School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Dr. Anna Timperio
Position	Senior Lecturer
Email	anna.timperio@deakin.edu.au
Area	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Phone	+61 3 925 17165
Campus	Burwood
Role and Profile	Dr Timperio is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. She currently holds a VicHealth Public Health Research Fellowship (until end 2012). Dr Timperio is an active researcher with a program of work related to understanding influences on physical activity behaviour and weight status.
Teaching Responsibilities	Supervises 2 PhD students
Research Interests	Dr Timperio’s research is focused on understanding the range of influences on physical activity, eating behaviours and weight status among children and adolescents, particularly over critical life transition periods (childhood to adolescence, adolescence to young adulthood). She is involved in several longitudinal studies with children, adolescents and adults that examine individual, social and environmental influences on behaviour. Dr Timperio’s other research interests include: physical activity measurement; measurement of the neighbourhood food and physical activity environments; the behavioural epidemiology of weight control; and evaluation of health promotion and public health interventions.
Service to the University, discipline or community	Dr Timperio served on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (2006-2008). Dr Timperio regularly reviews manuscripts for more than 15 international journals. She also regularly reviews research applications for national and international funding bodies, including the ARC, NHMRC, National Heart Foundation and Prevention Programme of ZonMw (The Netherlands).
Awards	Healthway Excellence in Health Promotion Award (‘Health Promotion Projects targeting priority health issues’ category), won by the RESIDE Project team, Perth, 2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellent Contributions to Research (Early Career Researcher), 2005 and 2006 Best Poster Presentation, Early Career Researcher, 4th Conference of the International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Amsterdam, 16-18 June, 2005. Excellence Award for Best Paper Presentation, Early Career Researcher, Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference, Melbourne, 10-12 February, 2005.
Memberships	International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity
Conferences	9th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Bangkok, 2006. "Access to fast food outlets and children’s consumption of takeaway, fruit and vegetables." 5th Conference of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Boston 2006. Invited symposium presentation: "The built environment and children’s physical activity." 4th Conference of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Amsterdam 2005. Invited symposium presentation: "Objective measurement of environmental attributes related to nutrition and physical activity – key methodological issues." 4th Conference of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, Amsterdam 2005. "Active commuting to school: associations with personal factors and the family, social and built environment" (best poster presentation, Early Career Researcher). 8th International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Mainz, 2004. "Perceptions of local neighbourhood environments and their relationship to childhood obesity."
Research Link	View Deakin Associated Research Data
Biography	View Biography as a pdf ( 171K - opens in a new Window)
Highest Qualification	Doctoral Degree by Research Deakin University Completed: 24-OCT-00

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