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Biography
Gina is a registered public health nutritionist and epidemiologist with over 20 years of experience in public health nutrition research. She has worked as a researcher in Australia and the United Kingdom. She was a senior scientist at MRC Human Nutrition Research in Cambridge between 2009 and 2014.
Research
Gina's research has focused on the dietary determinants of obesity and cardio-metabolic health, particularly in children and young people, and the factors that influence dietary intake in populations.
Funding overview
Additional research grants (not listed under grants/projects):
- Energy drinks: an emerging health risk for children and adolescents. Telethon-Perth Children’s Hospital Research Fund: 2017-18. Trapp G, Cross D, Martin K, Christian H, Ambrosini GL, Oddy WH.
- A longitudinal study of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (metabolic syndrome), diet, and depression in adolescence. National Heart Foundation of Australia and Beyond Blue Cardiovascular Disease and Depression Strategic Research Program (G 08P 4036): 2009-2011. Oddy WH, Ambrosini GL, Silburn S, Beilin LJ, Mori T.
Keywords
- Nutrition
- Cardiovascular nutrition
- Diet, nutrition, metabolism and obesity
- Nutritional epidemiology
- Public health nutrition
- Obesity
- Childhood obesity
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Research Output 1997 2019
Associations between major dietary patterns and testicular function in a population-based cohort of young men: results from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
Ognjenovic, M., Ambrosini, G. L., Malacova, E., Doherty, D. A., Oddy, W. H., Handelsman, D. J., McLachlan, R., Dickinson, J. & Hart, R. J., 10 Mar 2019, In : Andrology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
Cohort Studies
Pregnancy
Sexual Abstinence
Population
Reproductive Health
Adherence to a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)-type diet over the life course and associated vascular function: a study based on the MRC 1946 British birth cohort
Maddock, J., Ziauddeen, N., Ambrosini, G. L., Wong, A., Hardy, R. & Ray, S., Mar 2018, In : British Journal of Nutrition. 119, 5, p. 581-589 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Blood Vessels
Biomedical Research
Parturition
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Pulse Wave Analysis
A dietary pattern derived using B-vitamins and its relationship with vascular markers over the life course
Maddock, J., Ambrosini, G. L., Griffin, J. L., West, J. A., Wong, A., Hardy, R. & Ray, S., 28 Jun 2018, In : Clinical Nutrition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Vitamin B Complex
Homocysteine
Blood Vessels
Folic Acid
Vitamin B 12
Can a Simple Dietary Index Derived from a Sub-Set of Questionnaire Items Assess Diet Quality in a Sample of Australian Adults?
Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G. S. A., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P. & Ambrosini, G. L., 13 Apr 2018, In : Nutrients. 10, 4, 486.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
nutritional adequacy
Nutrition Policy
Dietary Guidelines
questionnaires
Diet
Determinants of a dietary pattern linked with greater metabolic risk and its tracking during adolescence
Appannah, G., Pot, G. K., Oddy, W. H., Jebb, S. A. & Ambrosini, G. L., Apr 2018, In : Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 31, 2, p. 218-227Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Maternal Age
Dietary Fiber
Food
Pregnancy
Eating
Projects 2000 2017
- 9 Finished
Starter Grant - The health impacts of energy drink consumption: Cause for concern?
Trapp, G., Allen, K., Martin, K., Oddy, W., Christian, H. & Ambrosini, G.
WA Health Promotion Foundation Healthway
1/07/15 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
458608 - Long Term Supplementation With Retinyl Palitate (Vitamin A) and the Risk of Bone Fractures: A Population Based Study
Reid, A., Ambrosini, G. & Alfonso, H.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/07 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
403930: Asbestos Related Diseases in Western Australia
Musk, A., Ambrosini, G., Reid, A. & Berry, G.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/06 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
Radiographic Silicosis and Lung Cancer in Kalgoorlie Goldminers
Musk, A., Ambrosini, G., Reid, A., De Klerk, N. & Mukherjee, S.
1/01/05 → 31/12/05
Project: Research