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DrSamantha Dawson

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

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  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 522 73875 (Work)
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Teaching Associate, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
    1 Mar 2020 - 30 Jun 2021
    Introduction to Data Analysis: ETC1010, ETC5510 & Machine Learning: ETC3250, ETC5250. My teaching roles included teaching data analysis, machine learning and R programming concepts to Undergraduate and Masters degree students in computer laboratory classes. I received a teacher satisfaction SETU score of 98/100 for Semester 1, 2021.
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Lecture: The gut microbiome, where does it all begin? (Ausmed Education, CPD Events)
    18 Apr 2018
    Presenting on the neonatal gut microbiome to nurses for their accredited continuing professional development. • Opening speaker at The Ins and Outs of Bowel Disease Conference, Jun 2018 • Opening speaker at Midwifery Challenges CPD Conference, Apr 2018
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Seminar: Gut microbiome and mental health (Mental Health Professionals Network)
    3 Mar 2016
    Presenting 'Developmental Origins of Physical and Mental Health: a focus on diet quality and gut health during the perinatal period' to mental health professionals
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Lecture: Gut microbiota: the link between diet during pregnancy and the mental health of children (Dietetics Association of Australia, CPD Event)
    1 Jan 2016
    Presenting on the gut microbiota to dieticians as part of their continuing professional development program
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Sessional Academic
    I have tutored university subjects at the undergraduate and masters level, this involved conducting tutorial sessions and computer laboratories and marking assignments. • Deakin University, Understanding Health: HBS107 (2011 and 2012) • Deakin University, Health Promotion Evaluation: HSH218 (2011) • University of Wollongong, Databases: CSCI235/935 (2003)
  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    The Oral Microbiome in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Oct 2023
  • EXTERNAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Food Insecurity, Diet and the Gut Microbiome in Pregnant Women
    Bree Whiteoak - Queensland University of Technology
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Using Modifiable Lifestyle Behaviours as Predictors of Depression Risk
    Emma Todd - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Autism: Incidence, Early Life Development, Gut Microbiota, and Parent Perspectives
    Chloe Love - School of Medicine - 2025
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Depression and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Causal Association and Risk of Bias
    Tabinda Jabeen - School of Medicine - 2026