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Our research priorities

The centre’s research priorities are to:

i)      develop, evaluate and implement physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions to improve health and manage chronic diseases

ii)     investigate mechanisms and factors (environmental and contextual) that underpin human performance and health 

The population groups that we conduct research with include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Patients with cardiovascular disease (e.g. stroke), metabolic diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes) and pulmonary diseases (e.g. asthma, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)
  • Cancer patients and survivors
  • People with neurological conditions (e.g. spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy)
  • Older adults (including those with frailty and sarcopenia)
  • Children and young people
  • Athletes