PRC for Physical Activity and (PRC-PAN) 2019 Annual Report

Named Research Investigators:

Professor Ron Plotnikoff Mitch Duncan Professor Clare Collins Professor Erica James (0.5FTE) Professor Philip Morgan Associate Professor Tracy Burrows Professor Robin Callister Dr Melinda Hutchesson Professor Manohar Garg Associate Professor Ben Dascombe Professor David Lubans (0.8FTE)

Key Highlights from 2019

Grants/scholarship • 24 externally-funded grants awarded/commenced totalling over $6.7 million with 5 x Category 1 grants (including ARC, NHMRC and Heart Foundation), 3 x Category 2 grants, and 16 x Category 3 grants.

Notable grants included: • Daughters and Dads: Active and Empowered receiving $2.4 million from Office of Sport NSW for rollout of program throughout NSW • A/Prof Tracy Burrows being awarded a 5-year NHMRC Investigator Grant $1.55million • Professor David Lubans commenced 5-year NHMRC Research fellowship $734K

Publications • 175 unique publications [co-]authored by our 11 Named Research Investigators.

HDR students • 14 HDR completions supervised by our 11 Named Research Investigators • 57 current HDR students being supervised by our 11 Named Research Investigators

Awards to PRCPAN staff and students • Prof Clare Collins - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Services (AAHMS) - Fellow of the Nutrition Society of (NSA) - Community Acknowledgement of Research Excellence Hunter Children’s Research Foundation (HCRF) • Dr Myles Young - BUPA Foundation’s Emerging Health Researcher Award for 2019 • Dr Jordan Smith - ACHPER international conference Early Career Researcher award & 1st prize in 2019's philanthropic, peer-reviewed, funding from HMRI • Prof Dave Lubans - One of Clarivate’s most highly cited researchers of 2019 • Prof Clare Collins – 2019 national field leader for research in Nutrition Science, calculated from publicly available data over the last 5 years for ‘The Australian - Higher Education Research Supplement • Prof Philip Morgan - ISBNPA Best paper Award for the Children and Families Specialist Interest Group • PhD student Anna Rayward - ISBNPA Best Presentation Award for the e & mHealth Specialist Interest Group • Dr Lisa Vincze was awarded the Dr Dave Roberts Memorial Award in Food and Nutritional Science. Awarded based on high academic merit to a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Nutrition and Dietetics; supported by International Life Sciences Institute SEA Region Asia.

Key Highlights from 2019 (continued…)

UON Awards • Emma Pollock and Maria Murphy - UON Finalists for 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) and winners of the Faculty of Education and Arts 3MT awards. • Angus Leahy - Winner of FEDUA Research Higher Degree Research Excellence Award • Natasha Whyte and Ilyse Jones - FEDUA Dean's Excellence Award

Events • PRCPAN hosted 11 Public Seminars with international collaborators • PRCPAN hosted 2 research seminar series • PRCPAN held 2 staff and student Forums • PRCPAN hosted 3 stalls at the HMRI Open Day in October 2019 showcasing Nutrition and Physical Activity and PRCPAN activities. • PRCPAN Nutrition and Dietetics researchers (Dr Rebecca Haslam, Dr Kirrilly Pursey, Dr Lee Ashton, Dr Jessica Ferguson, Dr Kerith Duncanson, Dr Emma Beckett, Dr Megan Whatnall & Dr Jacklyn Jackson) organised the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) 2019 national conference in Newcastle from 2-5 December 2019. The event attracted over 270 delegates from nutrition, , policy, animal and science backgrounds.

Other 2019 achievements • Promotions – Lesley Macdonald-Wicks and Mitch Duncan both promoted to Associate . • PRCPAN featured in Developing a Program of Research book which was published in 2019. Chapter 13 was co-authored by PRCPAN’s Director Ron Plotnikoff, together with the theme leaders and Centre Coordinator - Australia’s University of Newcastle’s Interdisciplinary, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition: Our Ten-Year Journey (Ronald Plotnikoff, Clare Collins, Philip Morgan, Manohar Garg, Robin Callister, David Lubans, & Natasha Whyte). • In July 2019, Professor Clare Collins accepted the role of sole Editor in Chief of the Nutrition Journal. • Documentaries - Professor Clare Collins and Dr Rebecca Haslam featured on two episodes of ABC’s Ask the Doctor series - Food Part 1 & 2 in June/July 2019.

PRCPAN’s Strategic Report on KPIs

1. Increase number and quality of peer‐reviewed publications

In 2019, our 11 Named Research Investigators1* [co-]authored 175 unique publications (source: NURO). By comparison in 2018, our 10 Named Research Investigators [co-]authored 136 unique journal articles. This represents a 22% increase in publications in 2019.

To quantify the quality of our publications, we used both SJR Rank (Field Weighted Metrix) and SCImago (Quartile rating). In 2019, 59% of our 175 peer-reviewed journal articles had an SJR rank of >1 meaning these publications have been cited more than would be expected based on the world average for similar publications. 34% of our 175 peer-reviewed journal articles are ranked in the Top Quartile of journals in our fields. These fields include Nutrition and Dietetics; Sports Science; Medicine; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. PRC-PAN researchers aim to maintain or increase this percentage in the coming years.

The quality of outputs is reflected by the ERA ratings of ‘5’ in 2012, 2015 and 2018 outcomes for Human Movement and Sports Science and Nutrition and Dietetics (our 6 PRC-PAN Theme Leaders are the major contributors to these ratings).

2. Attract high quality HDR candidates, mentor, and successfully complete studies in a timely manner with career pathways to Post‐Doctoral opportunities

Our 11 Named Research Investigators currently [co-]supervise 57 HDR students and completed 14 HDR students in 2019 which is over double last year’s graduates. Additionally, PRC-PAN researchers supervise many domestic Honours students to attract high quality PhD candidates to the Centre. The completed PhD students for 2019 were:

Principal Name Title Co-Supervisor Supervisor Development and Evaluation of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Physical Beatrice Murawski Mitch Duncan Ron Plotnikoff Activity and Sleep Health in Adults: the Synergy Study Development and Evaluation of the ENRICH (Exercise and Nutrition Routine Improving Fiona Stacey Cancer Health) Healthy Lifestyle Program for Erica James David Lubans Cancer Survivors and Carers: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Evaluation of Education Strategies to Megan Rollo Hannah Brown Optimise Nutrition and Dietary Knowledge in Clare Collins Tamara Bucher Pregnant Women

1 The PRCPAN Named researchers increased from 10 to 11 in 2019 with A/Prof Ben Dascombe returning to UON. A/Prof Dascombe was listed in the original PRC application but then worked interstate at another institution.

Enhancing the Lipid-Lowering Potential of Jessica Ferguson Phytosterols in Hypercholesterolaemic Manohar Garg Individuals Nutrition's Role in the Management of Tracy Burrows Katherine Brain Clare Collins Chronic Pain Megan Rollo Long-chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Kylie Abbott Manohar Garg Tracy Burrows Acids, Sex Hormones, and Insulin Resistance

Development and Evaluation of a Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Aerobic and Muscular Fitness Among Adults Magdalena Wilczynska Ron Plotnikoff David Lubans At-Risk of, or Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes: The ‘Ecofit’ Randomised Controlled Trial An Exploration of Low Doses of Exercise on Margaret Galloway Cardiorespiratory Fitness in People with Robin Callister Chronic Stroke The Development and Evaluation of a Brief Melinda Amanda Megan Whatnall Web-Based Nutrition Intervention for Young Hutchesson Patterson Adult University Students

Enhancing the Efficacy of Task-Specific Sarah Valkenborghs Training on Upper Limb Motor Recovery Robin Callister after Stroke Barriers to Effective Educational Outcomes in Disadvantaged High School Communities and Ted Noon David Lubans the Impact of a Whole-Person Approach to Schooling Combined Somatosensory and Motor Urvashy (Sandie) Gopaul Training to Improve Upper Limb Recovery Robin Callister After Stroke

The Relationship between Maternal Nutrition, or Diabetes in Pregnancy Yu Qi Lee Clare Collins and Offspring Kidney Structure and Function in an Indigenous Australian Population

Differential Effects of Saturated Fatty Acids Nisha Panth of Varying Chain Length on Lipid Profiles in Manohar Garg (Masters student) Healthy Individuals

Below are exemplars of the quality of our PRC-PAN students and graduates in 2019: • Li Kheng Chai was awarded the Jennie Thomas travel award; • Anna Rayward was awarded ISBNPA’s Best Presentation Award for the e-Health Special Interest Group; • Emma Pollock and Maria Murphy were nominated as finalists for the UoN 3-minute thesis; • Ryan Drew was awarded a HMRI postgraduate scholarship in medical research; and • Angus Leahy was the winner of the FEDUA Research Higher Degree Research Excellence Award.

Our 2019 PhD graduates are on career pathways to successful positions in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and public health. Fiona Stacey, Jessica Ferguson, Katherine Brain, Kylie Abbott, Magdalena Wilczynska, Margaret Galloway, Megan Whatnall and Sarah Valkenborghs have all secured positions at UoN working with PRCPAN researchers. Beatrice Murawski and Hannah Brown have both secured positions working for Hunter New England Population Health. Following her PhD, Sandie Gopaul returned home where she is working for the University of Mauritius in Physiotherapy and Neuro-rehabilitation. Yu Qi Lee is working for the School of Public Health at the University of Singapore.

3. International collaboration with researchers from Top 200 institutions

In 2019, PRC-PAN hosted 9 international visiting academics from Canada, Germany, UK, USA and Germany including 11 public seminars/presentations delivered by international visitors. In addition, PRC-PAN hosted 11 international student interns at the Centre in 2019 from the USA, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tanzania and Brazil. In 2019, we also had 2 Dual Degree PhD students (in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics) at PRCPAN from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

There are numerous examples of international collaboration with Top 200 Global Institutions (rankings below are based on 2019 QS Top University Rankings) including:

• ETH-Zurich, Switzerland (ranked 7) with the Fellowship of Dr Tamara Bucher and Professor Michael Siegrist’s collaborations with Professor Clare Collins and Dr Tamara Bucher on projects related to portion size and on consumer behaviour and health. • University of Michigan, USA (ranked 20) - Associate Professor Ashley Gearhardt collaborated with Associate Professor Burrows on publications on food addiction. • University of British Columbia, Canada (ranked 47) - On-going collaboration with Professor Mark Beauchamp on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant. This project builds on the Great Leaders Active StudentS (GLASS) physical literacy program led by Professor Lubans. This collaboration is leading towards submission of an ARC Linkage Project planned for 2020. Also, ongoing collaboration with Associate Professor Mary Jung who is a PRCPAN visiting academic. • Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (ranked 49) – Professor David Lubans is an Adjunct Professor at CUHK. In collaboration with Professor Amy Ha, Professor Lubans has two Hong Kong Research Grants Council grants (CIC, CIC). • University of Glasgow, Scotland (ranked 69) - Collaboration with Professor Kate Hunt to evaluate an adaptation of Professor Philip Morgan’s Healthy Dads Health Kids program in the Scottish prison system. In 2019, a $780k NIHR Public Health Research Program grant was awarded to evaluate the program. • Upssala University, Sweden (ranked 117) – Collaborations with Professor Paulina Nowicka on childhood obesity research with Professor Clare Collins. • Wageningen University, the Netherlands (ranked 125) – Ongoing collaboration through PhD student internships and Dual Degrees from Wageningen at the PRCPAN. • University of Waterloo, Canada (ranked 163) - Associate Professor Sharon Kirkpatrick was hosted by the PRCPAN’s Nutrition Theme on a UON International Visiting Research Fellowship in 2017 and following this has continued collaboration with Professor Clare Collins and team. The 11 Named Research Investigators currently publish on average 37% of their journal articles with international co-authors (the majority of these are from Canada, USA and UK). We aim to increase this achievement of internationally co-authored publications in the coming years.

4. Increase research income in Category 1, 2, and 3

The 11 PRCPAN Named Research Investigators were awarded 24 UON-administered Category 1, 2, or 3 grants commencing in 2019 and beyond for $6.7 million in funding (50% of these grants were led by E/MCRs). In 2018, PRCPAN had research funding of ~ $2.96 million, an increase of 56% in 2019.

Table: External research grants awarded in 2019 to 11 named PRCPAN Investigators

Title Investigators Funding Body Cat. Amount

Accuracy and cost- A/Professor Deborah ARC 1 $288,103 effectiveness of Kerr; Professor Clare technology-assisted Collins; A/Professor dietary assessment Barbara Mullan; Dr Megan Rollo; Professor Satvinder Dhaliwal; A/Professor Richard Norman; A/Professor Carol Boushey; Professor Edward Delp Better Treatments for Associate Professor NHMRC (National 1 $1,554,485 addictive and Tracy Burrows Health & Medical compulsive overeating Research Council) behaviours Optimising the Professor David NHMRC (National 1 $733,913 adoption and Lubans Health & Medical implementation of Research Council) evidence-based physical activity interventions in schools Sleepy and sitting: a Sally Ferguson, Grace ARC (Australian 1 $626,825 dual curse for the Vincent, Sarah Jay, Research Council) modern workforce? Corneel Vandelanotte, Mitch J Duncan, Philip Tucker Truck-Fit: Testing of a Nicholas Gilson, National Heart 1 $74,735 scalable high intensity Wendy J Brown, Mitch Foundation of interval training J Duncan, Guy Wallis Australia program for male long distance truck drivers with cardio-metabolic risks and conditions Daughters and Dads: Professor Philip NSW Office of Sport 2 $2,400,000 Active and Empowered Morgan, Doctor Myles Young, Professor David Lubans, Doctor Narelle Eather, Miss Emma Pollock

Title Investigators Funding Body Cat. Amount

Islet Amyloid Doctor Katie Wynne, John Hunter Hospital 2 $20,063 Polypeptide (IAPP) as a Professor Manohar Charitable Trust novel biomarker for Garg, Mr Rohith Thota cystic fibrosis-related diabetes Understanding how Doctor Hayley Scott, John Hunter Hospital 2 $20,063 exercise improves Professor Lisa Wood, Charitable Trust asthma Conjoint Professor Robin Callister, Doctor Sarah Valkenborghs, Doctor Geoff Tyler Bioavailability of Professor Manohar Sanitarium Health 3 $12,500 curcumin is a Garg and Wellbeing determinant of its anti- Company inflammatory potential in humans. A systematic review of randomised controlled trials Development of a Professor Erica James NSW Regional Health 3 $100,000 course in applied Partners economic evaluation of health services EMU (Education, Doctor Narelle Eather, Hunter Medical 3 $22,000 Movement and Doctor Nick Riley, Research Institute Understanding): A Professor Philip (HMRI) community-based Morgan, Professor Indigenous games John Maynard, Dr program targeting Andrew Bennie health and well-being, literacy and cultural appreciation in children and their families HMRI Jennie Thomas Miss Li Kheng Chai, Hunter Medical 3 $7,000 Travel Grant Associate Professor Research Institute Tracy Burrows, (HMRI) Professor Clare Collins, Doctor Chris May Impact of an online Doctor Myles Young, Hunter Medical 3 $12,500 weight loss program to Professor Philip Research Institute increase physical Morgan, Mr Ryan (HMRI) activity in men with Drew depression

Title Investigators Funding Body Cat. Amount

Improving Quality Professor Clare Hunter New England 3 $49,432 to Promote Healthy Collins, Dr Lee and Central Coast Weight – Linking Ashton, Doctor Primary Health people in HNECC with Rebecca Haslam Network (HNECC) personalised feedback on eating habits using The Healthy Eating Quiz Investigating the Doctor Nick Riley, Hunter Medical 3 $23,750 impact of cognitively Doctor Myrto Mavilidi, Research Institute demanding physical Professor David (HMRI) activity breaks on Lubans, Doctor Sarah adolescents’ cognition, Valkenborghs, Doctor brain structure and Daniel Barker, function Professor Charles Hillman, Assistant Professor Mirko Schmidt MRSP Cardiovascular Professor Ronald Hunter Medical 3 $104,302 2019 Plotnikoff Research Institute (HMRI) MRSP Cardiovascular Professor Ronald Hunter Medical 3 $299,461 2020* Plotnikoff, Professor Research Institute Andrew Boyle, (HMRI) Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Geoff Isbister * Nutrition project with Doctor Vanessa Challenge 3 $5,000 young people with Shrewsbury, Professor Community Services intellectual disability Clare Collins, Doctor Tamara Bucher, Ms Roberta Asher, Ms Beth Innes Physical activity, Doctor Jordan Smith, Hunter Medical 3 $100,000 fitness, and resilience Professor David Research Institute to stress during the Lubans, Professor (HMRI) final years of schooling Frances Kay-Lambkin, Professor Mark Beauchamp, Dr Eli Puterman POWERPLAY: Building Steve Johnson, Joan Alberta Government 3 $186,919 employee health and Bortoff, Cristina safety through Caperchione, prevention Collaborators (Simon Rice, Mitch J Duncan, Carole James, Jane Rich, Allan Holmes *MRSP Cardiovascular funding is based on NHMRC earnings from the HMRI cardiovascular group of researchers over a 3-year period. Whilst there are only 4 CIs listed on this grant, 13 researchers contributed to this successful funding including 9 researchers from PRCPAN.

Title Investigators Funding Body Cat. Amount

Science and technology Professor Clare Karolinska Institutet 3 $4,200 in childhood obesity Collins, Doctor policy (STOP) Vanessa Shrewsbury, Dr Lee Ashton, Doctor Kerith Duncanson, Associate Professor Tracy Burrows The Daughters And Professor Philip Women in Sport 3 $22,964 Dads Project UK – An Morgan, Doctor Myles adaptation and scale Young, Miss Emma up of the Dads And Pollock, Professor Daughters Exercising David Lubans, Doctor and Empowered Narelle Eather, Doctor (DADEE) program Alyce Barnes, Ms Heather Smith Work-HIIT Doctor Narelle Eather, National Heart 3 $10,000 Professor David Foundation of Lubans Australia World Technology Doctor Sarah World Technology 3 $3,081 Universities Network Valkenborghs, Universities Network Research Exchange Conjoint Professor Travel Grant: Bruce King, Conjoint Optimising Glycaemic Professor Robin Control during Exercise Callister, Dr David in children with Type 1 O'Neal, Dessi Diabetes Zaharieva, Michael Riddell, Doctor Carmel Smart TOTAL $6,681,296

5. Submit NHMRC CRE applications

PRC-PAN was unsuccessful in its Physical Activity-based CRE application (led by Professor Ron Plotnikoff) in 2019. The application was revised and resubmitted in November 2019 for the 2020 round. The application is a joint initiative between the University of Newcastle (Plotnikoff, Morgan and Lubans), the and the University of Queensland.

Professor Clare Collins’ submission of a Clinical Research CRE application in collaboration with Monash and Curtin Universities and University of Sydney was also unsuccessful in 2019.

6. Commercialise research activities and outputs where appropriate (including translation and dissemination)

During 2019, PRCPAN commercialised/made progress towards commercialisation on the following research activities:

• The Australian Eating Survey® (AES) – The AES designed and led by Professor Clare Collins was registered as a trademark in 2015. It is a suite of food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) designed to assess usual dietary intake of individuals aged two years and above. In 2019, the AES had a ~20% increase in user groups to approx. 110 users nationwide with ~30000 surveys in circulation. • Workplace POWER - Professor Philip Morgan’s program was delivered to 83 employees of Queensland Police by in-house facilitators, trained by Professor Philip Morgan.

In addition to our commercialisation activities above, we have developed strong research translation and dissemination programs with industry partners with the aim to change workplace, school, and community settings to improve population health. Examples include:

• Partnership with the NSW School Sport Unit to disseminate the Resistance Training for Teens program. In 2019, >400 teachers from over 210 schools have attended Resistance Training for Teens professional learning workshops. • iPLAY (Internet-based Professional Learning to help teachers support Activity in Youth) - 135 primary schools (dissemination) and 22 primary schools (RCT). • Thinking While Moving intervention - 29 workshops; 560 teachers; 300 schools • Burn 2 Learn intervention with senior high school students has been delivered in 20 secondary schools with >700 students. Teachers’ workshops commence in 2020. • University of British Columbia (Canada) adaptation of the Great Leaders Active StudentS (GLASS) program for delivery in Canadian primary schools. The Peer Leaders Physical Literacy RCT trial at UBC commenced in Vancouver in 2019. • The Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered (formally DADEE) program was delivered to 88 Daughters and 78 Dads in the Newcastle region in Term 4, 2019, bringing the total numbers of participating families to > 632 daughters and 532 fathers since 2015. In addition, over 120 in-service teachers and pre-service Health and Physical Education and Primary Education teachers from UoN have been trained to become program facilitators. In July 2019 the program was scaled up across NSW following 4-year, $2.4 million partnership with the NSW Office of Sport (OoS). In an international collaboration, the UoN team worked with Women in Sport-UK, Fulham Football Club and the Fatherhood Institute-UK during 2019 to deliver the culturally adapted ‘DAD (Daughters and Dads) Program’. Following the success of the initial program trial in London, UK; Sport England announced an extension of support for a total of $A1 Million over 3 years to deliver the ‘DAD-Project’ across the UK.

• Adaptation of the Healthy Dads Healthy Kids (HDHK) program to the Scottish Prison System (in 2019 gained funding of $780k from a NIHR Public Health Research Program grant led by Glasgow University to evaluate the program) and with the Latino population in the USA. • Ecofit project with local councils – Physical Activity intervention ecofit which is a partnership project with Newcastle and Lake Macquarie city councils using outdoor gyms in local parks commenced in August 2019. 112 people ranging from 18-80 years participated in the program in 2019. • USE-IT program successfully increased routine screening and referral to exercise among chemo patients & has now been identified by Hunter New England Area Health service for roll-out. • FoodFix - a personality-targeted motivational interviewing intervention in adults above the healthy-weight range with symptoms of addictive eating to reduce symptoms of addictive overeating and improve dietary profiles is now being scaled up as part of A/Prof Burrows NHMRC investigator grant awarded in 2019 to commence 2020. • No Money No Time (NMNT) website was launched in July 2019 https://nomoneynotime.com.au in partnership with NIB health fund to provide advice from nutrition experts on healthy eating and inexpensive and uncomplicated recipes for the community. From July-December 2019 the site had 14,274 visitors. • SnackAR - an augmented reality portion size education App for children that uses cubes for volume estimation. The app displays virtual foods and the kids can estimate them in different units (cm2, milli litres, kJ) using cubes. In 2019, preliminary testing was conducted with children in NSW schools with positive feedback. • Nutrition researchers and PhD students developed the NutriEdu brand and trademarked the terms NutriEdu, SnackAR and VitaVillage for use in education and education technology and to teach children nutrition education through play https://www.nutriedu.com.au/ • The Healthy Eating Quiz (version 4) https://healthyeatingquiz.com.au/ was also launched in July 2019. The quiz rates how healthy people’s eating habits are and assists in identifying improvements in individuals diets. 26,418 users completing the quiz from July – December 2019. The quiz was featured on Triple J, the Conversation, ABC and Vitamania. • MOOC - The Science of Weight Loss, Dispelling Diet Myths (Prof Clare Collins and A/Prof Tracy Burrows) https://www.newcastle.edu.au/online-learning/the-science-of-weight-loss ran for its fourth time in 2019, running for 6 weeks with >5000 enrolees (total of 53000 to date from >180 countries). • The Conversation (Independent news and knowledge source for the public) featured several PRCPAN researchers’ articles in 2019. Leading the number of articles is Professor Clare Collins who in 2019 published 14 articles with >450,000 readers internationally and co- authors included six PRCPAN Early Career Researchers (ECRs). • Nutrition & Dietetics Consultation to the 2019 National Preventive Health Strategy and 2019 National Obesity Strategy. • Expert Panel advisers (Plotnikoff, Morgan and Lubans) for the Heart Foundation Blueprint https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/getmedia/6c33122b-475c-4531-8c26- 7e7a7b0eb7c1/Blueprint-For-An-Active-Australia.pdf and the Australian Physical Activity report card. • Consultation to Glaxo Smith Kline for the development of a natural therapy for pain. • Nutrition and Dietetics policy brief with Queensland Health - The right care, in the right place, at the right time – A Policy Brief • Notable publication with public impact included Collins CE, Williams R, Murphy A, Pezdirc K, Ashton L. Chapter 16: Adolescence. Nutrition during the Lifecycle. Editors Tapsell L. Food, Nutrition and Health (Oxford University Press), 2nd Edition. Published 9th April 2019

• Public seminars/presentations to schools, educational and government bodies included the Independent Schools Association, NSW Department of Education, NSW Office of Sport, NSW Women in Sport, the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) and Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Care Network • Presentations to community groups and sporting organisations including the Football Federation of Australia, Sport England and Rugby Australia. • Participation in community events including the HMRI open day, Health Expo and Female Football Week.

In 2019 in the ARC’s national Engagement and Impact Assessment three PRCPAN projects were featured in the Engagement Narrative for FoR 13 – Professor David Lubans’ Resistance Training for Teens, and Thinking while Moving in Maths and Professor Philip Morgan’s Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered (DADEE) program.

Tribute We would like to pay tribute to our dear friend and PRCPAN colleague Tom Sharkey who tragically passed away on 18th May 2019, aged 25 years. Tom was one of our Centre's Nutrition and Dietetics PhD students. He will be dearly missed and remembered as a kind, caring and hardworking young man.