DrPriscila Machado

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow

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

  • 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

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    ABC Melbourne Radio "The Conversation hour"
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    The Conversation, 8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed and how to spot them
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Croakey Health Media Ultra-processed foods: an environmental hazard
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    The Conversation Ultra-processed foods: global analysis shows they arent well sign-posted
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    BBC Future How processed foods became so unhealthy
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    The house of wellness The ultra-processed foods to avoid (and what to eat instead)
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    The Conversation "The rise of ultra-processed foods and why theyre really bad for our health"
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Herald Sun "Food branded as healthy in supermarkets are making people fat and sick, study finds"
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Reuters Health "Ultra-processed foods linked to diabetes risk"
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Education in Nutrition News "The revolt against ultra-processed foods"
  • AFFILIATION
    Nutrition Society of Australia
  • AFFILIATION
    Brazilian Alliance for Healthy Diets (Alianca pela Alimentacao Adequada e Saudavel)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2023 Oceanic Nutrition Leadership Platform (ONLP) Course Scholarship Nutrition Trust
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2018 Sao Paulo Research Foundation Research Internship Abroad Scholarship
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2017 Sao Paulo Research Foundation PhD Scholarship
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2016 International Development Research Centre/World Nutrition Cape Town 2016 - Post Conference Meeting Healthy Food Systems: Collaborations in Advancing the Research & Policy Agenda Travel Award
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2015 Sao Paulo Research Foundation MSc Scholarship
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    2014 Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel MSc Scholarship
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    2020-2023 - "Advancing the research and policy agenda for sustainable healthy diets: a novel approach to evaluate diet quality"
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    High-level report (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/FAO):
  • CAREER HIGHLIGHT
    CA Monteiro, G Cannon, M Lawrence, MLC Louzada, PP Machado. Ultra-processed foods, diet quality, and health using the NOVA classification system. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Report 2019.