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Ms Catrina McStay

Senior Research Fellow

Staff Member Details
Email: c.mcstay@ecu.edu.au

Catrina is a Senior Research Fellow in the Food Environments Team, Nutrition and Health Innovation Institute, School of Health and Medical Sciences. Catrina is overseeing research translation for the Food Environments Team and provides support for the portfolio of energy drink research in the research theme of Consumer Food Environments.

Background

Catrina McStay is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with over 10 years’ professional experience working in the field of public health nutrition policy. Catrina has also worked in the field of cereal chemistry managing laboratory and food production facilities in Australia and in a food safety advisory capacity. After completing her Dietetics qualification at Curtin University in 2013, in a senior policy advisor role at the WA Department of Health, Catrina researched and formulated departmental policy positions and government submissions on key public health nutrition and dietetics related matters under consideration of the bi-national Australia and New Zealand food regulation system. Catrina was the WA lead for key public health measures of the Pregnancy Warning Labelling on Alcohol, the Health Star Rating (HSR) System and Precautionary Allergen Labelling. Catrina research has focused on the impact of the food environment, food policy and law, and food insecurity on health and wellbeing outcomes, with a particular interest in children’s nutritional intake and food safety.

Professional Associations

  • Dietitians Association of Australia
  • Public Health Association of Australia

Research Areas and Interests

Catrina’s research interests include public health nutrition, food environments, food policy and law and food insecurity.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics, Curtin University of Technology, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Science (Nutrition), Curtin University of Technology, 2011.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Mossenson, S., Giglia, R., Pulker, C., Chester, M., McStay, C., Pollard, CM. (2024). Evidence for initiating food safety policy: An assessment of the quality and safety of donated food at an Australian food bank. Food Policy, 123(February 2024), Article number 102589. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102589.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Trapp, G., Hurworth, M., Christian, H., Bromberg, M., Howard, J., McStay, C., Allen, K., Cross, D., Oddy, W., Harray, A., Hammond, D. (2022). Individual, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Energy Drink Use Among Adolescents. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 54(3), 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2020.12.013.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Trapp, G., Hurworth, M., Christian, H., Bromberg, M., Howard, J., McStay, C., Ambrosini, G., Martin, K., Harray, A., Cross, D., Oddy, W., Hammond, D. (2021). Prevalence and pattern of energy drink intake among Australian adolescents. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(2), 300-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12789.
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