Achamma Joseph

MSc, MPhil (Food Service Management & Dietetics), APD AN CDE Grad Cert Diab Education & Management. PhD candidate

Senior Dietitian – Diabetes and Indigenous Health

Queensland Health – Townsville Community Health Services

Achamma is a CDE and an APD/AN based in Townsville, Queensland. She works both in the public and private sector also with CALD and Indigenous clients/organisations. She started her career as a research assistant in a Diabetes Research Centre and her passion for improving management for people with Diabetes is constant and ongoing. She has been actively involved in the various committees both for ADEA and Dietitians Australia. Her passion for training community health workers, nurses and other health professionals has seen her involvement in a number of diabetes related international projects including the World Diabetes Foundation project in Papua New Guinea, Diabetes Training and Awareness Project in Kiribati, Pacific Islands and Aus-Aid funded Diabetes training project in India.
Her research interests and projects have been presented at state, national and international conferences and she works collaboratively with universities and organisations. She has been a member of ADEA EAG since 2018.

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