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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., May 2019, In : Andrology. p. 273-280Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
Cohort Studies
Pregnancy
Sexual Abstinence
Population
Reproductive Health
Lifetime recreational physical activity and the risk of prostate cancer
Sorial, E., Si, S., Fritschi, L., Darcey, E., Leavy, J. E., Girschik, J., Ambrosini, G. L. & Boyle, T., 1 Jun 2019, In : Cancer Causes and Control. 30, 6, p. 617-625 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prostatic Neoplasms
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Life Style
Logistic Models
Odds Ratio
P147 Individual, social and environmental factors associated with adolescent energy drink consumption
Trapp, G., Christian, H., McStay, C. L., Martin, K., Ambrosini, G., Bromberg, M., Howard, J. & Cross, D., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51, 7S, p. S98-S99 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Energy Drinks
Odds Ratio
Health
Social Environment
Beverages
The evolution of local food environments within established neighbourhoods and new developments in Perth, Western Australia
Bivoltsis, A., Trapp, G., Knuiman, M., Hooper, P. & Ambrosini, G. L., 1 May 2019, In : Health and Place. 57, p. 204-217 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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food
Food
Fast Foods
Restaurants
The Impact of Lifestyle-related Factors on Survival After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Darcey, E., Pereira, G., Salter, A., Fritschi, L., Leavy, J., Ambrosini, G. L. & Boyle, T., May 2019, In : European Urology. 75, 5, p. 884-885 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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.
1/01/07 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
403930: Asbestos Related Diseases in Western Australia
Musk, A., Ambrosini, G., Reid, A. & Berry, G.
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.
Cancer Council of Western Australia
1/01/05 → 31/12/05
Project: Research