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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
What do adults with intellectual disability understand about their health and health needs? A focus group study… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Disability sports… passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports… reliability. Normal performance ranges were developed to allow results of athletes with a disability…
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- e.beckman@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 334 67904
- Mobile:
- 0431807573
Dr Emma Beckman is a Teaching and Research academic at the University of Queensland. Emma is passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports, physical activity, and exercise. Following a master’s degree in Adapted physical activity, Emma comple …
Dr Beckman has strong connections to the sports science industry through her research, particularly in translation of her research into rules and regulations that impact on para athletes worldwide. On the basis of research conducted by Dr Beckman and her team, the International Paralympic Committee …
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Associate Professor
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
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…
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- s.tweedy@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 336 56638
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 …
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Research Fellow
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Coming of Age on the Margins: A Life Course Perspective on the Time-Use of Australian Adolescents with Disabilities… and determinants of children’s and adolescents’ time-use, including for adolescents with disability… Adolescents with disabilities experience multiple disadvantages spanning health, education, social…
Studies in Human Society; Demography; Policy and Administration; Sociology; Family and Household Studies; Social Policy; Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment; Sociological Methodology and Research Methods; Psychology; Human Society; Health Sciences; Policy and administration; Applied and developmental psychology; Sociology; Epidemiology; Social work; Sociology of inequalities; Child and adolescent development; Sociology of family and relationships; Sociology of health; Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment; Social epidemiology; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology of the life course; Social policy;- Email:
- m.oflaherty@uq.edu.au
Dr Martin O’Flahertyis a research fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course located in the Institute for Social Science Research. Martin has made important contributions to the evaluation of nationally significant social policy, often working with the De …
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Senior Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
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
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- +61 7 336 56116
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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Research Fellow
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences- Email:
- a.goode@sph.uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 336 55393
Dr Ana Goode is an implementation scientist, with expertise in designing, implementing and evaluating broad-reach (e.g. telephone, SMS, digital) health behaviour change interventions in applied 'real-world' settings. Her program of research brings together training and research experience in health …
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Research Officer - Para START
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural SciencesMatched phrases in profile:
Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities…
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- i.dutia@uq.edu.au
Dr Iain Dutia is a research officer within the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland. He is also a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Australian Catholic University, School of Allied Health and an Honorary Fellow at CP-Achieve, an NHMRC-funded Centre of Research E …
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UQ Amplify Senior Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition SciencesFaculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences- Email:
- b.clark3@uq.edu.au
- Ph:
- +61 7 334 64658
Bronwyn Clark is an epidemiologist specialising in the field of measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour. She is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland and holds a National Health and Medical …
Dr Clark's research into measuring sedentary behaviour has had broad national and international impact. Measures she developed on domain specific sitting were included for the first time in the 2011/12 Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle study (administered to 6182 people) and influenced the …
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