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ProfessorKaren Campbell

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Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

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    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • +61 3 522 78414 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Engaging and supporting parents pre-pregnancy and across the first 2000 days
of their children's life to improve health via supporting opportunities for
achieving healthy and sustainable diets.

Knowledge Areas
* Nutrition in the first 2000 days of life
* Promoting breastfeeding
* Parent feeding styles
* Parent engagement for nutrition promotion
* Maternal pre-pregnancy weight and conception
* Design (including co-design) and behavioral intervention trial
* Research translation/implementation

Projects
Victorian scale up of the Infant Program (INFANT)

Funded by an NHMRC Partnership Grant (2019-2024; Campbell CIA) the efficacious
INFANT program is currently being implemented across Victoria. Evaluation of
this implementation includes both assessment of efficacy at scale (changes in
child diet, physcial activity) and assessment of a range of paremeters
assessing implementation.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood-Translate: (EPOCH-Translate)
    1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - GNT2006999 - $604,575.00
  • GRANT
    Scaling up evidence based early-life nutrition interventions for community resilience and lifecourse health (Nutrition Now)
    1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Vik FN,
    • Hillesund ER,
    • Medin AC,
    • Kiland C,
    • Rutter H
    The Research Council of Norway - Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project - 320521 - $32,783.10
  • GRANT
    PhD Scholarship: Fertile Feeding Ground: Fertility, diet and the Australian Primary Health Care setting
    1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Pandelios G,
    • Campbell K
    NHMRC CRE (Monash) Funded Scholarship - $12,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $982,288.25
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - $380,000.00
  • GRANT
    Implementation action to prevent diabetes from Bump 2 Baby (IMPACT DIABETES B2B)
    1 Mar 2020 - 28 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Teede H,
    • Harrison C,
    • Skinner T,
    • Laws R,
    • Boyle J
    NHMRC-EU Collaborative Research Grant - APP1194234 - $31,180.00
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    1 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1161223 - $894,197.55
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    17 Apr 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants - $150,000.00
  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
    1 Feb 2016 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baur L,
    • Askie L,
    • Rissel C,
    • Moodie M,
    • Troste S
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - APP1101675 - $387,330.00
  • GRANT
    Aussie Salt Challenge. A web-based intervention to reduce salt intake in Victorian school children
    1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 100574 - $74,829.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Assessing dietary intakes among infants and toddlers in the InFANT study
    13 Apr 2015 - 26 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    Food Standards Australia New Zealand - $38,100.00
  • GRANT
    Txt4two: A mobile delivered intervention to promote healthy pregnancy weight gain
    29 Oct 2013 - 31 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation - Exploration Grants - $49,800.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Ongoing services - support of implementation of the Infant Program in Healthy Together Victoria Communities
    2 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Karen Campbell
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $83,197.18
  • GRANT
    Healthy Gigglers
    1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Research My World Pozible - $12,832.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Healthy Gigglers Pozible
    13 Jun 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Karen Campbell
    MLA Grant - Research - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited - $8,400.00
  • GRANT
    Centre Obesity Management and Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care
    17 Apr 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Harris M,
    • Bauman A,
    • Laws R,
    • Caterson I,
    • Campbell K
    Aust Primary Health Care Research Institute - Centres of Research Excellence in Primary Health Care - $190,970.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding current and future opportunites to promote healthy maternal weight during pregnancy and the post partum period
    1 Jan 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Scholarship - 1056392 - $75,620.75
  • GRANT
    Sidney Myer Health Scholarship 2012-2014 - Jane Willcox
    1 Mar 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Campbell K,
    • Willcox J
    Myer Foundation Grant & Sidney Myer Fund - $127,340.91
  • GRANT
    Enhancing the evidence base by value adding to an existing successful intervention for child obesity prevention. Getting healthy eating and active play right from the start.
    31 Mar 2011 - 31 Mar 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    WCRFI Grant - Research - World Cancer Research Fund International - 5717 - $361,917.86
  • GRANT
    Assessing sustainability of positive outcomes in a successful child obesity prevention intervention: Follow-up of The Melbourne InFANT Program
    1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Project Grant - 1008879 - $882,700.38
  • GRANT
    Reducing salt intake and salt preference in primary school children
    1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    NHF Grant - Research - National Heart Foundation of Australia - G 10M 5021 - $129,000.00
  • GRANT
    Strategies which aim to positively influence healthy weight in children aged one to five years. A systematic review of the literature.
    19 Feb 2008 - 19 Sep 2008
    People funded by this grant:
    CHP Grant - Research - Centre for Health Promotion - $12,000.00
  • GRANT
    Infant feeding, Activity and Nutrition (INFANT)
    1 Nov 2007 - 30 Jun 2008
    People funded by this grant:
    NHF Grant - Research - National Heart Foundation of Australia - $25,000.00
  • GRANT
    An RCT to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours from infancy: an interventaion to prevent childhood overweight
    21 Sep 2007 - 31 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Project Grant - 425801 - $537,639.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Supporting parents to promote children's healthy eating
    26 Apr 2007 - 25 Jun 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Karen Campbell
    VicHealth - 2006-0157 - $525,000.00