ProfessorKathryn Backholer

Professor

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

  • 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

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 TAUGHT
    Epidemiology for the National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Community Action Through Systems Thinking: Defining and Achieving Success
    Tiana Felmingham - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Supermarket Price Promotions from a Public Health Perspective
    Lily Maria Grigsby-Duffy - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Unhealthy Food Marketing in Digital and Supermarket Environments: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
    Christine Dove - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    How marketing of unhealthy nutritional products to adolescents impact consumption
    Max Treu - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mapping and Addressing Food Insecurity among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria.
    Chioma Vivian Anidi - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Protecting adolescents from digital marketing of unhealthy food and beverages in Nepal
    Seema Khadka - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Impact of Novel Tobacco Products and their Regulation on Indigenous Health
    Dwayne Ignotus Darcy - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Healthier food retail policies for children in low- and middle-income countries
    Jessica Louise Rose - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    What does it take to make a Systems Change in Public Health?
    Veronica Anne Mary Graham - School of Health and Social Development
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Advancing national monitoring and policy prioritisation of migrant and refugee food security in Australia
    Deborah Osborne - School of Health and Social Development
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Socio-economic and regional variation in childhood obesity prevalence and determinants
    Jane Jacobs - School of Health and Social Development - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Policy Opportunities to Equitably Promote Healthy Diets in High-Income Countries
    Christina Zorbas - School of Health and Social Development - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Commercial Determinants of Unhealthy Diets in East Asia
    Oliver Huse - School of Health and Social Development - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Digital Food Retail Environment and Population Health
    Rebecca Bennett - School of Health and Social Development - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identifying Opportunities to Improve the Retail Food Environment and Address Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases in Tonga
    Sela Ki Folau Fusi - School of Health and Social Development - 2026
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Commercial Determinants of Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
    Alessandro Connor Crocetti - School of Health and Social Development - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Strengthening Health Equity in Local-Level Policies and Programs
    Sally Schultz - School of Health and Social Development - 2025
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Childhood Communication Access and Mental Health Outcomes in Deaf Adults
    Ramunas McRae - School of Health and Social Development - 2026