Mrs Carlie Jones

Project Officer , CBRCC

BSc (Sports Science) (ECU) Post Grad Dip. Health Promotion (Curtin)

Carlie graduated from Edith Cowan University with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Science in 2004 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion at Curtin University in 2008. She is currently enrolled in her PhD in Public Health at Curtin. She previously worked for the Western Australian Institute of Sport, coordinating an athlete talent identification program. She is currently project officer for the Reducing Overweight and Obesity in Mothers with Young Children research project at CBRCC.

Research Interests

• Physical activity
• Nutrition
• Obesity

Conference Presentations

1. Jones C, Jancey J, Howat P, Burns S, Dhaliwa, S & McManus A. Development of a community-based intervention to control overweight and obesity in mothers. Population Health Congress, July 8, 2008, Brisbane, Queensland.
2. Jones C, McManus A, Jancy J, Howat P, Burns S, Dhaliwal S. Development of a physical activity & nutrition program for mothers with young children. Curtin University Public Health Seminar, May 14, 2008, Perth, Western Australia.
3. Jones C, Howat P, Burns S, McManus A, Jancey J, Dhaliwal S. What do mothers want? Overweight and obesity control. The Public Health Association of Australia WA State Conference, Perth, Western Australia, October 30-31, 2007. (Received Award for best presentation by a postgraduate student)
4. Jones C, Howat P, McManus A, Jancy J, Burns S, Dhaliwal S. Formative research in designing a postpartum physical activity and nutrition intervention. Obesity Control Seminar, The University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, September 2007 (Invited).

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