked as Medical Officer for Non-communicable Conditions and Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development at the World Health Organization in Geneva.[8]

In 2018, Sandro established The Sandro Demaio Foundation,[19] a not-for-profit to drive and support public health projects across Australia. Also, in 2018, Sandro became CEO of EAT Foundation, the science-based global platform for food systems transformation,[20] and authored the cookbook "Doctor's Diet."[21][22]

In 2019, Demaio became the CEO of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.[17][23][24]

From 2017 to 2019, Dr Demaio co-hosted the ABC and Netflix television show Ask the Doctor, an exploratory factual medical series broadcasting across Australia and worldwide.[25][26][27]

He is also a regular contributor to ABC, ABC Radio Melbourne and Radio National. He appears on podcasts and has published more than 35 scientific papers and 110 articles for The British Journal of Sports Medicine, The Lancet and Medical Journal of Australia.[28][29][30] Demaio also launched a podcast, "In Good Health,".[31][32]

In 2023, Sandro Demaio contributed to and starred in the ABC TV Show Magda’s Big National Health Check with Magda Szubanski.[33]

References

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  1. ^ Demaio, Alessandro (29 May 2018). The Doctor's Diet. Macmillan Australia. ISBN 9781760780685.
  2. ^ Demaio, Alessandro; Marshall, Robert (21 April 2018). "Social lobbying: a call to arms for public health". Lancet. 391 (10130): 1558–1559. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30831-6. ISSN 1474-547X. PMID 29695332.
  3. ^ "Ask The Doctor: Complete Series : ABC iview". iview.abc.net.au. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ "VicHealth - Our Staff". vichealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ^ Siegel, Nathan (4 September 2015). "Sandro Demaio: A different type of soldier". ozy.com. OZY. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. ^ website, Wesley (1 January 2019). "Prefects' Dinner with guest speaker Alessandro Demaio". Wesley website. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Dr Sandro Demaio". findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Sandro Demaio". www.chictalent.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ^ "The enrichment of simplicity with Dr Sandro Demaio". Homegrown Tales. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Doctor Alessandro Demaio on making a difference in medicine | Dr Alessandro Demaio | Medworld - Medical Community". www.medworld.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Dr. Alessandro Demaio". EAT. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Alessandro Demaio | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ^ Osky. "Dr Alessandro Demaio". The Crawford Fund. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ^ Swannell, Cate (4 November 2013). "Young man on the move". Medical Journal of Australia. 199 (9). ISSN 0025-729X.
  15. ^ Demaio, Dr Sandro (12 December 2016). "Doctors have a crucial role in reducing sugary drinks in kids". Medium. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Sandro Demaio". The Conversation. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Dr Sandro Demaio". Advance The Global Australian Network. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Food bringing us together - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  19. ^ "About Us". Sandro Demaio Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  20. ^ Hambro, Sarah (10 June 2018). "– Grunnen heter Gunhild". www.dn.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  21. ^ Demaio, Sandro (29 May 2018). The Doctor's Diet. Macmillan Publishers Aus. ISBN 978-1-76078-068-5.
  22. ^ "Jamie Oliver on Trust". Matters Journal. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  23. ^ "Program for Lecture by Dr. Alessandro Demaio". Center for a Livable Future. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  24. ^ EAT 2018 Annual Review (PDF). Oslo, Norway: EAT Foundation. June 2019. p. 6.
  25. ^ "The future of food: dealing with the hidden pandemic". event.am.pictet. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  26. ^ "Ask The Doctor". ABC iview. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  27. ^ "Ask the Doctor | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  28. ^ Demaio, Dr Alessandro. "#22: Eat For The World with Dr Sandro Demaio". The Doctors Kitchen. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  29. ^ "The Double Burden of Malnutrition". The Lancet journal. 16 December 2019.
  30. ^ Branca, Francesco; Demaio, Alessandro (15 December 2019). "A new nutrition manifesto for a new nutrition reality". The Lancet. 395 (10217): 8–10. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32690-X.
  31. ^ Wilkinson, Zoe (5 March 2020). "Bupa launches In Good Health podcast in partnership with the Sandro Demaio Foundation". Mumbrella. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  32. ^ "Bupa and Sandro Demaio launch new food podcast". Bupa and Sandro Demaio launch new food podcast. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  33. ^ "Magda's Big National Health Check". ABC iview. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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