ProfessorKathryn Backholer
Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
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- ProfessorFaculty 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
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Kathryn currently supervises 10 PhD students across the topics of children's online health harms, health equity, food security and global health.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- UNIT TAUGHTEpidemiology for the National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONCommunity Action Through Systems Thinking: Defining and Achieving Success
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigating Supermarket Price Promotions from a Public Health Perspective
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUnhealthy Food Marketing in Digital and Supermarket Environments: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHow marketing of unhealthy nutritional products to adolescents impact consumption
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMapping and Addressing Food Insecurity among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria.
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONProtecting adolescents from digital marketing of unhealthy food and beverages in Nepal
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Impact of Novel Tobacco Products and their Regulation on Indigenous Health
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHealthier food retail policies for children in low- and middle-income countries
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONWhat does it take to make a Systems Change in Public Health?
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAdvancing national monitoring and policy prioritisation of migrant and refugee food security in Australia
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSocio-economic and regional variation in childhood obesity prevalence and determinants
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONPolicy Opportunities to Equitably Promote Healthy Diets in High-Income Countries
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Commercial Determinants of Unhealthy Diets in East Asia
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Digital Food Retail Environment and Population Health
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONIdentifying Opportunities to Improve the Retail Food Environment and Address Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases in Tonga
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Commercial Determinants of Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONStrengthening Health Equity in Local-Level Policies and Programs
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONChildhood Communication Access and Mental Health Outcomes in Deaf Adults