Centre for Physical Activity in Health and Disease

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Our research priorities

Developing and implementing physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions to improve health and manage chronic diseases

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About us

We conduct high impact interdisciplinary research to improve human health through regular physical activity and exercise

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Working with us: Collaborative partnerships

Strategic partnerships with businesses, industry and the not-for-profit sector

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Research degrees

Older man sitting

Improving health in older adults by reducing sitting time

Group of people exercising for lung health

Exploring financial incentives to increase pulmonary rehabilitation engagement

three students walking in a park

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Fabry disease

Leg muscle being heated in a laboratory setting

Understanding the role of temperature on muscle function in older adults

Clinicians in intensive Care Unit

Functional trajectories of people with chronic critical illness

exercising man

Physical activity and McArdle disease

Netball players

Assessment of injury risk factors and mechanisms in elite netball

child with autism in therapy

Knowledge translation in children's occupational therapy

male and female toy figures on a diabetes device

Reducing sitting behaviour in people with Type 2 diabetes

senior filming talk

Creating digital stories to understand living with multimorbidity

breathing test performed in lab

Respiratory physiology, human performance and health

One leg heating

Muscle heat shock proteins with passive heating

child blowing

Breathing muscle strength in healthy children

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