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Dr Stephanie Godrich

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 4600
Email: s.godrich@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West  
Room: BU2.109  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-8253

Stephanie is a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition in the School of Medical and Health Sciences and a Core member of the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute. Her current research projects include food security, regional and remote child nutrition and healthy built food environments.

Current Teaching

  • NUT3221 Community Nutrition
  • NUT6110 Food Vision

Coordination

  • Bachelor of Health Science South West Campus course lead

Background

Dr Stephanie Godrich is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with the Nutrition Society of Australia, with almost 20 years’ experience. She is a multi-award winning practitioner, researcher and lecturer, despite being only two years post-PhD (Relative to Opportunity). She has developed, delivered and evaluated numerous community-based food literacy programs, with multiple population groups. Her on-the-ground practitioner experience in rural and remote Western Australia led to the development of an award-winning partnership model, to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition programs delivered in Western Australia. Stephanie has worked in the university sector in lecturing and/or research project positions at several West Australian universities. She has also worked independently as a public health consultant to government and non-government organisations. Stephanie’s PhD focused on food security, fruit and vegetable consumption among children living in rural and remote communities. Dr Godrich is currently working with cross-sector stakeholders in fields such as food production, health promotion, nutrition and dietetics, town planning, community development, social work and education to take a systemic innovation approach to supporting food security action. Her other current research areas include local food systems, food supply chains, regenerative agriculture and a human rights-based approach to food security.

Professional Associations

  • S.H.A.R.E. (Solutions supporting Household Food Security in Australia through Research and Evidence) collaboration member, 2023-current
  • Australian Nutritional Collaborative for Health Outcomes in Rural (ANCHOR) populations member, 2023-current
  • Nourish Network Local Government Interest Group member, 2022-current
  • South West Healthy Lifestyles Working Group member, 2022-current
  • Australian Household Food Security Data Coalition member, 2022-current
  • National Centre for Place-Based Collaboration – Foundation Partner Governance Group member, 2023-current
  • Early and Mid Career Researcher Committee Co-Chair : 2019-2020
  • RegenWA steering committee, 2018-2019
  • Prepare, Produce, Provide – Board Member, 2018
  • Right to Food Coalition – Member and WA Convenor, 2018-current
  • Dunsborough Community Garden – Member, 2018
  • Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance – Member, 2017-2018
  • Public Health Association of Australia - Co-Vice President WA Branch, 2015-2018
  • Nutrition Society of Australia – member and Registered Public Health Nutritionist, 2015-current
  • World Public Health Nutrition Association – member and Certified Public Health Nutritionist, 2015 – current
  • WA Primary Health Alliance - South West Stakeholder Reference Group, 2015-current
  • WA Health Promoting Schools Association – Executive Committee Member, 2013-2014
  • WA Food Security Network – Member, 2012-2014
  • Pilbara Nutrition Network – Member, 2012-2014
  • Nutrition Australia – Deputy Chair/Committee member, 2006-2010
  • Slow Food Perth – Committee member, 2006-2010

Awards and Recognition

  • 2024 - Australian Dietary Guidelines Sustainability Working Group, National Health and Medical Research Council
  • 2022 - Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Universities Australia.
  • 2022 - Food Community project was a finalist in the 2022 Social Impact Measurement National Awards
  • 2022 - Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, Research Excellence Award 2022, Department of Health WA
  • 2022 - Science Meets Parliament, Science and Technology Australia
  • 2020 - ASPIRE award, Business Events Perth
  • 2020 - ECU Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
  • 2019 – ECU Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research by Early Career Researcher
  • 2019 – Learning and Teaching Grant
  • 2018 – Research Collaboration Travel Grant (University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Canada)
  • 2018 – Research Grant Scheme
  • 2018 – Learning and Teaching Grant
  • 2018 – Adjunct Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
  • 2018 – Early to Mid Career Researcher Grant Winner - Science Pathways 2018 Forum
  • 2018 – Australian Research Scholarship – Complex Systems Leadership Program
  • 2017 – ECU Research Week One Minute to Pitch It Runner Up
  • 2016 – Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) WA Branch Scholarship to attend PHAA 44th Annual Conference and 20th Chronic Diseases Network Conference, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
  • 2015 – Healthway Health Promotion Research Training Scholarship (PhD), 2015-2016.
  • 2014 – State Winner (Foodbank WA role): WA Health Excellence Awards, ‘Overcoming Inequities’ category, (Department of Health).
  • 2014 – State Finalist (Foodbank WA role): Community Service Excellence Awards, ‘Partnerships’ category (Department of Local Government and Communities and WA Council of Social Services).

Research Areas and Interests

  • Regional and Remote Nutrition
  • Food Security
  • Sustainable Food Systems
  • Healthy Built Food Environments
  • Children’s Nutrition
  • Food supply chains
  • Human right to food

Other Grants

  • Strategic Research Fund Grant, Food Action Groups, 2024,  $29,563.
  • BothWay Learning: Aboriginal community-led health promotion action research, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), 2022-2023, $75,000.
  • Weathering adversity: toward mitigating the impact of prolonged school closure and social isolation on mental health and lifestyle behaviours of elementary school children, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2020-2022, $241,000
  • Food Community: A website to support healthy food availability, access and use in rural and remote Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), 2019 – 2021, $30,954

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2017.
  • Bachelor of Health Science Major in Nutrition, Edith Cowan University, 2006.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Doe, J., Goodwin, S., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2025). Lived Experience of Regional and Remote Food Systems: Barriers to and Enablers of Food Access in Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70002.
  • Godrich, S., Goodwin, S., Doe, J., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2025). Shaping Effective Food Action Groups: Participant Perspectives on Structure and Stakeholder Involvement in Regional and Remote Western Australia.. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70013.
  • Hollett, R., Butt, J., Mills, B., Godrich, S., Trapp, G., Devine, A. (2025). An anti‐junk food ad from a sports commercial break reduced junk food consumption inclinations, yet junk food ads had minimal to no impact. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), Article number e943. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.943.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Alston, L., Partridge, S., Bastian, A., Dullaghan, K., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Zhang, Y., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Godrich, S. (2024). Co-design of a personalised digital intervention to improve vegetable intake in adults living in Australian rural communities. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article number 146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17641-8.
  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Partridge, S., Zhang, Y., O, E., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Dullaghan, K., Abbott, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Alston, L. (2024). Determining the feasibility of a codesigned and personalised intervention (Veg4Me) to improve vegetable intake in young adults living in rural Australian communities: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article number e078001. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078001.
  • Voisin, R., Horwitz, P., Godrich, S., Sambell, R., Cullerton, K., Devine, A. (2024). What goes in and what comes out: a scoping review of regenerative agricultural practices. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 48(1), 124-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2270441.
  • Willows, ND., Loewen, OK., Blanchet, R., Godrich, S., Veugelers, PJ., Research Committee, A. (2024). Indigenous Identity and Household Food Insecurity are Associated with Poor Health Outcomes in Canada. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 85(2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.3148/cjdpr-2023-024.
  • Lindberg, R., Yii, V., Millen, E., Godrich, S. (2024). Revising a right to food road map—perspectives of Australian key informants. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), Article number 100189. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100189.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Doe, J., Goodwin, S., Alston, L., Kent, K. (2023). A scoping review of the impact of Food Policy Groups on local food systems in high-income countries. Nutrition Research Reviews, 2023(Article in press), 24 pages. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422423000173.
  • Livingstone, K., Rawstorn, J., Partridge, S., Godrich, S., McNaughton, S., Hendrie, G., Blekkenhorst, L., Maddison, R., Zhang, Y., Barnett, S., Mathers, J., Packard, M., Alston, L. (2023). Digital behaviour change interventions to increase vegetable intake in adults: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20(1), Article number 36. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01439-9.
  • Schumacher, T., Alderton, C., Brown, L., Heaney, S., Alston, L., Kent, K., Godrich, S. (2023). Development of a Scoring Tool for Australian Rural Food Retail Environments. Nutrients, 15(21), Article number 4660. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15214660.
  • Alston, L., Heaney, S., Kent, K., Godrich, S., Kocanda, L., Herbert, J., Schumacher, T., Brown, L. (2023). Rural nutrition and dietetics research—Future directions. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(5), 1027-1031. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.13041.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Kent, K., Romero Macau, F., Devine, A. (2022). A mixed-methods study to determine the impact of COVID-19 on food security, food access and supply in regional Australia for consumers and food supply stakeholders. Nutrition Journal, 21(1), article number 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00770-4.
  • Trapp, G., Hooper, P., Billingham, W., Thornton, L., Sartori, A., Kennington, K., Devine, A., Godrich, S., Sambell, R., Howard, J., Bivoltsis, A. (2022). Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 262-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.597.
  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2022). Evaluating the impact of a community- based food security project: The value in facilitating collaboration and understanding. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 346-349. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.502.
  • Godrich, S., Romero Macau, F., Kent, K., Lo, J., Devine, A. (2022). Food Supply Impacts and Solutions Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Regional Australian Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074116.
  • Aberle, L., Platts, J., Kioutis, M., Houstead, L., Godrich, S. (2022). Application of a sustainability framework to enhance Australian food literacy programs in remote Western Australian communities. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(S1), 174-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.586.
  • Ronto, R., Saberi, G., Robbers, GM., Godrich, S., Lawrence, M., Somerset, S., Fanzo, J., Chau, J. (2022). Identifying effective interventions to promote consumption of protein-rich foods from lower ecological footprint sources: A systematic literature review. PLOS global public health, 2(3), article number e0000209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000209.
  • Blekkenhorst, L., Ride, K., Wallace, R., Eades, S., McAullay, D., Godrich, S. (2022). Healthy lifestyle initiatives for increasing fruit and vegetable intake among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a rapid review. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 47(2), 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2021-0076.
  • Kent, K., Murray, S., Penrose, B., Auckland, S., Godrich, S., Lester, E., Visentin, D. (2022). Food insecure households faced greater challenges putting healthy food on the table during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Appetite, 169(1), Article number 105815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105815.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Barbour, L., Lindberg, R. (2021). Problems, policy and politics – perspectives of public health leaders on food insecurity and human rights in Australia. BMC Public Health, 21(December 2021), Article number 1132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11188-8.
  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2021). Food community: Understanding community needs for a food security website to support rural and remote Western Australians. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(S2), 283-291. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.433.
  • McKay, F., Godrich, S. (2021). Interventions to address food insecurity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A rapid review. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 46(12), 1448-1458. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-1075.
  • Lindberg, R., Barbour, L., Godrich, S. (2021). A rights-based approach to food security in Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(1), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.324.
  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Devine, A., Darby, J., Beatty, S., Godrich, S. (2021). Opportunities to identify and develop people skills: What university students need early in their degree journey. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 12(2), 348-365. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11761.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Rewa, J., Devine, A., Godrich, S. (2020). South West Food Community: understanding systemic change, and its associated challenges and successes, among food security projects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(6), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13046.
  • Kent, K., Godrich, S., Murray, S., Auckland, S., Blekkenhorst, L., Penrose, B., Lo, J., Devine, A. (2020). Definitions, Sources and Self-Reported Consumption of Regionally Grown Fruits and Vegetables in Two Regions of Australia. Nutrients, 12(4), Article number 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12041026.
  • Blanchet, R., Loewen , OK., Godrich, S., Willows, N., Veugelers, P. (2020). Exploring the association between food insecurity and food skills among school-aged children. Public Health Nutrition, 23(11), 2000-2005. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004300.
  • Godrich, S., Stoneham, M., Edmunds, M., Devine, A. (2020). South West Food Community: how government and community initiatives are supporting systemic change towards enhanced food security. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12975.
  • Kent, K., Murray, S., Penrose, B., Auckland, S., Visentin, D., Godrich, S., Lester, E. (2020). Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Predictors of Food Insecurity in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients, 12(9), Article number 2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092682.
  • Godrich, S., Kent, K., Murray, S., Auckland, S., Lo, J., Blekkenhorst, L., Penrose, B., Devine, A. (2020). Australian consumer perceptions of regionally grown fruit and vegetables: importance, enablers and barriers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article number 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010063.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Loewen, O., Blanchet, R., Willows, N., Veugelers, P. (2019). Canadian Children from Food Insecure Households Experience Low Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy for Healthy Lifestyle Choices. Nutrients, 11(3), Article number 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030675.
  • Sambell, R., Andrew, L., Godrich, S., Wolfgang, J., Vandenbroeck, D., Stubley, K., Rose, N., Newman, L., Horwitz, P., Devine, A. (2019). Local Challenges and Successes Associated with Transitioning to Sustainable Food System Practices for a West Australian Context: Multi-Sector Stakeholder Perceptions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), Article number 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16112051.
  • Godrich, S., Payet, J., Brealey, D., Edmunds, M., Stoneham, M., Devine, A. (2019). South West Food Community: A Place-Based Pilot Study to Understand the Food Security System. Nutrients, 11(4), Article number 738. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040738.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2018). Which ecological determinants influence Australian children's fruit and vegetable consumption?. Health Promotion International, 33(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw063.
  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2018). Strategies to Address the Complex Challenge of Improving Regional and Remote Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Nutrients, 10(11), article no.1603. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111603.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Prevalence and socio-demographic predictors of food insecurity among regional and remote Western Australian children. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(6), 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12716.
  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Which Food Security Determinants Predict Adequate Vegetable Consumption among Rural Western Australian Children?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(1), article no.40. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010040.
  • Godrich, S., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). What are the determinants of food security among regional and remote Western Australian children?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(2), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12636.
  • Godrich, S., Lo, J., Davies, C., Darby, J., Devine, A. (2017). Are regional and remote Western Australian children eating for good health? An investigation into fruit and vegetable consumption. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28(3), 233-237. https://doi.org/10.1071/HE16090.

2016

Reports

2014

Journal Articles

  • Butcher, L., Chester, M., Aberle, L., Bobongie, V., Davies, C., Godrich, S., Milligan, R., Tartaglia, J., Thorne, L., Begley, A. (2014). Foodbank of Western Australia's healthy food for all. British Food Journal, 116(9), 1490-1505. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2014-0041.

Research Projects

  • Food Community: A systemic approach to support healthy food availability, access and use across regional Western Australia., Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Project Grant, 2022 ‑ 2025, $555,274.
  • Exploring the potential for Food Policy Councils to support food security in regional Western Australia, Department of Health WA, FHRIF Research Excellence Awards 2022, 2022 ‑ 2024, $110,000.
  • Pathway to healthy food environments: a guide for local governments in Western Australia, Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Healthway - Grant, 2018 ‑ 2023, $469,078.
  • Food Action Groups Project – Peel Region, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Grant, 2023, $828.
  • A social, economic and environmental sustainability analysis of regionally grown fresh fruit and vegetables in South West Western Australia., Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant – 2020, 2020 ‑ 2021, $30,000.
  • Parenting Program Evaluation, GP Down South Ltd, Grant, 2019 ‑ 2020, $12,275.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Place based sustainable horticulture: a co-participatory exploration of agricultural metrics in southwestern Australia
  • Master of Medical and Health Science by Research, Understanding operational challenges: an exploration of barriers perceived by government and community food security initiatives across regional Western Australia

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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