Dr Stefania Velardo

Senior Lecturer

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

+61 8 82015737

stefania.velardo@flinders.edu.au

Education (5.22)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Dr Stefania Velardo is a Senior Lecturer in Health Education at Flinders University. In her career to date, Stefania has published on the sociology of food, eating and health. Her work has largely used oral and visual qualitative methods to investigate social, cultural and economic influences on people's relationships with food. Stefania is experienced in conducting qualitative health research with marginalised and vulnerable groups, with a particular interest in inclusive child-centred methodologies. She also works with other vulnerable groups including older Australians and socioecnomincally disadvantaged communities.

Alongside her academic position, Stefania has worked as the President of the Australian Health Promotion Association (SA Branch) since 2016. This role has enabled her to develop strong leadership, communication and collaboration skills and has afforded her opportunities to work with stakeholders to advocate for a broad range of public policies and initiatives.

Qualifications

BHSc (University of South Australia)
BEd (Hons) (Flinders University)
PhD (Flinders University)

Honours, awards and grants

2019
Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation Funding ($25000)

2018
ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Research Mentoring Scheme (University of Melbourne)
Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers
Flinders University College of EPSW Teaching Award

Flinders University College of EPSW Research Grant ($8000)
Healthy Development Adelaide International Travel Grant ($1000)
Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior High Impact Award

2017
Flinders University Building Research Leaders Program
Flinders University Mentoring Program

2016
Flinders University EHL Faculty Small Research Grant ($1735)
Healthy Development Adelaide International Travel Grant ($1000)

2015
Elected representative - Global Young Scientists Summit, Singapore

2013
Healthy Development Adelaide International Travel Grant ($1000)
Healthy Development Adelaide/Channel 7 Research Foundation Top Up Scholarship 2012-13 ($9000)

2012
Flinders University Academic Internship Program
Flinders University EHL Faculty Project Funding ($1000)

2011
Australian Postgraduate Award (2011-13)
Young Scholar Award (27th ACHPER International Conference)
3MT Competition Winner - School of Education, EHL Faculy, 2nd Runner Up Flinders University Final

Topic coordinator

HLPE1541 Social Determinants of Health

HLPE2540 Theories & Practices of Health Promotion

HLPE3540 Drugs, Politics & Public Health

Supervisory interests

Food literacy

Food security and health promotion

Health promotion and education

Public health and children

Qualitative research methodology

School health promotion

Social and cultural factors that influence food patterns and food intake