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DrPriscila Machado

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow

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

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  • NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 991 89061 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ultra-processed foods

Dietary patterns

Healthy and sustainable diets

Food systems

Nutritional Epidemiology

Public Health Nutrition

Nutrition policy

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    World Health Organization - Operational definition of ultra-processed foods for regulatory and policy-making
    10 Nov 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Priscila Machado
    World Health Organisation - WHO - $16,023.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Responding to the burden of chronic diseases attributable to ultra-processed foods in Australia
    1 May 2024 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • Priscila Machado
    NHMRC - Investigator Grant - 2034008 - $674,400.00
  • GRANT
    A communication framework to increase consumer understanding of ultra-processed foods in Australia
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Machado P,
    • McNaughton S,
    • Russell G,
    • Khandpur N
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 107268 - $72,277.12
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluating Thailand's nutrition profiling model against the NOVA food classification scheme.
    7 Jun 2021 - 7 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Thai Health Promotion Foundation (Mahidol University) - $22,355.00