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Associate Professor

Kirsten Howlett

Associate Professor

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

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 522 72563 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

Dr Kirsten Howlett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Exercise and
Nutrition Sciences. She actively participates in undergraduate teaching
programs in physiology, and supervisors higher degree research students. Dr
Howlett is a member of the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
(I-PAN) and her research program is focused on understanding the physiological
and cellular responses to exercise with the aim of providing insight into the
maintenance of health, and prevention and treatment of disease.

Research Groups
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN)

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor
    Deakin University, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of Melbourne
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Science
    University of Melbourne

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Clinical sciences
  • Biochemistry and cell biology
  • Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
  • Medical physiology
  • Sports science and exercise

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition