ProfessorKylie Hesketh

Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 46812 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Development of a Physical Literacy Indicator for the Australian Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Young People
    17 Mar 2026 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Sports Commission - Australina Development of a Physical Literacy Indicator for the Physical Activity Report Card for Children and You - RFQ 2026/990 - $45,933.80
  • GRANT
    Building collaboration in early childhood intervention for prevention of cardiovascular risk
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kylie Hesketh
    Heart Foundation Collaboration and Exchange Award (Collaborative Travel) - 110841-2025_C&E - $5,000.00
  • GRANT
    A nutrition and movement behaviour intervention for toddlers: efficacy, cost effectiveness and scale-up pathways
    1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles - MRF2031053 - $1,855,634.60
  • GRANT
    A mHealth intervention to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours from the start of life: The Health4Li
    5 Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) - $17,951.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Provision of research and digital services to support the development of frameworks to measure physical activity and physical literacy through the Sporting Schools Program
    Australian Sports Commission26 Jun 2022 - 18 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Review of, and update, the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity for Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia.
    8 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    National Health and Medical Research Council - RFQ Health/21-22/792 - $1,914,402.42
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Early childhood physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions to optimise heart health trajectories
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kylie Hesketh
    HF Future Leader Fellowship - Heart Foundation of Australia - 105929 - $651,572.00
  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood-Translate: (EPOCH-Translate)
    1 Nov 2021 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baur L,
    • Hesketh K,
    • Golley R,
    • Wen LM,
    • Laws R
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - GNT2006999 - $604,575.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of impact of Leisure and Aquatic facilities on the heath and wellbeing of the Boroondara community 2021-2023.
    1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Young Men's Christian Association of Victoria Inc - $568,216.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes.
    1 Feb 2021 - 5 Nov 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hesketh K,
    • Best K,
    • Bell L
    Ballarat Health Services - $30,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $982,288.25
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - $380,000.00
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    1 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1161223 - $894,197.55
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    YMCA Play project evaluation
    18 Oct 2019 - 30 Jun 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian YMCA Community Programming Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/02253 - $40,592.00
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    17 Apr 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants - $150,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of impact of Leisure and Aquatic facilities on the health and wellbeing of the Boroondara community.
    18 Feb 2019 - 31 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian YMCA Community Programming Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/00423 - $135,606.00
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    YMCA Victoria 'Physical Literacy at the Y' (PLAY) Program ('Move it AUS’ Participation Grant)
    Australian Sports Commission3 Feb 2019 - 24 Feb 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jerebine A,
    • Hnatiuk J,
    • Barnett L,
    • Downing K,
    • Hesketh K
  • GRANT
    Maximising health potential through enhancement of movement behaviours from early life
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hesketh K,
    • Salmon J,
    • Galland B,
    • Nicholson J,
    • Taylor R
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1162980 - $1,743,960.63
  • GRANT
    Preventing obesity and promoting healthy body image in Australian secondary schools: a web-based system tailored to individual needs
    1 Mar 2017 - 28 Feb 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1122840 - $1,366,295.60
  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood
    1 Feb 2016 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baur L,
    • Askie L,
    • Rissel C,
    • Moodie M,
    • Troste S
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - APP1101675 - $387,330.00
  • GRANT
    Investigating sedentary behaviour and screen time in early childhood
    1 Jan 2015 - 31 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship (old cat, do not use) - APP1092876 - $64,373.06
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Providing children with a healthy start to life: promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviours during early childhood
    1 Mar 2014 - 28 Oct 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kylie Hesketh
    ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships - FT130100637 - $779,293.03
  • GRANT
    Follow-up of the Healthy Active Preschool and Primary Years (HAPPY) cohort: tracking lifestyle behaviours from preschool through the primary school years.
    1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP140100554 - $628,893.86
  • GRANT
    Healthy Gigglers
    1 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Research My World Pozible - $12,832.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding current and future opportunites to promote healthy maternal weight during pregnancy and the post partum period
    1 Jan 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Scholarship - 1056392 - $75,620.75