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Associate ProfessorPenny Love

Associate Professor

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

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 522 78484 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public health nutrition, Food security, Cross cultural nutrition practices

Translational research, Dissemination and Implementation

 

Socio-ecological approaches to nutrition promotion

Food-based Dietary Guidelines


Projects
The Infant Feeding, Activity and Nutrition (Infant) Program - http://www.infantprogram.org

 

Research Groups

The Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) - http://www.deakin.edu.au/ipan

 

Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood (EPOCH) Centre for Research Excellence - EPOCH-Translate - Home (earlychildhoodobesity.com)

 

National Nutrition Network - National Nutrition Network | Promoting best practise food provision within Early Childhood Education and Care

 

 

GRANTS

  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Advancing early childhood nutrition policy: refining NutriPEAT and mapping food provision models
    Faculty of Health Research Capacity Building Grant Scheme (HAtCH), competitive internal grant1 Jan 2026 - 1 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Love P,
    • Spence A,
    • Sambell R,
    • Elford A,
    • Hesketh K
  • GRANT
    Co-designing healthy, equitable and sustainable rural fruit and veg distribution.
    1 Jun 2025 - 25 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth Impact Research Grant - FR-16653 - $250,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Response to the City of Greater Geelong Developing a healthy food policy approach Phase 2
    1 Apr 2024 - 31 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    City of Greater Geelong - D24-283445 - $22,272.73
  • GRANT
    A nutrition and movement behaviour intervention for toddlers: efficacy, cost effectiveness and scale-up pathways
    1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles - MRF2031053 - $1,855,634.60
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Enabling healthy, affordable, environmentally sustainable childcare food provision at scale (IPAN and National Nutrition Foundation collaboration)
    Faculty of Health Research Capacity Building Grant Scheme (HAtCH), competitive internal grant1 Jan 2024 - 1 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Love P,
    • Spence A,
    • Elford A,
    • Rozman M,
    • Hesketh K
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The evaluation of Vichealth's Food Hubs on local food systems.
    20 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - OPP-28432 - $148,426.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The City of Greater Geelong Developing a healthy food policy approach.
    1 Aug 2022 - 28 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    City of Greater Geelong - $18,181.81
  • GRANT
    Scaling up evidence based early-life nutrition interventions for community resilience and lifecourse health (Nutrition Now)
    1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Vik FN,
    • Hillesund ER,
    • Medin AC,
    • Kiland C,
    • Rutter H
    The Research Council of Norway - Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project - 320521 - $32,783.10
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $982,288.25
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Child obesity prevention project
    1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - $380,000.00
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    1 Dec 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1161223 - $894,197.55
  • GRANT
    Evaluating real-world implementation of an evidence-based program addressing lifestyle behaviours from the start of life
    17 Apr 2019 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - NHMRC Partnership Project Grants - $150,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    YCHANGe - A connected community and clinical journey to health - YSC and RFDS
    1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Royal Flying Doctors Service, Victoria Section - $80,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    YCHANGe obesity prevention mapping into physical activity determinants - environmental and personal
    10 May 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $120,000.00
  • GRANT
    A connected community and clinical journey to health
    1 Jun 2015 - 29 Jul 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    Ian Potter Foundation Grant - Research - 20150521 - $60,000.00
  • GRANT
    A connected community and clinical journey to health
    1 Jun 2015 - 29 Jul 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    Rural Northwest Health - $59,000.00