DrJulie Woods

June 2013 - present: Senior Lecturer, Public Health Nutrition, School of
Exercise & Nutrition Science, Deakin University

September 2017 - 2019 Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) Food,
Nutriion and Dietetics

2011 - 2013: Manager, Nutrition and Food Systems, Victorian Health Promotion
Foundation (VicHealth)

1999 - 2010: Lecturer, Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Southern Clinical
School, Monash University

1996 - 1998: Co-ordinator, National Specialty Program in Public Health and
Community Nutrition, Deakin University

1990 - 1995: Senior Project Officer, Food and Nutrition Program, Deakin
University

March 1982 - December 1990: Clinical Dietitian

Julie is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at Deakin University.
She initially trained as a dietitian (at Deakin) before undertaking further
studies in health promotion and public health. She has 35 years of experience
working in food policy and regulation at local, state and national levels.
Previously she was the Manager of Nutrition and Food Systems at VicHealth and
a lecturer for 11 years in the Nutrition and Dietetics Department at Monash
University. As a long standing member of the Food and Nutrition Special
Interest Group of the Public Health Association of Australia, Julie is
actively involved in public health nutrition advocacy and she has represented
this group on numerous food regulation and policy committees. Her research
interests include mapping the changing food supply, the application of food
classification schemes for policy outcomes and the role of food processing in
determing health outcomes. Julie was previously the Director of the Post
Graduate Nutrition courses at Deakin, before taking on the roles of Associate
Head of School (Teaching and Learning) for Nutrition and Dietetics and
Nutrition Discipline Head.

Research Groups
Food Policy and Public Health Group, Institute for Physical Activity and
Nutrition https://www.deakin.edu.au/ipan