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Dr

Rebecca Leech

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 3 522 78768 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Dr Rebecca Leech is a Registered Nutritionist and Nutritional Epidemiologist. Her research applies novel analytic approaches to understand adults' eating patterns, including the contextual influences on food choices and cardiometabolic health. Dr Leech is also interested in understanding how daily temporal patterns of diet, physical activity and sleep jointly influence health.

Research Groups
Dietary Patterns and Eating Behaviours, Insitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Lecturer
    Deakin University, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

MEDIA

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DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Master of Clinical Epidemiology
    University of Newcastle
  • Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)
    Monash University
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Monash University
  • Bachelor of Food Science & Nutrition (Honours)
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Health Sciences
    Deakin University

LANGUAGES

  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Behavioural epidemiology
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Public health nutrition
  • Biostatistics

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

RESEARCH STRENGTHS