Associate ProfessorLuana Main

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 45030 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Dr Luana Main teaches into the Masters of Applied Sport Science.
2018-2020 Deputy Course Director of the Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (H343).
Previously (2010-2020) she taught into the undergraduate courses H343, D333, and D394.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    HSE309 Cognitive and Behavioural Aspects of Sport and Exercise
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Physiology and Performance During Consecutive Days of Occupational Heat Stress
    Daniel Moore - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Effects of Exercise on Inflammation, Well-Being and Low Back Pain
    Romina Gollan - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring the Role of Physical Activity in University Student Mental Health
    Gary Anthony Skinner - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Natural language processing (NLP)-based quantitative risk assessment in workplace health and safety
    Maedeh Haghirad - School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Validating next-generation novel wearables for non-invasive health and performance monitoring
    Dominik Cerveny - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Body Centric E-Textile Design for Monitoring Recovery and Performance Transition from Supervised Care to Self-Directed Active Living
    Patricia Mwenda - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Monitoring training loads and athlete wellness: relationships with rowing performance
    Jacqueline Tran - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Self-Report Measures in Athletic Preparation
    Anna Saw - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sleep restriction across a simulated firefighting deployment: The impact on acute stress responses
    Alexander Wolkow - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Effects of Dual-Task Functional Power Training on Cognitive Function, Well-Being and Inflammatory and Neurological Markers in Older Adults
    Jamie Tait - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    An Investigation of the Talent Development Environment of Caribbean Track and Field Athletes
    Candice Elaine Thomas - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Psycho-physiological Responses During Military Training: Implications for Soldier Monitoring
    Sean Bulmer - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Soldier Performance Management: The Utility of Heart Rate Variability to Evaluate Allostatic Load
    Sean Corrigan - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Importance of Sleep in Youth Athletes
    Tanisha Tate - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2025