Stephen Simpson (professor)
{{Short description|Australian scientist}}
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Stephen James Simpson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|FAA|FRSN}} {{post-nominals|country=UK|FRS|Hon.FRES}} (born 26 June 1957) is an Australian scientist. He is the executive director of Obesity Australia and was the inaugural academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney{{cite web |title=Professor Stephen Simpson |website=The University of Sydney | url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/stephen-simpson.html |access-date=14 November 2024}} until April 2025.
Early life and education
Stephen James Simpson{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/queens-birthday-honours-519-recipients-with-scientists-the-big-winners-20150607-ghh2y9.html|title=Queen's Birthday honours: 519 recipients, with scientists the big winners|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 June 2015 }} was born on 26 June 1957 in Melbourne, Australia.
He graduated with a BSc from the University of Queensland in 1978, and completed his PhD at King's College London in 1982 on locust feeding physiology,'SIMPSON, Prof. Stephen James', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016 called "The control of food intake in fifth-instar Locusta migratoria L. nymphs".
Career
Simpson spent 22 years working at Oxford University, in Experimental Psychology, the Department of Zoology, and the University Museum of Natural History.
He returned to Australia in 2005 as an ARC Federation Fellow, joining the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney.
In 2018, Simpson became the executive director of Obesity Australia, the oversight body for the Collective for Action on Obesity, The Obesity Collective {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/06/08/4248825.htm|title=Diets and drugs are not enough to tackle obesity|work=ABC Science|date=8 June 2015 }} and was appointed academic director of the newly-opened Charles Perkins Centre at Sydney University in June 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.afr.com/news/policy/education/sydney-unis-new-health-research-centre-a-world-first-director-20140601-ivnrd|title=Sydney uni's new health research centre a world first: director|work= Australian Financial Review|date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115040810/https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/sydney-uni-s-new-health-research-centre-a-world-first-director-20140602-ivnrd| archive-date= 15 Nov 2022 |url-status=live| url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/wellbeing/the+secret+to+a+longer+life+may+be+your+protein+to+carb+ratio+not+your+calories,36907|title=The secret to a longer life may be your protein to carb ratio, not your calories|work=Vogue.com.au|date=29 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103013727/http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/wellbeing/the+secret+to+a+longer+life+may+be+your+protein+to+carb+ratio+not+your+calories,36907| archive-date=3 Jan 2018}}
Other activities
Simpson co-wrote, narrated, and presented of the four-part ABC TV documentary series Great Southern Land, broadcast in September 2012. The series was directed by Luke Eve.{{cite web|url=http://amagazine.com.au/luke-eve/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202155058/http://amagazine.com.au/luke-eve/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2014|accessdate=18 December 2017|title= Luke Eve}}
He has also co-authored articles for newspapers, such as one about the "obesity crisis" in The Age in April 2015.{{cite web|first1= Stephen|last1= Simpson |first2= Rosemary| last2= Calder |url=https://www.theage.com.au/opinion/bigger-than-the-both-of-us-obesity-is-best-tackled-at-a-community-level-20150423-1mrdk6.html|title=Bigger than the both of us: Obesity is best tackled at a community level|work=The Age|date=23 April 2015 }}
Simpson has co-authored two science communication books, The Nature of Nutrition: A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity (Princeton University Press,{{cite web |title=The Nature of Nutrition |url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691145655/the-nature-of-nutrition?srsltid=AfmBOoqZsWrDIdrn2y7M6GktTtOl1Fn02WutNOCV3Cw34GVZVBoSydlE | website=Princeton University Press}} October 2012), and Eat Like the Animals: what nature teaches us about the science of healthy eating (HarperCollins,{{cite web |title=Eat Like the Animals |url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460712474/eat-like-the-animals/ | website=Harper Collins Publishers Australia}} March 2019), which has been translated into 10 languages.
Awards and honours
- 2007: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science{{cite web |title=Steve Simpson |url=https://www.science.org.au/profile/steve-simpson |access-date=31 March 2022 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}}
- 2009: Australian Laureate Fellowship{{cite news |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=3546 |title=Sydney top for new Laureate Fellowships|date=22 June 2009 |work=University of Sydney |access-date=3 May 2020 }}
- 2009: NSW Scientist of the Year{{cite web |title=Honour Roll |date=16 November 2023 |publisher=NSW Trade and Investment |url=https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/events/nsw-premiers-prizes-for-science-and-engineering/previous-winners |access-date=13 November 2024}}
- 2011: The Wigglesworth Memorial Lecture and Award, Royal Entomological Society{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/science/people/stephen.simpson.php|title=Professor Stephen Simpson| website=University of Sydney}}
- 2016: Companion of the Order of Australia{{Cite web |date=8 June 2015 |title=Professor Stephen James Simpson |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1151742 |access-date=31 March 2022 |website=It's an Honour}}
- 2013: Fellow of the Royal Society{{cite web| title=Fellowship Directory | website=Royal Society | url=https://royalsociety.org/people/stephen-simpson-12285/}}|
- 2013: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society{{cite web| title=Honorary Fellows| website=Royal Entomological Society | url=https://www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/people/professor-stephen-j-simpson-ac-frs-faa-hon-fres/}}
- 2015: Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales{{cite web| title=Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales | website=Royal Society of NSW| url=https://www.royalsoc.org.au/about-us/excellence/list-of-fellows/}}|
- 2022: Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture{{Cite web |title=2022 awardees |url=https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/honorific-awardees/2022-awardees |access-date=31 March 2022 |website=Australian Academy of Science |language=en}}
- 2023: Doctor of Science honoris causa, University of Glasgow{{cite web | title=University of Glasgow Honorary Degrees 2023| website=University of Glasgow | url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2023/june/headline_969001_en.html|access-date=14 June 2025 }}
- 2024: The Wertheimer Award, World Obesity Federation{{cite news |title=Professors Raubenheimer & Simpson receive Wertheimer Award for transformative obesity research| date=26 June 2024 | url=https://www.worldobesity.org/news/professor-david-raubenheimer-receives-wertheimer-award-for-transformative-obesity-research |access-date=14 June 2025}}
- 2024: The Ralph Slatyer Medal, Australian National University{{cite web | title=Ralph Slatyer Medal| website=Australian National University | url=https://biology.anu.edu.au/about/ralph-slatyer-medal}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/stephen-simpson.html Professor Stephen Simpson], staff profile, University of Sydney
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