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  • Associate Professor Sean Tweedy

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    Publications
    112
    Grants
    22
    Supervision
    18
    Associate Professor
    School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
    Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

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    Cerebral palsy is the most common type of physical disability impacting on 1 in 500 children, with… A National Initiative for Increasing Sports Participation among Australians with a Disability… Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability… research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to… purpose (to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities by minimising the impact of…

    Human Movement and Sports Science;   Public Health and Health Services;  
    Email:
    s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
    Ph:
    +61 7 336 56638
    Media Keywords: Human movement studies; Exercise science; Disability and sport; Paralympics; Health and disability; Sport and disability; Physical activity; Careers - exercise science; Disability and health; Physical activity and disability; Wheelchair sports; 

    A/Prof Sean Tweedy leads the Para Sport and Adapted Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through his applied research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to pursue self-di …

    Sean developed the Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP), a theory-driven physical activity promotion program for community dwelling people disabilities. A controlled clinical trial demonstrated its efficacy in people with acquired brain injury, providing impetus for its implementation into the A …

  • Dr Jacki Walker

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    40
    Grants
    3
    Supervision
    7
    Senior Lecturer
    School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
    Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

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    Achieving optimal nutrition and physical activity outcomes for children with disabilities…

    Medical and Health Sciences;   Nutrition and Dietetics;   Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine;   Public Health and Health Services;   Clinical and Sports Nutrition;   Public Nutrition Intervention;   Paediatrics;   Primary Health Care;  
    Email:
    j.walker3@uq.edu.au
    Ph:
    +61 7 336 56116
    Media Keywords: Childhood obesity; Nutrition; Paediatrics; 

    Dr Jacqueline Walker joined the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences in November 2015 and is working as a Lecturer. She completed her doctoral degree in paediatric nutrition at The University of Queensland in March 2013, focusing on energy balance and body composition in children with cer …

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