Dr Dimity Dutch is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Public Health. Dimity is working on the Standardised measurement for Childhood Obesity Prevention (SCOPE) Project (https://eiascope.com/)

SCOPE is a Health Research Board funded project led by Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar. The aim of the SCOPE project is to develop a standardised outcome measurement set, including reliable, valid, and appropriate measures of core infant-feeding outcomes for implementation in research and practice. Ultimately, this project will enhance synthesis and evaluation of childhood obesity prevention interventions.

Dimity has clinical experience as a Dietitian and completed her PhD in the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University in South Australia. Dimity's PhD research investigated health behaviour screening in primary health care as a strategy to support children's growth, health and development in the early years. Dimity previously obtained a First Class Honours degree in the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Flinders University, 2018) which investigated diet quality of Australian children and adolescents on weekdays versus weekend days.

Dimity is a member of the Centre for Research Excellence in Translating Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood (CRE EPOCH-Translate) an international multi-disciplinary network of researchers, practitioners and policymakers aiming to identify and implement effective approaches to promote early childhood growth and health (https://earlychildhoodobesity.com/)

Dimity is a coordinating committee member of the EPOCH-Connect Community of Practice which aims to support research students and EMCRs from diverse disciplines and research institutes to connect and collaborate on activities to improve child health in the early years. (https://earlychildhoodobesity.com/about-us/epoch-connection-community-of-practice/)

Dimity is also a host of the COnsensus-based Standard for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) Researchers Club - Europe (https://www.cosmin.nl/)

- Prevention and health promotion in early childhood including supporting children's health behaviours (dietary intake, physical activity, sleep and sedentary behaviours)
- Primary Health Care
- Knowledge translation and implementation science