Associate Professor Rebecca Golley
Associate Professor (Research)
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Associate Professor Rebecca Golley is recognised as a national expert in child obesity and nutrition promotion interventions and paediatric dietary assessment. She has a strong track record in nutritional epidemiology, behavioural nutrition, food parenting, intervention development and evaluation as well as research translation.
Associate Professor Rebecca Golley is recognised as a national expert in child obesity and nutrition promotion interventions and paediatric dietary assessment. She has a strong track record in nutritional epidemiology, behavioural nutrition, food parenting, intervention development and evaluation as well as research translation.
Assoc Prof Golley obtained a PhD qualification in child weight management research (Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University), and undertook postdoctoral research in the UK, and the CSIRO. She has held NHMRC ECR (2008-2012) and National Health Foundation postdoctoral fellowships (2012-2015) at the University of South Australia (2009-2017).
BSc(hons) BND PhD APD.
A/Prof Golley leads a program of public health nutrition research. Current projects include:
- Stream lead EPOCH CRE "Advancing assessment of obesity-related behaviours' https://www.earlychildhoodobesity.com/streams.html.
- "Tools and interventions to increase children’s vegetable consumption" A consortia between Flinders University, Nutrition Australia (Victoria Division), Healthy Kids Association, Perfection Fresh and Thomas Farms Kitchen. Funded by Hort Innovation.
- NHMRC project grants in areas of child obesity (in collaboration with UniSA 'Life on Holidays') and dental health (In collaboration with Adelaide Uni 'SMILE').
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