Dr. Carmel Smart is a clinical researcher and practitioner who is internationally recognised as a leading authority in nutrition and type 1 diabetes. Carmel has developed international partnerships and research collaborations aimed at improving the nutritional care of children living with diabetes.

Carmel led the 2014 and 2018 International Paediatric Diabetes Clinical Nutrition Guidelines and is a lead investigator in the Australian Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network. She served on the International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes executive and was the convenor of the Science School for Health Professionals. Dr Smart is currently appointed to JDRF International Type 1 Exercise Expert Advisory Group and is a senior practitioner member of the Australian Dietetic Council. She has written chapters for numerous books on diabetes including the American Diabetes Association Nutrition Therapy Guidelines released in 2017 and publishes in leading diabetes journals.