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DrKatherine Downing

Senior Lecturer

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

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 46088 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr Downing's research interests include:
* Objective measurement of young children's movement behaviours
* Patterns of young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour and associated health outcomes
* Parental influences on young children's movement behaviours
* Opportunities to support parents to optimise their young children's movement behaviours

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    A nutrition and movement behaviour intervention for toddlers: efficacy, cost effectiveness and scale-up pathways
    1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles - MRF2031053 - $1,855,634.60
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    YMCA Play project evaluation
    18 Oct 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian YMCA Community Programming Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/02253 - $40,592.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of impact of Leisure and Aquatic facilities on the health and wellbeing of the Boroondara community.
    18 Feb 2019 - 31 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian YMCA Community Programming Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/00423 - $135,606.00
  • GRANT
    Maximising health potential through enhancement of movement behaviours from early life
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1162980 - $1,743,960.63
  • GRANT
    Investigating sedentary behaviour and screen time in early childhood
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship (old cat, do not use) - APP1092876 - $64,373.06