Advisory Board
The IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition is awarded by the International Olympic Committee.
The program operates under the academic oversight of an international Academic Advisory Board, who will advise on and be responsible for all aspects of academic standards, including quality assurance of course content and moderation of student assessment.
Program Directors
Prof Ron Maughan, United Kingdom 
Curriculum Vitae
Ron Maughan is Chair of the Nutrition Working Group established in 2002 by the IOC Medical Commission. He organised the IOC Consensus Conference on Nutrition in Sport in 2003, the FIFA/F-MARC Consensus Conference on Nutrition in Football in 2005 the IAAF Consensus Conference on Nutrition in Athletics in 2007. He has published extensively in the scientific literature and is author or editor of a number of books on sports nutrition and exercise biochemistry. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several Journals, including the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Experimental Physiology, the Journal of Sports Sciences, the International Journal of sports Medicine, and Nutrition.
Prof Louise M Burke, Australia Curriculum Vitae
Louise Burke is a sports dietitian who has worked with elite athletes for 25 years. She has been the Head of the Dept of Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport for the past 16 years, and is a current member of the IOC Nutrition Working Group. She has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has authored and edited a number of book on sports nutrition for professionals, athletes and coaches. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Louise was the Team Dietitian for the Australian Olympic team at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games.
Dr Susan M Shirreffs, United Kingdom Curriculum Vitae
Susan Shirreffs has been undertaking research and teaching in the area of exercise physiology and nutrition for the past 12 years. She has published in both peer-reviewed journals and in physiology and nutrition textbooks. She is a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Sports Science and Asian Journal of Exercise and Sport Science. Susan is a member of the Meetings Committee of the Physiological Society and the Continuing Professional Development Committee of the Nutrition Society. Susan worked with the British Olympic squad preparing for the Sydney Olympics and has also worked with many elite athletes in various sports, including track and field, football and rugby.
The International Advisory Board
Prof M Hargreaves, Australia
Dr. Mark Hargreaves is at present Professor of Physiology in the Department of Physiology at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He gained his BSc degree in Physiology at The University of Melbourne in 1982 before completing his master's degree in the Human Performance Lab at Ball State University. He then returned to The University of Melbourne for his doctorate in Physiology, which was awarded in 1989. He was appointed to his Chair in Exercise Physiology at Deakin University in 1996 and was Head of the School of Health Sciences from 1999 to 2004. His research interests focus on the physiological and metabolic responses to acute and chronic exercise, with particular emphasis on the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism, and the metabolic bases of fatigue. He has published extensively in prestigious Journals and is an internationally recognised expert in muscle metabolism. He is an associate editor of the review journal Exercise & Sport Sciences Reviews and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Journal of Sports Sciences.
Prof JA Hawley, Australia
John is currently Director of the Exercise Metabolism Research Group and Professor of Exercise Metabolism in the School of Medical Sciences at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He has published over 125 peer-reviewed scientific papers, written over eighty articles for technical journals and has authored numerous chapters for sports medicine/exercise biochemistry texts. He co-authored (with Dr Louise Burke) a book on physiological and nutritional strategies for enhancing athletic performance, and recently edited a volume on the physiology, biochemistry and nutrition of running for the International Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine and Science series.
A member of the American Physiological Society, the Australian Sports Medicine Association and the New Zealand Association for Sports Medicine, he became the first New Zealand researcher to be elected as a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine in 1994.
His laboratory’s current research interests include the regulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in skeletal muscle during exercise; the interaction of exercise and diet in the regulation of glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle (with special interest in type II diabetes); and the mitogenic and metabolic changes to intense exercise in previously well-trained humans.
Dr B Kiens, Denmark
Dr Bente Kiens is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Physiology, Institute of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She gained her degrees of Dr Scient and Ph.D for her studies in human muscle metabolism. Her major research areas are in the study of nutrition, exercise training, metabolism and gender, and her excellence in teaching these areas is also recognised. Dr Kiens is a partner in the European Research Consortium, supported by the European Union, clarifying the molecular mechanisms that underpin the health promoting effects of exercise. She is also Deputy Head of the Danish Fitness and Nutrition Council.
Dr M Manore, USA
Dr Melinda Manore is chair and professor of the Department of Nutrition and Food Management at Oregon State University (OSU), where she has won numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching in the area of nutrition and exercise. She was previously a nutrition professor at Arizona State University and on the graduate faculty of the Exercise Science and Exercise and Wellness doctoral programs. Her research expertise is in the nutrient and energy balance needs of active people, especially active women across the lifecyle. Dr Manore has a master's degree in health education and community health from the University of Oregon and a doctorate in human nutrition and a minor in exercise physiology from Oregon State University.
Dr Manore is a registered dietitian and is a member of the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) and Nutrition Research dietetic practice groups of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She is the current chair of the Research Committee for ADA. Dr Manore is a member of the American Society of Nutritional Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, North American Society for the Study of Obesity, and a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), where she is active in ACSM committees. In addition, she is a former member of the USA Gymnastics National Health Care Advisory Board and currently a member of Golf Magazine's Fitness Experts and the USA Swimming Performance Team on Nutrition.
Dr Manore is an associate editor for ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal and writes the nutrition column for the journal. She is on the editorial boards of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. She has published widely and is the author of Sports Nutrition for Health and Performance published by Human Kinetics, Nutrition: An Applied Approach by Benjamin Cummings, and an author on the Position Paper on Nutrition and Athletic Performance published by the ACSM, ADA and Dietitians of Canada in 2000.
Dr S Powers, USA
Dr Scott K. Powers is Director of the Center for Exercise Science at the University of Florida at Gainsville. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Carson Newman College, his master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Georgia, and a doctorate in exercise physiology from the University of Tennessee, before earning a second doctoral degree in physiology from Louisiana State University.
He has earned several awards for outstanding teaching. His teaching and research interests have focused on the role of dietary antioxidants in protection of cardiac and skeletal muscle from oxidative injury, cause and prevention of skeletal muscle atrophy, This research work has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association-Florida, and American Lung Association-Florida, and has resulted in more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and he has co-authored four college textbooks for use in exercise physiology and fitness courses. He is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, International Journal of Sports Medicine, and the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
Dr C Rosenbloom, USA
Dr Chris Rosenbloom is a Professor in the Division of Nutrition at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta, Ga. She has been a faculty member in the Division of Nutrition at GSU since 1980, teaching courses in sports nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, and geriatric nutrition. She is the sports dietician for Georgia State athletics. Dr. Rosenbloom served in several leadership roles as department chair and associate dean for academics for the college. Dr. Rosenbloom has an adjunct faculty appointment with the School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rosenbloom has a bachelor's degree in foods and nutrition from Kent State University with a dietetic internship from the University of Minnesota, master's degree in nutrition education and a doctorate in sociology with a gerontology certificate from GSU. Dr Rosenbloom is a Registered Dietician and was a national media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association (ADA) from 1992-2003. She is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics. She is the past chair of Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) and is the editor of the ADA publication, Sports Nutrition: Client Education Handouts (2005). She is editing the 5th edition of the SCAN Sports Nutrition Manual scheduled for publication in late 2011. Dr Rosenbloom was named Outstanding Dietitian for the State of Georgia by the Georgia Dietetic Association. Dr Rosenbloom was a member of the Olympic Medical Support Group for the 1996 Olympic Games and was the liaison to the food service contractors, feeding athletes, officials and volunteers during the Olympic Games. She was the nutrition consultant to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association from 1987-2003. She was the nutrition consultant to The Atlanta Beat, a WUSA team, and has provided nutrition services to Atlanta Hawks, an NBA team.
Dr LL Spriet, Canada
Dr. Lawrence L. Spriet is currently a professor in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr Spriet received his bachelor's degree in kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, his master's degree in exercise physiology from York University in Toronto, and his doctoral degree in medical sciences from McMaster University. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a visiting scientist in the School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. He has studied the regulation of fat and carbohydrate metabolism in skeletal muscle metabolism during exercise, and has also worked on the effect of various nutritional and pharmacological interventions on athletic performance. His research output appears in numerous scientific journals, including the Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Physiology, and Journal of Applied Physiology. Dr. Spriet is a member of the editorial board for the International Journal of Sports Medicine the U.S. based Sports Medicine Review Board of the Gatorade Sports Sceince Institute. He is also the Chair of the Canadian Gatorade Sports Science Institute.
Prof A Jeukendrup, UK
Asker Jeukendrup is a Professor of Exercise Metabolism at the University of Birmingham. He is the director of the Human Performance Laboratory, heading the Exercise Metabolism Research Group and the Exercise and Nutrition theme within the Centre for Obesity Research. His research has focused the metabolic responses to exercise, the regulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism during exercise, adaptations to training and the influence of nutrition on metabolism and exercise nutrition. Asker has published over 150 papers and book chapters in his career and has published 4 books, including a textbook on Sports Nutrition. He received the Otto Wolff von Amerongen prize for his achievements in 2003 and was awarded the Danone Chair at the University of Brussels in 2005. He is also the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Sport Science. In addition to this Asker has been training and nutrition consultant to several elite athletes worldwide, including the Rabobank professional cycling team, UK Athletics and some of the World’s best marathon runners, swimmers and triathletes. In his spare time Asker competes in Ironman triathlon races. Asker has completed 16 Ironman races and competed 3 times at the Ironman world championship in Hawaii.
Prof C Williams, UK
Professor Clyde Williams graduated in chemistry from the University of Wales in 1964 and then completed postgraduate work in exercise physiology at the Washington State University, USA. On returning to the UK he took up a lectureship in human physiology at the University of Aberdeen, where he taught for eight years. In 1978, Professor Williams moved to Loughborough to establish a Sports Science Research Group. In 1986, he was promoted to the first Chair in Sports Science in the UK. After eight years as Head of the Department of PE, Sports Science and Recreation Management he served as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) for the University. Professor Williams was the founding chairman of the British Association of Sports Sciences (now British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences-BASES) and recently completed a second term as chair of the Association. He was formerly the programme secretary of the British Nutrition Society and chaired the working party to establish a register for professionals qualified in sport and exercise nutrition. His research interests include nutrition and performance with a particular interest in recovery from exercise.
Chair of the IOC Medical Commission: Prof A Ljungquist, Sweden
IOC Medical director: Dr P Schamasch, Switzerland