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DrSimone Verswijveren

(she/her)

Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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

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  • Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 45224 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

GRANTS

  • FELLOWSHIP
    FEATURED
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    Moving together: 24-hour movement behaviours and their long-term associations with cardiometabolic health markers
    1 Jul 2026 - 31 Oct 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • Simone Verswijveren
    NHF Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - National Heart Foundation of Australia - 110533-2025 - $151,200.00
  • GRANT
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Moving together: How movement behaviours of young children and their parents shape their long-term health
    9 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Simone Verswijveren
    Jack Brockhoff Foundation Grant - Research - 29045 - $73,908.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Deakin University18 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
    Unravelling complexity: investigating activity patterns for children’s optimal cardiometabolic health
  • GRANT
    Fibion Helix
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • HIAM D,
    • Contardo Ayala AM
  • GRANT
    NavScreen – a co-designed and scalable intervention to help parents navigate and promote healthier screen time habits from early childhood: A randomized controlled trial
    Forte 3-year establishment grant1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2029
  • GRANT
    Guardian 4 system transmitters (Continuous Glucose Monitors)
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Contardo Ayala AM,
    • Hiam D
  • GRANT
    MRFF 2023 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles. A nutrition and movement behaviour intervention for toddlers: efficacy, cost effectiveness and scale-up pathways.
    Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hesketh K
    Associate Investigator
  • GRANT
    Navigating screen time in early childhood: parents’ perceptions and attitudes to screen time and feasibility of a co-designed digital intervention
    Henning and Johan Throne-Holst Foundation Project Grant (Sweden and Norway)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
  • GRANT
    New activity monitors to assess physical activity, sedentary time and sleep
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Contardo Ayala AM
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of impact of Leisure and Aquatic facilities on the health and wellbeing of the Boroondara community
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hesketh K
  • TENDER
    Testing the effectiveness and perceptions of the ‘[Company name withheld - confidential]’: an activity monitor to get children more active
    [Company name withheld - confidential]1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Arundell L,
    • Chappel S
  • PRIZE / AWARD
    International Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
    Deakin University1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Verswijveren S