Dr Preetha Thomas
Director, Teaching and Learning & Director Teaching and Learning (and Senior Lecturer)
School of Public Health
+61 7 336 55436
Book Chapters
Thomas, Preetha (2025). In search of a recipe: ‘When I cook our food, I belong – my food centres me’. Food, culture and society in India: social, political, economic and cultural perspectives. (pp. 173-190) edited by Rituparna Patgiri and Gurpinder Singh Lalli. New York, NY, United States: Berghann Books. doi: 10.3167/9781836952541
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sébastia, Brigitte (2018). ‘A little bit of rice, a little bit of fish curry’: food practices of Malayali nurses in Brisbane, Australia. Who decides? Competing narratives in constructing tastes, consumption and choice. (pp. 173-192) edited by Nina B. Namaste and Marta Nadales Ruiz. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Rodopi. doi: 10.1163/9789004365247_011
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa, Whittaker, Andrea and Sebastia, Brigette (2015). Food cultures and the diaspora: Kerala nurses in Brisbane. Tasting cultures- thoughts for food. (pp. 37-49) Oxford, United Kingdom: Inter-Disciplinary Press. doi: 10.1163/9781848884496_005
Journal Articles
Mdimi, Meab Clara, Dent, Benjamin, Reid, Simon, Makindara, Jeremia and Thomas, Preetha (2024). Traditional African vegetables knowledge translation: a scoping review. Sustainability, 16 (21) 9421, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/su16219421
Arini, Hesti Retno Budi, Hadju, Veni, Thomas, Preetha and Ferguson, Megan (2021). Nutrient and food intake of Indonesian children under 5 years of age: a systematic review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 34 (1), 25-35. doi: 10.1177/10105395211041001
Conference Papers
Thomas, Preetha, Schubert, Lisa and Whittaker, Andrea (2017). The food-health-culture interface: Dietary practices of South Indian migrants in Brisbane, Australia. 21st International Congress of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2017. Basel, Switzerland: Karger.
Schubert, L., Walsh, A., Thomas, P. and Harb, T. (2012). Where has the lecturer gone? Multimedia scenarios in undergraduate nutrition curriculum. 2nd International Critical Dietetics Conference, Sydney NSW Australia, 1-2 September 2012.
Thesis
Thomas, Preetha (2016). An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1126