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Professor Kathryn Backholer is a public health policy expert at Deakin University, where she co-directs the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) and leads the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention. She holds a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and serves as Vice President (Policy) for the Public Health Association of Australia.
- Current supervisory roles with 11 PhD students
- Over 255 research outputs including AI-driven marketing surveillance systems
- Active collaborations with UNICEF across Asia-Pacific regions
Research Focus: Her work bridges health equity, commercial determinants of health, and digital marketing, particularly in protecting children from online harms through projects like SCANNER (AI monitoring system for health-harming marketing) and #DigitalYouth. She specializes in policy development for obesity prevention, Indigenous health, and food security.
Recent Publications examine topics including digital marketing techniques, food price disparities, and legal measures for adolescent nutrition. Her scientific awards include the Victorian Tall Poppy Award, Heart Foundation Collaboration Award, and Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society Young Investigator Award.
Supervision & Teaching: Currently supervising 11 PhD students across diverse topics like digital food marketing, Indigenous health, and global nutrition. Completed supervision of 5 doctoral candidates.
Major Grants:
- $4.4M Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) grant for Commercial and Economic Determinants of Health
- $1.56M NHMRC grant for Indigenous health research
- $2.5M NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments
- Multiple UNICEF and Department of Health contracts
