Dr. Carmel Smart is a clinical dietitian and researcher who is recognised as a leading authority in paediatric type 1 diabetes.
Dr Smart has worked for over 25 years as the Senior Diabetes Dietitian at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle where her role involves the daily education of children and families living with diabetes.
Dr Smart is also a clinician researcher at the Hunter Medical Research Institute where she leads a team focusing on the impact of dietary behaviours and factors that impact postprandial glycaemia in type 1 diabetes.

Dr Smart is an Editor of the 2024 ISPAD Clinical Practice Guidelines and a previous convenor of the ISPAD Science School for Health Professionals. She publishes regularly in leading diabetes journals and has written chapters for organisations including the American Diabetes Association. She is the recipient of awards including the NSW Advancement of Children’s Health and the Allied Health Excellence in Research Awards.