ProfessorNicole Kiss
Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
- ProfessorFaculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
- +61 3 924 68858 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nicole's research investigates early identification and management of cancer-related malnutrition, muscle loss and sarcopenia, interventions to optimise nutritional and functional outcomes during and after cancer therapy with a particular focus on body composition and the evaluation of novel models of health care delivery.
Projects:
Establishing Pathways to Improved Care for Cancer-related Sarcopenia (EPICCS) https://deakin.edu.au/epiccs
e-ENHANCE: a web-platform to deliver personalised nutrition and exercise support for people at risk of cancer-related malnutriton and muscle loss
i-OPTIC: an intelligent online platform enabling real time prediction of the risk of mortalityfor an individual related to cancer-related malnutrition https://ioptic.com.au/
GRANTS
- GRANTTeleCARE: A personalised, clinician-supported, virtual care telehealth exercise, nutrition, education, behaviour change and peer support model for cancer-related fatigue1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2030People funded by this grant:
- Daly R,
- Bolam K,
- Howden E,
- Via JD,
- Hutchinson A
- GRANTRevolutionising sarcopenia care for people living with cancer: Establishing effective screening and referral pathways into evidence-based treatment in rural and specialist cancer services1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Kiss N,
- Bauer J,
- Prado C,
- Alston L,
- Hutchinson A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCARER HUB: A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARER RESEARCH, TRANSLATION & IMPACT22 Aug 2023 - 28 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- GRANTPhD Scholarship: Investigating cancer nutrition priority areas and optimal cancer nutrition models of care following cancer treatment12 Jun 2023 - 11 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Kiss N,
- Loeliger J,
- Ugalde A,
- Porter J
- GRANTiCare - An interactive online portal to improve health and wellbeing for people living with complex cancers, and their informal carers: a Phase II randomised controlled trial1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- White V,
- Orellana L,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Jefford M
- GRANTiCare - An interactive online portal to improve health and wellbeing for people living with complex cancers, and their informal carers: a Phase II randomised controlled trial1 Feb 2023 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Livingston T,
- White V,
- Orellana L,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Jefford M
- GRANTAn intelligent online platform to predict adverse outcomes from cancer-related malnutrition using the GLIM criteria1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2023People funded by this grant:
- Kiss N,
- Khosravi A,
- Alizadehsani R,
- Steer B,
- Schueren MDVD
- FELLOWSHIPPredicting muscle loss during lung cancer treatment: the PREDICT study15 Feb 2019 - 14 Sep 2024People funded by this grant:
- Nicole Kiss