Chief Investigators
Professor Robin Daly
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Professor Robin Daly (PhD, FSMF, FASBMR) holds the position of Chair in Exercise and Ageing, co-leads the Preventing and Managing Chronic Diseases research domain and is Head of the Musculoskeletal Health and Mobility research group within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Kim Bennell
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM), in Physiotherapy at the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Professor Kim Bennell (BAppSci (physio), PhD) is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow in the Department of Physiotherapy, and the Director of the Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.
Associate Professor David Scott
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Associate Professor David Scott (PhD) is a joint NHMRC Career Development Fellow and NHMRC Investigator Grant (Emerging Leadership) holder within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
Prof Peter Ebeling
Department of Medicine/School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University
Professor Peter Ebeling (MBBS MD FRACP), AO, is Head of the Department of Medicine in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the new Chair of Healthy Bones Australia (formerly Osteoporosis Australia).
Professor Andrea Maier
Department of Medicine and Aged Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
Professor Maier (MD PhD) is the Professor of Ageing at the VU University Amsterdam and Professorial Fellow of Medicine and Aged Care at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. She is also currently the Divisional Director of Medicine and Community Care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Professor Lora Giangregorio
Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Canada
Professor Giangregorio (PhD) is a Schlegel Research Chair in Mobility and Aging at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Professor Rana Hinman
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine (CHESM) in Physiotherapy at the School of Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Professor Rana Hinman (BAppSci, PhD) is a physiotherapist, Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Exercise & Sports Medicine in the Department of Physiotherapy and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Professor Jennifer Watts
School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
Professor Jennifer Watts (PhD) is Head of School, Associate Head of School, International, of the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Harriet Koorts
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Dr Harriet Koorts (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow/Implementation Scientist in the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University, in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Catherine Milte
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Senior Lecturer | Registered Nutritionist
Research Team
Dr Jenny Gianoudis (Project coordinator)
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Dr Jenny Gianoudis (PhD) is a qualified physiotherapist and postdoctoral research fellow within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University. She is the project coordinator for the TeleFFIT trial.
Ms Belinda de Ross (Associate Project Co-ordinator)
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Belinda de Ross has completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences and is a research associate within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Deakin University.
Associate Investigators
Professor Ralph Maddison
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Professor Digital Health for Lifestyle and Disease Management.
Dr Jonathan Rawstorn
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Research Fellow | Health technology
Professor Liliana Orellana
Deakin University
Professor and Director of the Deakin University Biostatistics Unit
Dr Helen Brown
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Senior Lecturer