Emeritus ProfessorKylie Ball

Founder and past convenor, ISBNPA Special Interest Group, Socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition, physical activity and sedentary behaviours

International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (Past-President and Fellow)

Nutrition and Physical Activity. One of only 5 inaugural Fellows (and the first female fellow). Recognition of substantial contribution to the Society.

2015, 2016 and 2017. Recognised as a Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. highlycited.com states: Highly Cited Researchers represent some of worlds most influential scientific minds. About three thousand researchers earned this distinction by writing the greatest number of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Papers ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, earning them the mark of exceptional impact.

Four national competitive research fellowships:

2013-2018: $714,745 National Health & Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellowship.

2008-2012: $595,000, National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship.

2004-2008: $426,250. NHMRC/NHF Partnership Career Development Award.

2001-2004: $221,515 National Health and Medical Research Council: Public Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

2013: Winner, Promoting Healthy Eating category, VicHealth Award: Healthy Eating Through Price Reduction & Skill-Building Program, conducted in partnership with the National Heart Foundation of Australia and Coles Supermarkets.

2012: InFANT project team awarded the Professor David Hill Award for Knowledge and Translation from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation for the INFANT project.

2010: Winner, 2010 Deakin University Researcher of the Year Award

The 2010 Vice-Chancellors Award for Distinguished Research; and

The 2010 Vice-Chancellors Award for Research Excellence.

2009: Inducted as an Inaugural Fellow, International Society for Behavioural

2008-9: Overall Winner, Victorian Young Tall Poppy of the Year Award

This prize, awarded by the Australian Institute of Science & Policy, recognizes outstanding achievement in any field of science, as well as defined excellence in community engagement.

2006: Applied Research in Sport and Recreation Science Award. Switch-Play, Deakin University. Sport and Recreation Awards, Department for Victorian Communities, 12th October 2006.

2003: Vice Chancellors Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher

2002: NHMRC Travelling Award to visit Cambridge University, UK as a visiting scientist

Selected invited presentations since 2011 (from career total of >220 scientific presentations)

Traversing myths and mountains: Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in the promotion of nutrition and physical activity behaviours. Invited keynote presentation. Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2015.

Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity: Why do they arise, and what can we do about them? Invited symposium speaker. Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Nov 2014.

Physical Activity in women. Distinguished discussant. 4th International Conference on Physical Activity and Public Health, Sydney, Nov 2012.

Current gaps in the field and potential opportunities. Invited ECR workshop presenter. 2013 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Ghent, Belgium, May 2013.