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ProfessorKathryn Backholer

Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3323-575X (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 43836 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Kathryn regularly engages with the media in relation to her research, including features in the documentary Magda Szubanski's Big National Health Check, the New York Times, ABC Life Matters, The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC Background Briefing, among others.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Finalist Health and Medical Research Award 2025-26 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jun 2026
    The SCANNER team at Deakin University has been named a finalist in the 2025–26 Research Australia Health and Medical Research Awards, a prestigious national recognition spanning Australia's entire health and medical research sector. The team is a finalist in the Frontiers Award, which recognises research breaking new ground in how health challenges are understood and addressed. SCANNER uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect harmful marketing, such as alcohol and unhealthy food advertising, across digital platforms, generating evidence to inform public health policy.
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  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Deakin Vice Chancellor award for international partnerships for work on advancing adolescents girls nutrition across South Asia with UNICEF
    1 Feb 2026 - 1 Feb 2026
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    The Institute of Health Transformation Impact Award 2024 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    16 Dec 2024
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  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    HSD Recognition for Collaborative Teams Award
    1 Nov 2024
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Deakin Vice Chancellor award for mid-career research excellence
    1 Feb 2022 - 1 Feb 2026
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2020 Finalist Research Australia Data Innovation award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2018 Victorian Tall Poppy Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2018 Deakin Health and Social Development Research Excellence Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2014 Heart Foundation Collaboration and Exchange Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2013 annual Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society Young Investigator Award
  • PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
    Board member of Public Health Association of Australia
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2022 Awarded a Fellowship to the Public Health Association of Australia
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2021 Finalist Research Australia Data Innovation award
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2019 Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2018 Victorian Australia Institute of Policy and Science Tall Poppy Award
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2014 Collaboration and Exchange Award from the National Heart Foundation
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2013 Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society Young Investigator Award
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2012-2017 National Heart Foundation Early Career Researcher Fellowship