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Chief Investigators

Positions shown as at time of appointment.

Professor Neville Owen, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Alfred Deakin Professor Jo Salmon, Co-director, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University

Professor Stewart Trost, Faculty of Health, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, Queensland University of Technology

Professor David Dunstan, Baker Institute Fellow and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Professor Elizabeth Eakin, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Director, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland

Dr Genevieve Healy, Heart Foundation/NHMRC Research Fellow, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Queensland

Professor Bronwyn Kingwell, NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Professor Gavin Lambert, Human Neurotransmitters Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Professor Anna Timperio, National Heart Foundation of Australia Future Leader Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University

Associate Investigators

Theme 1: Measurement Development

Dr Weng-Keen Wong, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, USA

Dr Sebastien Chastin, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland

Dr Charles Matthews, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, USA

Professor Christine Friedenreich, Department of Population Health Research, Alberta Health Services, Faculties of Medicine and Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada

Theme 2: Mechanisms and Dose-Response

Professor Marc Hamilton, Inactivity Physiology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, USA

Professor Daniel Green, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia

Professor Robin Daly, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University

Dr Elisabeth Lambert, Human Neurotransmitters Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Professor Nicola Lautenschlager, Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne University

Theme 3: Interventions

Professor Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Department Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University

Associate Professor Mai Chin A Paw, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam

Professor Stuart Biddle, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK

Professor Ester Cerin, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University

Professor James F Sallis, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Trevor Shilton, Director, Cardiovascular Health, National Heart Foundation of Australia

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr Bronwyn Clark, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, University of Queensland

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