Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Briony Hill (Glidden) completed her PhD in Health Psychology in 2015 at Deakin University, Australia, exploring a psychosocial and behaviour change approach to preventing excessive gestational weight gain. For her thesis, she was awarded an Alfred Deakin Medal for Doctoral Thesis and an Australian Psychological Society (APS) Health College Award for Excellent Higher Degree Thesis in Health Psychology. Briony received an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2016 and is currently an NHMRC Early Career Fellow (2016-2021) in the area of preconception wellbeing based in the Health and Social Care Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Research interests
Briony's research interests include maternal wellbeing - in particular, encouraging healthy weight, obesity prevention, and healthy lifestyle behaviours before (preconception), during (antenatal) and after pregnancy (postpartum). Briony also has a strong interest in health behaviour change and psychosocial wellbeing (including depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms, body image, and coping skills) and understanding the mechanisms that lead to the attainment of healthy lifestyles and weight for women during their reproductive years. She also applies an Ecological Systems Theory lens to her research to recognise the broader impacts on weight management and lifestyle health that extend through the community, society and government. As part of this work, Briony is one of only a small handful of researchers globally, pursuing research to understand how we can minimise weight stigma at all levels to reduce the burden and blame on women across the reproductive life phase; she is the first researcher globally to begin exploring this topic in preconception women. She is an advocate for co-design methods in her research, to ensure relevant stakeholders have their say in the development and implementation of interventions to meet their needs.
Briony's PhD students are central to this work: Ms Pragya Kandel is exploring the motivations for lifestyle behaviour change among preconception women. Ms Seonad Madden (Universty of Tasmania in collaboration with Monash University) is co-designing the first ever workplace digital health promotion intervention to asisst working women across the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum periods with their health and wellbeing.
Supervision interests
Briony is currently supervising students across the field of health in preconception and pregnancy (HIPP), with a focus on weight stigma, lifestyle, behaviour change, and psychosocial wellbeing. Enquiries for PhD supervision are welcome.
Research area keywords
- Maternal obesity
- Preconception
- Pregnancy
- Gestational weight gain
- Health behaviour change
- Psychosocial wellbeing
- Postpartum
- Lifestyle behaviours
Network
Projects
Research output
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Expanding our understanding and use of the ecological systems theory model for the prevention of maternal obesity: A new socioecological framework
Hill, B., Mar 2021, In : Obesity Reviews. 22, 3, 7 p., e13147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Healthcare professional training regarding gestational weight gain: Recommendations and future directions
Olander, E. K., Hill, B. & Skouteris, H., 20 Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Current Obesity Reports. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Other › peer-review
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Lifestyle and psychological factors of women with pregnancy intentions who become pregnant: Analysis of a longitudinal cohort of Australian women
Hill, B., Awoke, M. A., Bergmeier, H., Moran, L., Mishra, G. D. & Skouteris, H., 8 Feb 2021, In : Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10, 4, 12 p., 725.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Maternal obesity prevention: The Health in Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Collective
Hill, B., Shrewsbury, V., Bergmeier, H., Iriving, M., Martin, J., Bailey, C., Walker, R., Harrison, C. L., Hollis, J. L., Hunter, S-A., Kilpatrick, M., Lim, S., Moran, L. J., Salisbury, J., A. J. M. Schoenaker, D., Willcox, J. C. & Skouteris, H., 3 Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Practice nurses and providing preconception care to women in Australia: A qualitative study
Walker, R., Kandel, P., Hill, B., Hills, S., Dunbar, J. & Skouteris, H., 2021, In : Australian Journal of Primary Health. 27, 1, p. 13-21 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Alfred Deakin Medal for Doctoral Thesis
Hill, Briony (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Reserach Fellowship
Hill, Briony (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Australian Psychological Society (APS) Health College Award for Excellent Higher Degree Thesis in Health Psychology
Hill, Briony (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Student Poster Presentation
Hill, Briony (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Faculty of Health Publication Award
Hill, Briony (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 2 Editorial responsibility
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (Journal)
Briony Hill (Associate editor)
Aug 2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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PLoS ONE (Journal)
Briony Glidden (Editorial board member)
18 Aug 2018 → 17 Aug 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility