Michelle Jongenelis

Professor Michelle Jongenelis has expertise in health promotion, intervention development and evaluation, behavioural psychology, and clinical psychology. She works across multiple and diverse health-related behaviours including alcohol and tobacco control, nutrition, physical activity, and sun protection. Michelle works as a researcher and consultant for a broad range of organisations covering the not-for-profit and government sectors. She is Director of the Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Director, Mebourne Centre for Behaviour Change
  • 2026–present
    Professor, The University of Melbourne
  • 2023–2025
    Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
  • 2019–2022
    Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2014 
    The University of Western Australia, PhD
  • 2014 
    The University of Western Australia, Master of Psychology (Clinical)

Contact Michelle for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision