DrKatie Lacy

Associate Head of School

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

  • Associate Head of School
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 522 73477 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Team of the Year Award: Together Everyone Achieves More, 2022
    7 Dec 2022
    This award recognises a team within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. 'Nutrition & Food First-Year Unit Chairs: A Community of Practice' was selected by an Emeritus Professor Judging Panel in the first year of this award.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Ian Seet Memorial Staff Engagement Award, 2018
    This award was created in honour of Ian Seet to recognise an individual within the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences staff who has made a significant difference to the School throughout the year, through their outstanding performance and staff engagement.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Registered Nutritionist (2020-present)
    5 May 2020
    Nutrition Society of Australia
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (2012-2015)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Founding member of Special Interest Group for Nutrition Education & Tertiary Teaching (SIGNETT)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    4 Dec 2024
    2024 Annual Meeting of Nutrition Society of Australia, 4-6 December 2024, Sydney, Australia. What do adolescents know about food energy? (oral presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2017 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition, 26-29 November 2017, Adelaide, Australia. Predictors of vegetable and fruit intakes among Australian children aged 18 months (oral presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2014 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), 21-24 May 2014, San Diego, CA, USA. 'Predictors of Diet Quality Among Australian Preschool Children' (poster presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2012 Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society, 18-20 October 2012, Auckland, New Zealand. Critical Design Features for Establishing an Australian Childhood Obesity Monitoring Program (poster presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2011 Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society, 20-22 October 2011, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Opt-out consent for an Australian childhood obesity monitoring program (oral presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), 15-18 June 2011, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Leisure time screen-based media use and physical activity are associated with health-related quality of life among Australian adolescents (poster presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2007 Annual Scientific Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO; The Obesity Society), 20-24 October 2007, New Orleans, LA, USA. Decreasing the energy density of multiple foods reduces preschool childrens energy intake over two days (oral presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    Experimental Biology 2007, 28 April - 2 May 2007, Washington, DC, USA. How do energy density and portion size of an entree influence preschool childrens energy intake? (oral presentation).
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference presentation
    2006 Annual Scientific Meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO; The Obesity Society), 20-24 October 2006, Boston, MA, USA. Does the energy density of an entree influence childrens energy intake? (oral presentation).