Dr. Briony Hill

Biography

Briony Hill is an ARC DECRA Fellow at Monash University, where she conducts research on weight stigma and health behavior change during the reproductive years. She completed her PhD in Health Psychology at Deakin University in 2015, which focused on psychosocial behavior change related to weight gain during pregnancy. Her thesis received the Alfred Deakin Medal and multiple awards from the Australian Psychological Society. Briony has held various prestigious fellowships, including the NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, and has played a vital role in numerous collaborative projects aimed at promoting health and wellbeing among women. Additionally, she has been involved in creating co-design methods for research, ensuring stakeholder engagement in developing relevant health interventions. She currently supervises multiple PhD students and has contributed to various organizations, including the Health Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Early Mid-career Researcher Collective. Briony's research interests center on weight stigma preconception and postpartum, the mechanisms leading to health behavior changes, and the psychosocial wellbeing of women. Her work focuses on how broader societal impacts affect women's health and efforts to eradicate weight stigma.

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