ProfessorColin Bell
Professor of Public Health
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Health Transformation
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- Professor of Public HealthFaculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 522 78043 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Food systems, nutrition epidemiology, intervention design, delivery and evaluation, health promotion, childhood obesity prevention, program management, creating healthy environments, non-communicable disease prevention and control
GRANTS
- GRANTCo-designing healthy, equitable and sustainable rural fruit and veg distribution.1 Jun 2025 - 25 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Russell C,
- Bell C,
- Livingstone K,
- Hadjikakou M,
- Ananthapavan J
- GRANTTechnical support on Assessment of School Nutrition Policies, Interventions and Programmes, and Marketing of Unhealthy Food to Children in Europe and Central Asia21 Jan 2025 - 21 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Backholer K,
- Reeve E,
- Bell C,
- Jacobs J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe evaluation of Vichealth's Food Hubs on local food systems.20 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lindberg R,
- Reeve E,
- Wingrove K,
- Bolton K,
- Love P
- GRANTSystems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Wolfenden L,
- Nichols M
- GRANTSystems Thinking with Active Implementation Research (STAIR) to prevent childhood obesity: an effectiveness-implementation trial1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2028People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Wolfenden L,
- Nichols M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHConnecting the Dots Phase Two: VLGP ModuleVicHealth1 Feb 2022 - 31 Oct 2023People funded by this grant:
- Hayward J,
- Allender S,
- Strugnell C,
- Whelan J,
- Bolton K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHWHCG Cafe Policy Implementation and Evaluation.1 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Whelan J,
- Bell C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSystems Thinking Approaches to Municipal PlanningVicHealth1 Mar 2021 - 1 Feb 2022People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Strugnell C,
- Whelan J,
- Bolton K,
- Bell C
- INTERNAL GRANTRESPOND: COVID-Impacted Research Projects SchemeDeakin University1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Hayward J,
- Allender S,
- Strugnell C,
- Swinburn B,
- Nichols M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDiet related tax impact assessments (Pacific)4 Dec 2020 - 31 Mar 2021People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Nguyen P,
- Reeve E,
- Bell C,
- Moodie M
- GRANTDeveloping novel methods to monitor the digital marketing of products that increase the risk of cancer to children: An intelligent systems approach1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Backholer K,
- Bhatti A,
- Lim CP,
- Peeters A,
- Bell C
- GRANTScaling up food policy interventions to reduce noncommunicable diseases in the Pacific Islands1 Jun 2019 - 31 May 2024People funded by this grant:
- Webster J,
- Bell C,
- Thow A-M,
- Waqa G,
- Allender S
- COMPETITIVE GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Nov 2018 - 1 Oct 2023People funded by this grant:
- Peeters A,
- Neal B,
- Brimblecombe J,
- Allender S,
- Cameron A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslate a community-based and 'systems informed' childhood obesity intervention.1 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2019People funded by this grant:
- Strugnell C,
- Allender S,
- Nichols M,
- Peeters A,
- Bell C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHProvision of food policy research and dissemination support to the Inter-Regional initiative for SIDS in the Pacific19 Aug 2017 - 30 Aug 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Webster J,
- Thow A-M
- GRANTEnhancing wellness in Fiji30 Jun 2017 - 22 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bell C,
- Moodie M,
- Allender S,
- Tukana I,
- Kubuabola I
- GRANTWhole of System Trial for Obesity Prevention in Childhood Obesity (WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity)1 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Millar L,
- Hovmand P,
- Bell C,
- Moodie M
- GRANTWhole of System Trial for Obesity Prevention in Childhood Obesity (WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity)1 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Millar L,
- Hovmand P,
- Bell C,
- Moodie M
- GRANTSTICK-E Healthy Eating - Systems Thinking In Community Knowledge Exchange1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Allender S,
- Creighton D,
- Johnstone M,
- Bell C,
- Swinburn B
- CONTRACT RESEARCHYCHANGe - A connected community and clinical journey to health - YSC and RFDS1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Whelan J,
- Bell C,
- Love P,
- Allender S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHYCHANGe obesity prevention mapping into physical activity determinants - environmental and personal10 May 2016 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Whelan J,
- Love P,
- Allender S,
- Bell C
- GRANTA connected community and clinical journey to health1 Jun 2015 - 29 Jul 2016People funded by this grant:
- Love P,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Bell C
- GRANTA connected community and clinical journey to health1 Jun 2015 - 29 Jul 2016People funded by this grant:
- Love P,
- Whelan J,
- Allender S,
- Bell C
- GRANTCentre of Research Excellence on Policy Research on Obesity and Food Systems1 Nov 2012 - 30 Oct 2017People funded by this grant:
- Carter R,
- Swinburn B,
- Moodie M,
- Osborne R,
- Bell C
