Mrs Margaret Miller

Senior Project Manager

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Email: m.miller@ecu.edu.au   
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Responsibilities

Research, evaluation and project management and advice concerning nutrition, physical activity and promotion of healthy weight.

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Further analyses of the CAPANS 2008 nutrition data sets,  Dept of Sport and Recreation WA,  Physical Activity Task Force - Grant,  2011,  $49,709.
  • Preventing Early Childhood Obesity: Translating Evidence into Practice,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Healthway - Grant(**),  2010,  $101,470.
  • Children and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2008,  Dept of Sport and Recreation WA,  Grant(**),  2010,  $68,595.
  • Preventing Obesity from Early Childhood,  Dept of Health WA,  Grant(**),  2010,  $29,936.
  • Preventing Early Childhood Obesity: Translating Evidence into Practice,  Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation),  Grant,  2009,  $223,365.
  • Children and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2008,  Dept of Sport & Recreation WA,  Grant,  2009,  $188,595.
  • Evaluation of the Department of Education and Training's Physical Activity Strategy,  Dept of Education & Training WA,  Grant,  2008,  $52,033.
  • Children and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2008,  Dept of Sport & Recreation WA,  Grant,  2008,  $240,000.
  • Engaging Families in Primary Care - International Collaboration to Overcome Barriers,  Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute,  Linkage & Exchange Travelling Fellowships,  2007,  $39,860.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Milne, E., Royle, JA., Bennett, LC., De Klerk, NH., Bailey, HD., Bower, C., Miller, M., Attia, J ., Scott, RJ., Kirby, M., Armstrong, BK., (2011), Maternal consumption of coffee and tea during pregnancy and risk of childhood ALL: Results from an Australian case-control study. Cancer Causes and Control, 22(2), 207-218, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9688-1.
  • Milne, E., Royle, JA., Miller, M., Bower, C., De Klerk, N., Bailey, H., Van Bockxmeer, F., Attia, J., Scott, RJ., Norris, MD., Haber, M., Thompson, JR., Fritschi, L., Marshall, GM., Armstrong, BK., (2010), Maternal folate and other vitamin supplementation during pregnancy and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the offspring. International Journal of Cancer, 126(11), 2690-2699, United States, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24969.
  • Oddy, W., De Klerk, N., Miller, M., Payne, J., Bower, C., (2009), Association of maternal pre-pregnancy weight with birth defects: Evidence from a case-control study in Western Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 49(1), 11-15, Australia, DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00934.x.
  • Pollard, C., Miller, M., Woodman, RJ., Meng, R., Binns, C., (2009), Changes in knowledge, beliefs and behaviors related to fruit and vegetable consumption among Western Australian adults from 1995 to 2004. American Journal of Public Health, 99(2), 355-361, United States.
  • O'Sullivan, T., Robinson, M., Kendall, G., Miller, M., Jacoby, P., Silburn, S., Oddy, W., (2009), A good-quality breakfast is associated with better mental health in adolescence. Public Health Nutrition, 12(2), 249-258, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003935.
  • Hearn, L., Miller, M., Campbell-Pope, R., (2008), Review of evidence to guide primary health care policy and practice to prevent childhood obesity. Medical Journal of Australia, 188(8), S87-S91, Australia.

Conference Publications

  • Hearn, L., Miller, M., (2008), Engaging Families through Primary Care to Prevent Childhood Obesity., 15.