Associate Professor Serene Yoong

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Associate Professor Serene Yoong is Deputy Director of the National Centre of Implementation Science and Associate Director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition at Deakin University. She has expertise in undertaking large, scale implementation trials to reduce risk factors for chronic diseases in community settings including childcare centres and schools. She has also produced seminal work related to implementation methods including providing guidance for undertaking implementation trial, the development of measures of implementation determinants and pilot/hybrid trials. In recognition of her leadership, she was awarded an Australian Institute of Policy and Science Tall Poppy Award in 2018 and BUPA Early Career Researcher award.

Serene is a member of the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI) Steering Group.

Associate Professor Serene Yoong

Associate Professor Serene Yoong's projects

A sense of scale: Exploring ways to implement effective prevention

Learning health systems approach to optimise implementation of prevention programs

Associate Professor Serene Yoong's news and media

Strategic prevention research seminar

Clearing the path on vaping evidence

International Congress on Obesity (ICO) Melbourne Oct 18-22

Rapid response grant recipients announced

Associate Professor Serene Yoong's publications

Disseminating health research to public health policy-makers and practitioners: a survey of source, message content and delivery modality preferences

Dissemination of public health research to prevent non-communicable diseases: a scoping review

School-level factors associated with the sustainment of weekly physical activity scheduled in Australian elementary schools: an observational study

A call to action: More collaborative implementation research is needed to prevent chronic disease

Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting risk factors for chronic disease

Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services