He is a tenured Teaching & Research Academic at Curtin University, Perth Australia with a cross appointment as Adjunct Professor, St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore India. His current research focuses on uncovering a causal role for calcium and vitamin D in obesity, T2DM and CVD. He has served the Nutrition Society of Australia as Chairperson of its Perth Chapter and also was the Director, Research Training of the School of Public Health, Curtin University. Mario is currently the Co-Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.