Katrina chats with Heilok Cheng this week regarding her fascinating PhD venture and brilliant use of REDCap in research projects. Heilok is a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney, and her thesis is entitled, ‘Bottle feeding practices early childhood caries and child obesity.’ Heilok has completed a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is also a research assistant at Australian Catholic University’s Nursing Research Institute and Deakin University, working on systematic literature reviews and managing participant data collection on the state-wide INFANT programand the national Let’s Grow clinical trial to support toddler physical development. Heliok’s previous work included an infant feeding practices study for the NSW Ministry of Health at Sydney Local Health District.  

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Credits
Host: Katrina Paine
Episode editing: Katrina Paine 
Theme song: Bel Bruce