Dr. Geoffrey Cleghorn is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. He graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School and trained in pediatric gastroenterology in Toronto, Canada, under the guidance of J. Richard Hamilton and Peter Durie. Professor Cleghorn held various positions at the University of Queensland, including Director of Research at the School of Medicine and Deputy Head of School, and was the Foundation Director of the Institute for Biomedical Innovation – Centre for Children’s Health Research at the Queensland University of Technology. He established the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre along with Ross Shepherd in 1985 at the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane.

Professor Cleghorn has published over 350 scientific articles and book chapters and received numerous research grants from national and international bodies. His work includes significant contributions to pediatric nutrition. He has developed a strong network in Asia, trained innumerable clinicians and scientists, and been involved in numerous multinational trials. He has also been a key figure in pediatric liver transplantation and nutritional research. He established a seminal understanding of preoperative nutritional rehabilitation and transplant outcomes.

1994-1996 President, the Asia Pacific Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (APSPGHAN)

2004-2008 President, The Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN)

2022 Asia Pacific Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (APSPGHAN) Lifetime Achievement Award

2000 – 2001: Academic Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, the

University of Queensland

2000 – 2001: Acting Director, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane

2001 – 2008: Head, Discipline of Pediatrics and Child Health, the University of Queensland

2001 – present: Member of the Academic Board, the University of Queensland

2001 – present: Member of the School of Medicine Executive Committee

2004 – 2013: Professor of Pediatrics, the University of Queensland

2007 – 2008: Director International, School of Medicine, the University of Queensland

2008 - 2013: Deputy Head (Clinical Schools), School of Medicine, the University of Queensland

2012 - 2014: Professor of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada

2013: Director of Research, School of Medicine, the University of Queensland

2014 -present: Emeritus Professor, the University of Queensland

2015 – 2017: Director, QUT Institute for Health & Biomedical Innovation Centre for Children’s Health Research