ProfessorSeverine Lamon

Deputy Associate Dean Research

Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Deputy Associate Dean Research
    Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 45571 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Muscle physiology; Exercise physiology; Female physiology; Sex hormones; Sex and Gender studies; Cell biology; Non-coding RNAs; Epigenetics

Main current projects:

"Understanding the role of sex in ageing muscle " - ARC Discovery Project (Lamon S), 2025-2028

 

"Understanding the determinants of age-related muscle wasting in females" - ARC Future Fellowship (Lamon S), 2022-2025

"A review of medical curriculum, policy and research on sex and gender inclusion at the local, national and international levels and map out sex and gender bias in medical and public health research" - Victorian Department of Health (Huxley R, Lamon S, Haupt S), 2024-2025

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Performance and image enhancing drug use among women: Investigating the role support personnel have in facilitating or preventing use.
    1 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Social Science Research Grant Program - 3621 - $100,680.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding the role of sex in ageing muscle
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lamon S,
    • Harley V,
    • Eynon N,
    • Scott D,
    • O'Bryan S
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP250100932 - $730,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    A review of medical curriculum, policy and research on sex and gender inclusion at the local, national and international levels and map out sex and gender bias in medical and public health research
    30 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $327,708.92
  • GRANT
    Menstruation matters for participation in sport and active recreation
    22 Feb 2024 - 30 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (Vic) - OPP3373504 - $24,924.50
  • GRANT
    Beyond Injury Recovery: How Performance Support Practitioners Collaborate to Facilitate Holistic Athlete Wellbeing During the Return to Play Journey
    16 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    AIS Grant - Research - Australian Institute of Sport - AIS010525 - $35,798.00
  • GRANT
    Small genes with big potential - mitochondrial non-coding RNAs as new players in the regulation of heart disease
    25 Sep 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bernardo B,
    • Lamon S
    IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program - IPAP2023/0105 - $42,206.56
  • GRANT
    Developing an AW&E Toolkit: A qualitative study of athlete wellbeing and engagement (AW&E) management in Australian high-performance sport.
    23 Feb 2023 - 30 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    AIS Grant - Research - Australian Institute of Sport - 0001223 - $44,400.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Understanding the determinants of age-related skeletal muscle wasting in females.
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Severine Lamon
    ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships - FT210100278 - $941,120.00
  • GRANT
    Does endogenous testosterone determine athletic performance in females?
    1 Aug 2021 - 30 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    International Olympic Committee - Medical and Scientific Research Fund for Injury & Illness Prevention - RBU/cftr/2019-04 - $73,908.50
  • GRANT
    Can exercise slow down the epigenetic ageing clock?
    14 Aug 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Eynon N,
    • Voisin S,
    • Lamon S,
    • Levinger I
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP200101830 - $66,000.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 17 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lamon S,
    • Mikovic J
    Ballarat Health Services - INT-0734 - $22,400.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lamon S,
    • Mikovic J
    Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre - $1,573.45
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lamon S,
    • Mikovic J
    BHS - Host Site - $20,769.20
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Understanding the role of miRNAs in the biology of ageing muscle
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Severine Lamon
    ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - DE150100538 - $353,807.76