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Prof

Billie Giles-Corti

Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
evaluation of built environment interventions
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
walking
public, environmental & occupational health
female
male
physical-activity
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Prof

Billie Giles-Corti

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Built Environment and Health
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Projects

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAMME (NESP) CLEAR AIR AND URBAN LANDSCAPES (CAUL) HUB

2014 - 2021
Completed
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The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes.

This project (a cross-disciplinary collaboration) will investigate community level factors influencing early childhood developmental outcome..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes.

This project (a cross-disciplinary collaboration) will investigate community level factors influencing early childhood developmental outcome..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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WHAT COST-EFFECTIVE BUILT ENVIRONMENT INTERVENTIONS WOULD CREATE HEALTHY, LIVEABLE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRALIA?

This CRE involves collaboration between a multi-disciplinary research team across Australia working with policy-makers covering planning, ur..

2017 - 2018
Completed
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The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes.

This project (a cross-disciplinary collaboration) will investigate community level factors influencing early childhood developmental outcome..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes.

This project (a cross-disciplinary collaboration) will investigate community level factors influencing early childhood developmental outcome..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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Understanding how local and regional accessibility are associated with active travel, and related health and economic impacts.

Exercise and walking are vital for a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. The accessibility and ’walkability’ of where one lives and works is ke..

2015 - 2018
Completed
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Understanding how local and regional accessibility are associated with active travel, and related health and economic impacts.

Exercise and walking are vital for a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. The accessibility and ’walkability’ of where one lives and works is ke..

2015 - 2018
Completed
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Better Apartments What does the evidence tell us about the impact on health and well-being?

2016 - 2018
Completed
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FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN VICTORIAN HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (MCCAUGHEY CENTRE)

2011 - 2017
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

14

Research Grant

5

Research Contracts

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

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Cohort Profile: HABITAT-a longitudinal multilevel study of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health and functioning in mid-to-late adulthood

Gavin Turrell, Andrea Nathan, Nicola W Burton, Wendy J Brown, Paul McElwee, Adrian G Barnett, Nancy A Pachana, Brian Oldenburg, Jerome N Rachele, Katrina Giskes, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Safe Habitats: Does the Association Between Neighborhood Crime and Walking Differ by Neighborhood Disadvantage?

Sarah Foster, Paula Hooper, Nicola W Burton, Wendy J Brown, Billie Giles-Corti, Jerome N Rachele, Gavin Turrell

Journal article  |  2021  |  ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR

Interrelationships between neighborhood walkability, area disadvantage, and crime may contribute to the inconsistent associations ..

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Achieving the SDGs: Evaluating indicators to be used to benchmark and monitor progress towards creating healthy and sustainable cities

Billie Giles-Corti, Melanie Lowe, Jonathan Arundel

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTH POLICY

In 2016, the World Health Organization declared that 'Health is one of the most effective markers of any city's successful sustain..

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Living liveable? RESIDE's evaluation of the "Liveable Neighborhoods" planning policy on the health supportive behaviors and wellbeing of residents in Perth, Western Australia.

Paula Hooper, Sarah Foster, Fiona Bull, Matthew Knuiman, Hayley Christian, Anna Timperio, Lisa Wood, Gina Trapp, Bryan Boruff, Jacinta Francis, Cecily Strange, Hannah Badland, Lucy Gunn, Ryan Falconer, Vincent Learnihan, Gavin McCormack, Takemi Sugiyama, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2020  |  SSM Popul Health

Background: The RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) project is a unique longitudinal natural experiment designed to evaluate the hea..

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Liveability aspirations and realities: Implementation of urban policies designed to create healthy cities in Australia

Melanie Lowe, Jonathan Arundel, Paula Hooper, Julianna Rozek, Carl Higgs, Rebecca Roberts, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2020  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Creating healthy, liveable cities is a common policy aspiration globally. However, little research has explored the capacity of ur..

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The high life: A policy audit of apartment design guidelines and their potential to promote residents' health and wellbeing

Sarah Foster, Paula Hooper, Alexandra Kleeman, Erika Martino, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2020  |  CITIES

Globally, the rapid construction of apartments has ignited concerns about the quality and amenity of new housing, and the impact o..

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Neighborhood walkability and 12-year changes in cardio-metabolic risk: the mediating role of physical activity

Manoj Chandrabose, Ester Cerin, Suzanne Mavoa, David Dunstan, Alison Carver, Gavin Turrell, Neville Owen, Billie Giles-Corti, Takemi Sugiyama

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

BACKGROUND: Living in walkable neighborhoods may provide long-term cardio-metabolic health benefits to residents. Little empirical..

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DAILY WALKING AMONG COMMUTERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF ASSOCIATIONS WITH RESIDENTIAL, WORK AND REGIONAL ACCESSIBILITY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (2012-2014)

Alison Barr, Suzanne Mavoa, Hannah Badland, Billie Giles-Corti, Jan Scheurer, Koen Simons, Lizzie Korevaar, Joshua Stewart, Rebecca Bentley

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH

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Daily Walking among Commuters: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Residential, Work, and Regional Accessibility in Melbourne, Australia (2012-2014)

Alison Barr, Koen Simons, Suzanne Mavoa, Hannah Badland, Billie Giles-Corti, Jan Scheurer, Elizabeth Korevaar, Josh Stewart, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

BACKGROUND: Most research on walking for transport has focused on the walkability of residential neighborhoods, overlooking the co..

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Evidence-Informed Planning for Healthy Liveable Cities: How Can Policy Frameworks Be Used to Strengthen Research Translation?

Melanie Lowe, Paula Hooper, Helen Jordan, Kathryn Bowen, Iain Butterworth, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2019  |  CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORTS

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: A compelling body of research demonstrates associations between urban design and health, but this research ..

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Urban and Regional Planning
Expanding Knowledge
Health Services and Systems
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Epidemiology
Policy and Administration
Other Built Environment and Design

News

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Cities for healthier lives

Billie Giles-Corti, Mark Stevenson

Our cities are literally making us sick. We are sitting in worsening traffic jams, breathing in car fumes, living in isolated suburbs with n..

September 22, 2016
pursuit Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
2011

Mentor of the Year Award

Public Health Association
2016

NHMRCF - NHMRC Fellowship

2012

FPIA - Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia

2008

FPHAA - Fellow of the Public Health Association of Australia

2007

FULL - ITT Fulbright Fellowship

6

Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Wa President 1997-1998; Treasure 1992-1994

Public Health Association

Committee Member, 1988-1989

Australian Health Promotion Association

Honorary Life Member

Curtin Alumni Association

Education

PhD

The University of Western Australia

Master of Applied Science

Curtin University of Technology

Graduate Diploma in Health Science

Western Australia Institute of Technology