Our Management and Steering Committee
Management Committee
With guidance from the Steering Committee, the Management Group fosters, facilitates and monitors high-quality research projects with outcomes that include external research income, peer-reviewed publications, and research student completions.
- Professor Michael Kingsley (Chair), Director, Holsworth Research Initiative
- Ms Tanya Jones, School Manager, La Trobe Rural Health School
- Associate Professor Brett Gordon, Stream Lead, Active Rural Individuals
- Associate Professor Steve Begg, Co-Stream Lead, Active Rural Communities
- Associate Professor Byron Perrin, Co-Stream Lead, Active Rural Communities
- Dr Rodrigo Bini, Co-Stream Lead, Human Performance
- Dr Daniel Wundersitz, Co-Stream Lead, Human Performance
- Associate Professor Lisa Hanson, Head of Department, Allied Health Sciences
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee provides guidance on behalf of key stakeholders to the Management Committee to establish, design, implement and monitor high-quality research projects with outcomes that include external research income, peer-reviewed publications, and research student completions.
- Professor Richard Gray (Chair), Research Theme Lead, DVC (Research & Industry Engagement)
- Associate Professor Leesa Hooker, Associate Dean, Research and Industry Engagement, La Trobe Rural Health School
- Professor Michael Kingsley, Chair, Director, Holsworth Research Initiative
- Dr Penny Davies, Chair, Bendigo Tertiary Education Anniversary Foundation
Our Research Staff
Director
The Holsworth Research Initiative is led by our Director, Professor Michael Kingsley. Michael established the Initiative in 2019. His current research focus includes nutritional and exercise interventions, the influence of exercise and lifestyle interventions on cardiometabolic function in athletes and patients with chronic disease, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, and the use of wearable sensors to monitor exercise intensity and volume.
Research Officer
Our stream leads are ably supported by our Research Officer, Dr Blake Collins. Blake completed his PhD at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. His research focused on cardio-metabolic pathogeneses among shift workers and the prognostic effect of exercise. He looks forward to contributing to our innovative research, and we look forward to him spending lots of time in our exercise physiology labs collecting and analysing and synthesising data.
Research Coordinator
Administrative tasks are completed by our Research Coordinator, Dr Courtney Sullivan. Courtney completed her PhD at The University of Technology, Sydney in 2019 investigating the talent selection and career progression of professional Australian Football players. She teaches within the Exercise Science degree at La Trobe Bendigo and contributes to current research being conducted within the Initiative. Courtney looks forward to helping promote and expand the Initiative in the coming years.