Dr Lillian Kent graduated from Melbourne University with degrees in Microbiology and Biochemistry, Deakin University with PhD and Master in Public Health, and The Australian National University with a Masters in Applied Epidemiology. She is a senior research fellow in the Lifestyle Research Centre at Avondale College of Higher Education, a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with the Australian Society of Nutrition. Her research interests focus on the relationship between lifestyle and the prevention, treatment and reversal of chronic disease, particularly in LMICs.