Research
The Nutrition and Dietetics Program at ECU is engaged with several large collaborative nutrition and health research projects which enrich the research/learning and teaching nexus and provide work experience and post-graduate research opportunities for students.
Current research projects include:
- Joondalup Spinal Health Project
- Perth longitudinal study of Calcium and Bone Health of Elderly Women
- 2008 Child and Adolescent Physical Activity survey (CAPANS)
- Child Nutrition and Genome Health Study
- The Australian Study of Causes of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Children (AUSALL)
- The Australian Study of Childhood Brain Tumours (AUSCBT)
- Portfolio approaches to Prevention of Childhood Obesity in the Pre-school Years