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

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Professor Hesketh supervises postgraduate students including PhD, Masters by Research and Honours. She was awarded the Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2019. She has served on the University's Thesis Examination Committee and School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences HDR Committee.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Do physical activity and sleep benefit toddlers self-regulation development?
    Abhigale Frauline Leonora D'Cruz - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Physical activity and postnatal depression amongst fathers
    Maria Apostolopoulos - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding the associations between infant feeding, early lifestyle behaviours, and cardiovascular outcomes in children
    Saeed Ghobadi - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Well-being and weight status in childhood ? A study based on data from community health nurses.
    Lis Larsen - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Multidimensional Correlates of Preschool Children's Physical Activity
    Trina Hinkley - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2011
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Fathers' impact on the dietary and physical activity behaviours of children aged 0-5 years
    Adam David Walsh - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mediators of Dietary Patterns in an Intervention to Improve Early Childhood Nutrition
    Alison Spence - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2012
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding young children's physical activity
    Jill Amber Hnatiuk - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Opportunities to promote healthy maternal weight during and following pregnancy
    Paige Felicity Van Der Pligt - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Intervening to reduce sedentary behaviour in early childhood
    Katherine Louise Downing - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Theta Burst Stimulation and Cognition in Ageing and Parkinsons Disease.
    Catherine Offer - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Can physical activity improve children's academic-related outcomes?
    Amanda Watson - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Physical activity, adiposity and preclinical cardiovascular phenotypes in preschool children
    Lisa Bell - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Early childhood obesity prevention: understanding Chinese Australian mothers breastfeeding practices
    Konsita Kuswara - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding behavioural patterns in children
    Ninoshka Josephine Dsouza - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Co-designing a Parent Feeding Intervention Centred on Fussy Eating
    Brittany Markides - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Physical Activity and Parenting Confidence in Parents of Young Children
    Cynthia Smith - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2026
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Engaging Fathers to Promote Positive Health Behaviours in Early Childhood
    Mathew John Gaynor - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2025