Dr Leigh Ackland
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| Position: |
Professor |
| School: |
School of Life and Environmental Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7036 |
| Mobile: |
0409 253 653 |
| Email: |
leigha@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Trace elements and trace metals in human health, in particular zinc.
Heavy metals and pollution. Breast cancer cell biology. |
| Category: |
biology, health and wellbeing |
Ms Georgia Babatsikos
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
0425 763 112 |
| Mobile: |
0425 763 112 |
| Email: |
georgiab@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health promotion program planning and evaluation. Child sexual abuse prevention. Public health models of child sexual abuse prevention. Unplanned pregnancies. Sexual and reproductive health. University students health promotion. HIV prevention. |
| Category: |
abuse, health and wellbeing |
Professor Kylie Ball
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| Position: |
Professor |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7310 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
kball@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Women's body weight, obesity, eating/diet and physical activity. Weight change/obesity in the Australian population. Socioeconomic status, diet, physical activity and weight. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, diet/dieting, obesity, nutrition |
Associate Professor Paul Bennett
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| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
0438 834 706 |
| Email: |
pbennett@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Exercise, nutrition and self management, particularly for people living with chronic kidney disease. Dialysis. Nursing. |
| Category: |
nursing, disease, health and wellbeing |
Ds Jaqi Broadbent
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 3043 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
jaqi@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health behaviour change. Autism and Aspergers syndrome. Teaching and learning: in particular student engagement, online learning and the student experience. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, psychology, autism Spectrum Disorders |
Dr Karen Campbell
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waterfront Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 5227 8414 |
| Mobile: |
0414 600 130 |
| Email: |
kcamp@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Obesity prevention in children. Home environments as predictors of children's eating. Childhood obesity prevention interventions with parents with a focus on skills development of parents around children's eating, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. |
| Category: |
obesity, children, health and wellbeing, nutrition |
Professor David Crawford
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| Position: |
Head of School |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Mebourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6616 |
| Mobile: |
0405 228 060 |
| Email: |
dcraw@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Population health aspects of nutrition and physical activity. Epidemiology and prevention of obesity in children and adults. |
| Category: |
nutrition, exercise/physical activity, obesity, health and wellbeing |
Professor Brendan Crotty
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| Position: |
Pro Vice-Chancellor |
| School: |
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| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
5227 2948 |
| Mobile: |
0448 572180 |
| Email: |
bcrotty@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health education. |
| Category: |
medicine, education, health and wellbeing, medical education |
Professor Robert Cummins
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| Position: |
Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6845 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
cummins@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Quality of life. Happiness. Life satisfaction. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing |
Dr Andrew Dawson
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Science |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7309 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
andre@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sport and exercise psychology. Sport coaching. Sport coach education. Careers in sport. Careers in sport coaching. Life coaching. Health coaching. Behaviour change. Careers in sport and exercise science. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, sport psychology, coaching - sport, coaching - life |
Dr Olivia Dean
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| Position: |
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| School: |
School of Medicine |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong - Barwon Health |
| Business Phone: |
03 5260 3088 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
odean@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Psychiatry. Oxidative biology. Inflammation. Animal models. Clinical trials. |
| Category: |
psychiatry, biology, health and wellbeing |
Dr Matthew Dunn
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waterfront Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 5227 8372 |
| Mobile: |
0414 612 089 |
| Email: |
dmatt@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Illicit substance use (e.g. ecstasy, cocaine, etc). Licit substance use (e.g. alcohol). Performance and image enhancing drugs (e.g. anabolic steroids). Issues related to drugs in sport. |
| Category: |
drugs, health and wellbeing, drugs in sport, alcohol |
Mr Matthew Ebden
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6262 |
| Mobile: |
0400 815 220 |
| Email: |
ebden@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Ecology and human health. Environmental sustainability. Nature based activities and mental health. Health promotion. Public health. Occupational therapy. Occupational science. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, occupational therapy, environment and environmental issues |
Dr Andrew Garnham
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9481 5744 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
agarnm@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sports injury. Sports injury prevention. Sports medicine. Drugs in sport. |
| Category: |
sport medicine, health and wellbeing, drugs in sport |
Dr Jan Garrard
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
0400 575 586 |
| Email: |
garrard@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health promotion. Promoting physical activity. Promoting cycling for women. Active transport. Program evaluation. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, exercise/physical activity |
Dr Paul Gastin
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School o f Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9244 6334 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
pgastin@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sport science. Athlete performance management. Talent identification and development. Athlete monitoring using technologies such as heart rate, GPS, accelerometers, training diaries and ratings of wellness. Periodisation and planning. Junior modified sport. Coach education and development. Elite sport system development. Energy system contributions to exercise. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, health and wellbeing, coaching - sport, sport science |
Professor Alex Gentle
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| Position: |
Chair in Vision Science, Director of Optometric Pre-clinical Studies |
| School: |
School of Medicine (Optometry) |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 5227 2550 |
| Mobile: |
0407 559721 |
| Email: |
alex.gentle@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Optometric education. How the eye grows after birth, and how this growth sometimes breaks down leaving individuals either short-sighted or long–sighted. The biological processes that occur in the eye, either resulting in, or from, the development of short-sightedness. The biology of the tough outer coating of the eye (the sclera). The clinical use of drugs to manage eye disease, including when, why and how we administer them, why we administer them in these ways, and what the drugs do once they have been administered. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, optometry |
Associate Professor Lyn Harrison
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| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Education |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 1494 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
lynh@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sexuality education. Health education. Education studies. Health promotion. |
| Category: |
education, health and wellbeing, sex/sexuality |
Dr Claire Henderson-Wilson
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7268 |
| Mobile: |
0402 669 284 |
| Email: |
claireh@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
The human health benefits of contact with nature (i.e. parks and gardens). Relationships between housing and health. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing |
Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone
|
| Position: |
Professor of Nursing//Director Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research |
| School: |
School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6120 |
| Mobile: |
0488 252 399 |
| Email: |
megan.johnstone@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health care ethics. Human rights. Patients rights. Social justice. Cross-cultural ethics. Patient safety ethics. End-of-life decision-making. Euthanasia. Assisted suicide. Professional conduct. |
| Category: |
nursing, health and wellbeing, ethics |
Dr Dawson Kidgell
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7264 |
| Mobile: |
0418 845 677 |
| Email: |
dkidgell@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Strength training. Musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Functional human anatomy. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, health and wellbeing |
Associate Professor Ross King
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waterfront Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 8481 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
rking@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Body image. Eating disorders. Psychological disorders and their treatment. |
| Category: |
body image, eating disorders, health and wellbeing |
Dr Karen Lane
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 2596 |
| Mobile: |
0409 562 812 |
| Email: |
kll@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Childbirth. Policies related to midwifery and consumers of maternity services. Models of knowledge. Role of media. Organisational theory
and discourse analysis. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, media, maternity care |
Dr Paul Lewandowski
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Medicine |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 1111 |
| Mobile: |
0417 128 731 |
| Email: |
lewandow@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Human nutrition. Free radicals and oxidative stress. Antioxidants and the treatment of disease. Lifestyle treatment of disease. Cancer cachexia. Metabolic syndrome. Rural health.
Bio-markers of disease
Nutrient and gene interactions
Anatomy teaching
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| Category: |
nutrition, health and wellbeing, disease |
Dr Luana Main
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 924 45030 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
luana.main@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Monitoring of (over)training in endurance athletes. The stress and fatigue relationship (physiological and psychological) in emergency services/physically demanding occupations. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, health and wellbeing |
Dr Daniel Marshall
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Education |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
0418 897 504 |
| Email: |
dmarshal@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sex education. Student wellbeing. Sexual and gender diversity, education and youth services. |
| Category: |
sex/sexuality, youth/young people's issues, health and wellbeing |
Dr Louise Mathews
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Education |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 2521 |
| Mobile: |
0438 952 562 |
| Email: |
lmathews@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Health and physical education. Obesity prevention programs (and health promotion programs) in primary and secondary schools. |
| Category: |
education, health and wellbeing |
Mr Andrew McClelland
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 92468185 |
| Mobile: |
0431 907 116 |
| Email: |
andrewmc@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Food cravings. Anger rumination. Resentment. Assertiveness and passivity. Behaviour change. Counselling and coaching. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, psychology, counselling |
Dr Helen McGrath
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer (and part time counselling psychologist) |
| School: |
School of Education |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6418 |
| Mobile: |
0419 351 616 |
| Email: |
helenmc@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Adults—relationships, mental health, sociopathic(anti-social) behaviour, difficult people;
workplace bullying; personality; stress management. Young people—resilience, behaviour problems,
learning difficulties, bullying, social skills, effective teaching
Parenting values and skills. |
| Category: |
relationships, behaviour - problems, children, health and wellbeing, education |
Mr Neville Millen
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 1172 |
| Mobile: |
0418 578 025 |
| Email: |
sociom@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sociology and the law. Criminology. Contestable diseases such as CFS. Chronic illness. Public health issues. Attitude surveys results. Popular cultural change. |
| Category: |
law, crime, disease, health and wellbeing, culture |
Ms Berni Murphy
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7295 |
| Mobile: |
0400 589 193 |
| Email: |
murphyb@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Promoting health through sport, particularly for females. Barriers to being physically active for women. Engaging university students in learning. Online teaching and learning. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing |
Ms Patricia Nesbitt
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Nursing |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Warrnambool Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5563 3235 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
nesbitt@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Primary health care. Rural health/nursing. Community health and development. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, nursing |
Dr Kevin Netto
|
| Position: |
Lecturer - Biomechanics and Motor Learning |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Science |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 92517277 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
knetto@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Sports biomechanics. Clinical biomechanics. Spinal injuries. Ergonomics. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, sport science |
Dr Andrew Noblet
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
Deakin Graduate School of Business |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Business and Law |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 5076 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
anoblet@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Organisational behaviour. Occupational stress. Organisational health. Workplace health promotion. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, work and workplace issues, behaviour - organisational |
Dr Adrienne O'Neil
|
| Position: |
Research Fellow |
| School: |
School of Medicine |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong - Barwon Health |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
0412 927 921 |
| Email: |
oneil@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Mental health. Chronic disease. Intervention trials. Diet. Public
health |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, mental health, diet/dieting |
Dr Kevin O'Toole
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Warrnambool Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5563 3490 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
otoole@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Local government. Regional and rural policy. Sister city relations. Rural health. |
| Category: |
local government, regional/rural development, politics, health and wellbeing |
Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7198 |
| Mobile: |
0414 804 529 |
| Email: |
mariapc@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Ethnicity. Cultural diversity. Gender diversity. Sexual diversity. Family Diversity. Sexual/social/mental health and education. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, education, culture, gender issues, sex/sexuality, family |
Dr Ciaran Pier
|
| Position: |
Lecturer in Psychology |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6217 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
ciaranpi@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Panic and other anxiety disorders. |
| Category: |
anxiety disorders, health and wellbeing, psychology, mental health |
Dr Bodil Rasmussen
|
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6425 |
| Mobile: |
0410 521 370 |
| Email: |
bodilr@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Diabetes self-management in young people with diabetes. Diabetes education. Life transitions and internet use among people with Type 1 diabetes. |
| Category: |
diabetes, health and wellbeing |
Associate Professor Lina Ricciardelli
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6866 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
lina@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Developmental psychology. Health psychology. Body image. Adolescent health. Substance use. |
| Category: |
abuse, psychology, health and wellbeing, body image, drugs, alcohol |
Dr David Ritchie
|
| Position: |
Sessional higher education consultant |
| School: |
School of Communication and Creative Arts |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
0418 576 476 |
| Email: |
dritchie@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Media audiences. Media research. Arts and Media reviewing. Representations of death and dying in popular culture and the mass media. Grief education. Multicultural perspectives on death and dying. Conflict resolution and mediation. |
| Category: |
culture, health and wellbeing, children, media, mediation |
Associate Professor Aaron Russell
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9251397 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
arussell@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Muscle atrophy with ageing and disease. Muscle hypertrophy. Exercise and muscle metabolism. Cell signaling. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, health and wellbeing, biology |
Professor Jo Salmon
|
| Position: |
Associate Head of School (Research) |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7254 |
| Mobile: |
0425 735 445 |
| Email: |
jsalmon@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Physical activity in the population using a behavioural epidemiological approach. Physical activity measurement—development and use of survey instruments (for monitoring and research), accelerometers (activity monitors), pedometers. Sedentary behaviours—television viewing, electronic games, computer use. Physical activity of special population groups—children, adolescents, adults, older adults. Prevention of overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis. Mental health. |
| Category: |
children, health and wellbeing, youth/young people's issues, obesity, disease, exercise/physical activity, mental health |
Dr Lata Satyen
|
| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waterfront Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 5227 8452 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
lata@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Attention. Memory. Migration. Employee wellbeing. |
| Category: |
psychology, health and wellbeing |
Professor Steve Selig
|
| Position: |
Chair, Clinical Exercise Science |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9251 7165 |
| Mobile: |
0418 570 772 |
| Email: |
sselig@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Exercise for people with chronic cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, depression or risk factors for any of those conditions. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, obesity, diabetes, disease, mental health |
Dr Helen Skouteris
|
| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9251 7699 |
| Mobile: |
0414 409 563 |
| Email: |
helens@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Infant and child development. Childhood and maternal obesity prevention. Maternal health and wellbeing. Gestational weight gain. Body image. Innovation in teaching and learning for the 21st century. Depression in fathers pre and post birth. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, obesity, body image, mental health |
Professor Rod Snow
|
| Position: |
Deputy Head of School |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7315 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
rsnow@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Exercise physiology. Skeletal muscle biochemistry. Exercise performance enhancement aids (ergogenic aids) such as creatine (a nutritional supplement that has been demonstrated to improve repeated, high intensity exercise performance). |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, nutrition, health and wellbeing |
Professor Jane Speight
|
| Position: |
Chair of Behavioural Research in Diabetes |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 8648 1850 |
| Mobile: |
0402 913 767 |
| Email: |
janespei@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Behavioural research in diabetes. Psychological aspects of diabetes, including adherence to treatment. Impact of diabetes, new treatments and technologies on quality of life. Behaviour change, pscyhological aspects of hypoglycaemia. |
| Category: |
psychology, health and wellbeing, diabetes |
Dr Mark Stokes
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| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Psychology |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9244 6865 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
stokes@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Autism. Evolutionary psychology. Child injury. Injury. Circadian rhythms. Shift work. Biological psychology. Statistics. |
| Category: |
children, neurobiology, psychology, autism Spectrum Disorders, health and wellbeing, work and workplace issues |
Professor Boyd Swinburn
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| Position: |
Alfred Deakin Professor |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
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| Mobile: |
64 22 167 9636 |
| Email: |
swinburn@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Obesity prevention. Intervention programs. Childhood obesity. Promotion of nutrition and physical activity. (Please note that Boyd works part time for Deakin and the rest of the time at the University of Auckland.) |
| Category: |
obesity, nutrition, health and wellbeing, children, exercise/physical activity |
Professor Ann Taket
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| Position: |
Chair in Health and Social Exclusion |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 9244 3798 |
| Mobile: |
0409 950 385 |
| Email: |
ann@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Prevention of and intervention in violence and abuse. Domestic violence. Health promotion for marginalized/ disadvantaged groups. Promoting social inclusion. Participatory methods. Equity, ethics and human rights. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, social and welfare issues |
Dr Anna Timperio
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7165 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
timperio@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Population physical activity among adults and children. Particular research interests include: obesity, physical activity measurement, personal, social and environmental influences on physical activity, special population groups. |
| Category: |
exercise/physical activity, children, health and wellbeing, youth/young people's issues, obesity |
Dr Mardie Townsend
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| Position: |
Associate Professor |
| School: |
School of Health and Social Development |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7278 |
| Mobile: |
0412 053 080 |
| Email: |
mardie@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
The human health benefits of contact with nature. Sustainability, health and wellbeing. Women, housing and community. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, social issues |
Mr Adam Walsh
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7788 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
awalsh@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Children's nutrition. Clinical nutrition. |
| Category: |
nutrition, health and wellbeing, children, diet/dieting |
Associate Professor Craig Woods
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| Position: |
Director of Clinical Studies |
| School: |
School of Medicine (Optometry) |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
03 5227 3326 |
| Mobile: |
0418 516 549 |
| Email: |
craigw@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
The performance of contact lenses and their impact on ocular physiology. The performance of contact lenses to correct vision. The use of contact lenses by the wearer and the associated risks. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, optometry, contact lenses |
Dr Merridee Wouters
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| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Life and Environmental Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 522 72146 |
| Mobile: |
0400 470 915 |
| Email: |
mdeea@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Use of biological databases to find genes underlying genetic diseases and molecular pathways important in oxidative stress and aging. Bioinformatics. Data mining. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, disease, genetics |
Dr Adel Yousif
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| Position: |
Lecturer |
| School: |
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Melbourne Burwood Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 9251 7261 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
adely@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Analytical biochemistry. Chromatographic (Gas and Liquid) Spectrophotometric analysis of organic samples ranging from muscle tissue to food functional and nutritional components; proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and phytochemicals. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing, nutrition |
Professor Evelyne de Leeuw
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| Position: |
Chair of Community Health Systems and Policy |
| School: |
School of Medicine |
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Health |
| Campus: |
Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus |
| Business Phone: |
(03) 522 72845 |
| Mobile: |
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| Email: |
evelyne@deakin.edu.au |
| Areas of Expertise: |
Urban health. Indigenous health curriculum. International health policy and planning. Health promotion. |
| Category: |
health and wellbeing |
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