Ian Caterson is currently Boden Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney and has held that position since 1997. Prior to that he was Senior Staff Specialist and Director of Clinical Endocrinology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor. He graduated in Medicine with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney and holds the degrees of BSs(Med) with First Class Honours and Doctor of Philosophy from that University.

As a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford with Prof Sir Philip Randle he held an NH&MRC Applied Health Science Fellowship.

Ian’s research interests have been in insulin resistance and the causes and treatment of obesity. He has held NH&MRC research funding since 1984. He has over 120 publication in scientific journals and books. He is a past president of both the Australian Diabetes Society and the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity. He was a member of the NH&MRC working party on the prevention of overweight and obesity and chaired the National Obesity Prevention Group for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. He is on the management committee of the International Obesity Task Force and a regional advisor on Obesity for WHO. He is currently regional vice-president (Asia-Oceania) for the International Association for the Study of Obesity.