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
- Member, Food Security and Peri-urban Agriculture Advisory Group, Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, 2025-current.
- Australian Dietary Guidelines Sustainability Working Group, National Health and Medical Research Council, 2024-current.
- 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 (formative group that informed the development of PLACE), 2023-2025’
- 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, 2018-2023
- 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
- 2025 - Excellence in Health Promotion: Advocacy Award (Food Action Groups project), Australian Health Promotion Association
- 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
- SMHS Research Collaboration scheme: $4,046.
- 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
