Simone is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University (ECU). Her research focusses in investigating the link between diet, stress, mental health and cardiovascular disease. In particular, she aims to develop new strategies to increase fruit and vegetable intake, alleviate stress levels and improve mental and heart health. Her research long-term aim is to better understand how and why greater consumption of fruit and vegetables (and its constituents) improves mental health and whether these improvements are due to better blood vessel health.
View Simone’s research projects & publications on her ECU profile