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
Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Thomas, Preetha, Li, Xue, Duong, Linh, Zalbahar, Nurzalinda B., Mohamed, Hamid Jan Jan, Mamun, Mashrafee, Tithi, Afia Anzum, Khusun, Helda and Mamun, Abdullah (2026). Effectiveness of artificial intelligence-driven personalised nutrition programs: a systematic review of real-world implementation. Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine 2026 Conference (ASBHM2026), Auckland, New Zealand, 11-13 February 2026.
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