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Dr Rebecca Hodder

Dr Rebecca Hodder

NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, University of Newcastle,Program Manager, Calvary Mater Newcastle

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Over 125 publications (111 in peer-reviewed journals, 41 as first or senior author) in leading journals and numerous invited journal submissions. Her publications have been cited 4712 times (February 2024)
Awarded over $7 million in funding, predominantly from competitive funding schemes, including an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship
Received multiple awards for her work including an Early Career Award from the International Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Award for PhD Excellence from the Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia

Dr Rebecca Hodder is a NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow and Program Manager at the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Population Health with over 15 years’ experience in the implementation and evaluation of chronic disease prevention programs in children.

Dr Hodder leads a series of studies at the National Centre of Implementation Science identifying international and national evidence-practice gaps in school-based chronic disease prevention. Rebecca also leads a series of living systematic reviews to identify and improve the implementation of effective chronic disease prevention interventions in children and adolescents.

Rebecca holds positions as the Deputy Director of the HMRI Population Health Research Program, Executive Member of the Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine, a Research Associate for Cochrane Public Health and Research Lead at the National Centre of Implementation Science.

Dr Hodder also has a particular interest and expertise in evidence synthesis, including living evidence, and is a Cochrane Public Health Research Associate.