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Dr Megan Lee

Assistant Professor

Level 3, Building 1a, Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University

Faculty of Society & Design

Accepting PhD Students

Professional biography

My research interests include: nutrition and mental health, dietary patterns and depression, body image, intuitive eating, and disordered eating.

Research interests

Dr Lee is an Assistant Professor at Bond University and has a PhD in Nutritional Psychiatry. She is the Secretary of the International Society of Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR) and the Chair of the local organising committee for the 2025 Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM) conference.

Dr Lee is active in research areas in health promotion and lifestyle medicine, diet and mental health, body image and eating patterns, and the mental health of academics. She has published articles in areas such as dietary patterns and depression; plant-based diet and mental health, postpartum intuitive eating, body image satisfaction and psychological wellbeing; and occupational stress and mental health in academics.

Teaching expertise

Foundations of Psychology Health Psychology Statistics Research Methods

Professional admissions

  • International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry (ISNPR)
  • American Society of Nutrition
  • Southern Cross Postgraduate Association

Professional appointments

  • Senior Teaching Fellow in Psychology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Southern Cross University , Award Date: 10 Jun 2022
  • Psychology, Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), Central Queensland University, Award Date: 1 Nov 2017

Fields of Research

  • Clinical and health psychology
  • Public health
  • Epidemiology

Articles featured in

  • Psychology

    How to embrace food nostalgia

    Bond University psychology academics share how the power of consuming nostalgic food or drink can impact both your mental health and mood.

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