Health Promotion and Public Health

Postgraduate Supervision

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Professor Catherine Bennett

Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Communicable Disease Control; Disease Surveillance; Population-based research; Randomised Controlled trials

Professor Rob Carter

Health economics; assessing cost effectiveness; health promotion and illness prevention

 

Professor Robin Daly

Role of exercise, calcium, vitamin D and protein for preventing chronic diseases; osteoporosis, sarcopenia, falls and diabetes; clinical and community intervention trials.

Professor Richard Osborne

Chronic disease; Introduction of innovations; self-management; questionnaire development; health services research; health literacy

Professor Ann Taket

Health policy; services planning and education; accessibility and equity; domestic violence

Professor Tony Worsley

Baby Boomer project, fruit and vegetable policies and promotion, examination of Australian meal repertoires, acceptability of integrated pest management by Australian consumers, food knowledge skills required by consumers, Web 2.0 approaches to nutrition promotion.

Assoc. Prof. Julia Shelley

Sexual and reproductive health; pregnancy outcomes; contraception

Associate Professor Mardie Townsend

Health benefits of contact with nature; housing and homelessness; health impact assessment

Dr Fiona Andrews

Understanding how families manage their children’s health care - influences and interactions

Dr Lisa Barnett

Dr Melissa Graham

Public health; health promotion; women's reproductive health

Dr Lisa Hanna

Dr Elizabeth Hoban

Trafficking in women and children; reproductive and sexual health; child sexual abuse; maternal health; Indigenous health; medical anthropology; health promotion and advocacy

Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Ethnicity, gender, sexuality and health

Dr Erin Wilson

Social justice and equity that includes a focus on the experiences of disadvantaged groups, including Indigenous people and people with a disability

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Professor Evelyne de Leeuw

Healthy public policy and healthy cities

Associate Professor Evie Leslie

Physical activity; Behavioural epidemiology, Social and environmental influences

Dr Sally Savage

Social connectedness and health, community well-being, health of carers

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

19th December 2011