Dr Peter Clifton (General Physician)
- Name
- Dr Peter Marshall Clifton
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne Australia 1975
- FRACP Australia 1987
- Occupation
- General Physician
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Endocrinology
- Dyslipidemia
Prof. Clifton is a general physician specialising in endocrinology/dyslipidaemia. He has been Head of the Clinical Research Unit at CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition since 1994, and been theme leader for Obesity and Health since 2004. He is now responsible for all food and health related research in both CSIRO Human Nutrition and Food Science Australia. Prof. Clifton has developed strategies to modify cardiovascular risk, and in recent years broadened the focus to the control of obesity and obesity-related conditions, including management of hyperglycaemia and disordered lipids in diabetic and insulin-resistant subjects, and strategies to modify macronutrient intake in order to optimise weight loss in the obese. Prof. Clifton is responsible for the management of a specialised support team comprising research dietitians, registered nurses and clinical trial managers, which plans and coordinates volunteer studies, conducts pre-launch product testing and efficacy trials, offers consultancy services, provides research advice and literature reviews, and conducts education and information programs.
- Affiliated Clinics
- East Adelaide Healthcare - Marden
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Practice Locations
Adelaide
- East Adelaide Healthcare - Marden
- Address
- 337 Payneham Road
Marden SA 5070
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8362 2233
- Fax
- 08 8362 9716
