Rozanne Kruger

Rozanne Kruger is a South African academic and registered dietitian, and is a full professor at Griffith University, specialising in developing new dietary assessment strategies, to examine patterns of dietary intake and behaviour, and training dietitians.

Academic career
Kruer has a Master of Dietetics degree from the University of Pretoria in 1999. Kruger completed a PhD titled The determinants of overweight among 10–15 year old schoolchildren in the North-West Province at North-West University. Kruger then joined the faculty of the University of Pretoria, where she was Head of Food and Nutrition. Kruger was then appointed at Massey University, rising to full professor in 2022. At Massey University, Kruger was the discipline leader for the nutrition and dietetics Master of Science programme, which she was "instrumental" in developing and establishing. Kruger serves on the Council of Deans of Nutrition and Dietetics Australia and New Zealand. As of 2024, she was recently appointed as professor of at Griffith University in Australia, where she is the nutrition and dietetics lead in the School of Health Science and Social Work. Kruger retains an honorary position at Massey.

Kruger's research includes investigating patterns of dietary intake and behaviour, developing assessment strategies, and running clinical nutrition studies. Kruger uses trans-disciplinary, cross-sectional and intervention studies in her research. She is interested in metabolic health, physical activity, and body composition, as well as how clinical dietetics can contribute to disease treatment and improve patient outcomes.