ProfessorRachel Huxley

Deakin Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean

Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean
    Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health
  • +61 3 924 68384 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Projects
Current Research Grants
* 01/16 - 12/18
NHMRC Project Grant (APP1103242) "Obesity, Prediabetes and Diabetes: Maximising the evidence, minimizing the cost" ($483K) Role: CIA.
* 01/17 - 12/19 NHMRC Project Grant (APP1128231): "The health effects of electronic-cigarettes" $571,260 (CIC)
* 01/17 - 12/20 NHMRC Project Grant APP1121844: "Leveraging women's health data resources to reduce chronic disease risk and extend healthspan" $763,845, (CIC)
* 01/18 - 12/21 NMHRC Project Grant APP1144573: "Monitoring changes in CT scanning usage to minimise cancer risk?" $606,000 (CID)
* 01/18 - 12/18 Australian Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant: "How well are individuals with CHD managed in primary care?" ($77,000) (CIA)
* 05/19 - 04/24 Centre of Research Excellence on Women and Non-communicable Disease (CRE WaND): Prevention and Detection (2019-2024) NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence ($2,495,848) (CIH).

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    A review of medical curriculum, policy and research on sex and gender inclusion at the local, national and international levels and map out sex and gender bias in medical and public health research
    30 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $327,708.92
  • GRANT
    The commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: building the evidence and co-designing action
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Ideas Grant - GNT2027736 - $1,223,516.60
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Understanding the antecedents of mental health conditions of Australian Defence Force personnel and veterans.
    9 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    NeuroSciences Victoria Ltd - $44,149.41
  • GRANT
    Mapping sex differences in the journey of an individual with coronary heart disease through the healthcare system
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Huxley R,
    • Boyd J,
    • Lee C,
    • Robinson S,
    • Randall S
    NHMRC - Ideas Grant - 2011209 - $843,258.40
  • GRANT
    PRogrEssion of DIabetic ComplicaTions - PREDICT
    1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shaw J,
    • Magliano D,
    • Huxley R,
    • Wijngaarden PV,
    • Speight J
    NHMRC - Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant - GNT2000540 - $162,292.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Breathe Melbourne - A Citizen Science in Melbourne's Inner West Primary School.
    1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Government Department of Health - $40,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Breathe Melbourne - A Citizen Science in Melbourne's Inner West Primary School.
    1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Transport - $44,950.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Breathe Melbourne - A Citizen Science in Melbourne's Inner West Primary School.
    1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Environment Protection Authority - $10,000.00