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Physical Activity and Health
Physical Activity and Health is a research theme within the Centre for Sport, Excerise and Life Sciences.
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Focus of our research
This theme focuses on the beneficial impact of physical activity and exercise on health and well-being.
Encompassing the whole-life cycle from young children to older adults, we draw upon the disciplines of exercise physiology, nutrition, exercise psychology, biomechanics and implementation science to better understand movement and how to get people to move.
We have extensive experience working with schools and children on a variety of projects, as well as work focused on understanding physical activity behaviour and function in older adults.
We have also been responsible for the development, monitoring and evaluation of physical activity interventions, working with local authorities and public health specialists as requested.
If you wish to find out more about this theme, please get in contact with Professor David Broom.
Vision statement
Our vision: Be recognised as a world leading applied physical activity and health research theme by 2025.
Mission statement
Our mission: Undertake high quality, meaningful and impactful research and evaluation that educates, encourages and supports people to be active everyday as a way of life.
Key researchers
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Professor David Broom | Professor and Theme Lead | David.Broom@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Cain Clark | Assistant Professor (Research) | Cain.Clark@coventry.ac.uk |
| Professor Michael Duncan | Professor and Centre Lead | Michael.Duncan@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Emma Eyre | Research Associate | Emma.Eyre@coventry.ac.uk |
| Katie Fitton-Davies | Research Fellow | Katie.Fittondavies@coventry.ac.uk |
| Jo Hankey | ASPiRE Fellow | Jo.Hankey@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Matt Hill | Assistant Professor | Matt.Hill@coventry.ac.uk |
| Darren Richardson | Assistant Professor | Darren.Richardson@coventry.ac.uk |
| Jason Tallis | Associate Professor | Jason.Tallis@coventry.ac.uk |
Project spotlight
Our research encompasses the whole-life cycle from young children to older adults. We draw upon the disciplines of exercise physiology, nutrition, exercise psychology, biomechanics and implementation science to better understand movement and how to get people to move.
Find out more about some of our projects:
Physical activity and obesity in British children
Understanding how early development of fundamental movement skills (FMS) impacts on physical activity and body fatness in British children.
The effectiveness of a Primary School based badminton intervention
Examining the effectiveness of the UK’s national PE curriculum in comparison to the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) Shuttle Time programme on fundamental movement skills in children.
PhD opportunities
The Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences offer a range of fully funded students. Visit our research opportunities listing to find out more.
The Physical Activity and Health theme is interested in supervising research that explores the beneficial impact of physical activity and exercise on health and wellbeing:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| David Broom | Professor David Broom has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. He would be happy to discuss ideas broadly relating to physical activity, sedentary behaviour, exercise and health. To arrange an informal conversation email: David.Broom@coventry.ac.uk |
| Cain Clark | Dr Cain Clark has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. He welcomes discussion of ideas that broadly relate to physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and technology-based assessment, and has particular interest and expertise in novel data and statistical analyses. To arrange an informal conversation, please email: Cain.Clark@coventry.ac.uk |
| Emma Eyre | Dr Emma Eyre has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. She would be happy to discuss ideas broadly relating to physical activity, sedentary behaviour, motor development and health across the life course. To arrange an informal conversation email: Emma.Eyre@coventry.ac.uk |
| Katie Fitton Davies | Dr Katie Fitton Davies has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. She would be happy to discuss ideas broadly relating to areas such as physical education, motivation, and younger and older children. She would be happy to support students wanting to pursue quantitative, qualitative, or mixed method approaches to research. To arrange an informal conversation email: Katie.Fittondavies@coventry.ac.uk |
| Matt Hill | Dr Matt Hill has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. He would be happy to discuss ideas relating to Interactions between exercise and brain function and health, eccentric resistance exercise among older adults and assessment of postural control e.g. predicting falls, identifying fallers and developing fall prevention interventions. To arrange an informal conversation email: Matt.Hill@coventry.ac.uk |
| Jason Tallis | Dr Jason Tallis has capacity to supervise self-funded PhD students. He would be happy to discuss ideas broadly relating to skeletal function, exercise and health and sports performance. To arrange an informal conversation email: Jason.Tallis@coventry.ac.uk |
