Welcome to my homepage at the University of South Australia. I am located at City East Campus, where I am an Enterprise Fellow at the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA).
My research seeks to identify the healthiest way to spend our time across daily activities such as sleeping, screen time and exercise. Because there are only 24 hours in any day, this involves a balancing act between activities. My work develops novel analytical models that explore how to get the balance right, not only for one aspect of health, but for overall health and wellbeing.
I am a DECRA Research Fellow (2023–2025), President of the international Compositional Data Association and Treasurer of the... Read more
About me
Welcome to my homepage at the University of South Australia. I am located at City East Campus, where I am an Enterprise Fellow at the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA).
My research seeks to identify the healthiest way to spend our time across daily activities such as sleeping, screen time and exercise. Because there are only 24 hours in any day, this involves a balancing act between activities. My work develops novel analytical models that explore how to get the balance right, not only for one aspect of health, but for overall health and wellbeing.
I am a DECRA Research Fellow (2023–2025), President of the international Compositional Data Association and Treasurer of the International Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Honours University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Small Steps towards dementia prevention, Medical Research Future Fund, 01/03/2023 - 28/02/2027
My Best Day for Knee OA (Erin MacIntyre), Arthritis Australia - Project Grants, 03/02/2025 - 31/12/2025
Living your best day- Optimising activity and diet compositions for dementia prevention, NHMRC - Boosting Dementia Research Grants, 01/12/2019 - 30/11/2025
Optimisation of compositional data to inform lifestyle behaviour interventions, NHMRC - Early Career Fellowship, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022
Annual rhythms in weight gain, activity and diet compositions in parents – identifying opportunities to prevent cycles of weight gain, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022
Harnessing life-course transitions to optimise time-use behaviour habits, ARC DECRA, 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
Dialling Up Health: a Non-Inferiority Trial of an AI Enhanced Telephone Lifestyle Counselling Service, MRFF, 2024-2028
Levelling the Playing Field: A Scalable Community-wide Strategy to Improve Equity in Access to a Universal Children's Sports Voucher Program, NHMRC Partnership, 2024-2028
The 24-hour physical behaviour spectrum for cancer prevention: associations with cancer incidence and mortality in the ProPASS consortium of prospective wearables-based cohorts, NHMRC CTCS, 2024-2028
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2025 |
Open access
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2025 |
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2025 |
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2025 |
Open access
2
2
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2025 |
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2025 |
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2024 |
Open access
2
1
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2024 |
Open access
2
4
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2024 |
Open access
6
6
498
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2024 |
Open access
6
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2024 |
Open access
1
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2024 |
Open access
35
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2024 |
Open access
1
1
1
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2024 |
1
1
29
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2024 |
Open access
1
|
2024 |
Open access
2
2
227
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2024 |
Open access
5
7
9
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2024 |
Open access
1
431
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
6
98
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2024 |
Open access
2
6
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2024 |
Open access
1
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2024 |
Open access
5
4
6
|
2024 |
Open access
2
2
|
2023 |
Open access
5
5
5
|
2023 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
37
|
2023 |
Open access
3
1
1018
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2023 |
Open access
18
17
148
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
17
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2023 |
Open access
5
4
3
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2023 |
Open access
4
4
5
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2023 |
Open access
2
1
5
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2023 |
Open access
5
5
7
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2023 |
Open access
5
4
655
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2023 |
Open access
2
1
1
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2023 |
Open access
23
20
21
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2023 |
Open access
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13
22
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2023 |
Open access
4
3
59
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2023 |
Open access
3
3
2
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
9
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2023 |
Open access
3
3
14
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2023 |
Open access
51
39
196
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2023 |
Open access
353
313
4998
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2023 |
Open access
11
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2023 |
10
7
3
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2023 |
Open access
5
5
167
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2022 |
4
4
9
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2022 |
Open access
12
20
5
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2022 |
Open access
8
8
16
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2022 |
Open access
19
19
37
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2022 |
Open access
8
7
150
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2022 |
Open access
4
5
16
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2022 |
Open access
10
9
321
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2022 |
Open access
187
105
1122
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2022 |
12
12
5
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2022 |
3
2
52
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2022 |
2
2
295
|
2022 |
Open access
38
35
20
|
2022 |
Open access
6
7
6
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2022 |
Open access
63
60
34
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2022 |
Open access
1
5
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2022 |
Open access
1
1
4
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2022 |
Open access
7
7
11
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2022 |
Open access
36
35
1
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2021 |
Open access
9
9
18
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2021 |
Open access
18
18
6
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2021 |
Open access
48
42
187
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2021 |
Open access
6
6
1
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2021 |
Open access
12
12
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2021 |
18
16
25
|
2021 |
Open access
25
18
62
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2021 |
Open access
30
28
13
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2021 |
Open access
16
14
42
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2021 |
29
24
5
|
2021 |
Open access
4
3
1
|
2021 |
9
11
83
|
2021 |
Open access
7
|
2021 |
Open access
10
10
9
|
2021 |
Open access
16
15
19
|
2021 |
Open access
13
10
41
|
2020 |
Open access
30
28
6
|
2020 |
26
94
|
2020 |
Open access
150
144
8
|
2020 |
Open access
17
17
121
|
2020 |
Open access
28
26
34
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2020 |
Open access
41
36
15
|
2020 |
Open access
31
31
16
|
2020 |
7
|
2020 |
Open access
32
31
6
|
2020 |
6
6
69
|
2020 |
Open access
9
8
4
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2019 |
43
40
4
|
2019 |
Open access
217
178
2
|
2019 |
Open access
10
9
1
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2019 |
Open access
36
34
34
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2019 |
Open access
12
11
6
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2019 |
Open access
10
10
19
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2019 |
Open access
12
11
104
|
2019 |
Open access
27
25
46
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2019 |
Open access
15
14
98
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2018 |
Open access
60
56
2
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2018 |
Open access
50
44
2
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2018 |
63
58
11
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2018 |
Open access
321
291
21
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2018 |
Open access
80
70
2
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2018 |
Open access
43
19
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2018 |
Open access
39
34
23
|
2018 |
Open access
252
235
45
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2018 |
Open access
21
19
13
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2018 |
Open access
12
11
4
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2018 |
103
92
38
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2018 |
Open access
40
37
13
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2017 |
Open access
106
92
13
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2017 |
50
43
1
|
2017 |
Open access
117
105
29
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2017 |
Open access
129
80
33
|
2017 |
269
222
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2017 |
Open access
21
18
37
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2016 |
Open access
39
33
46
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2016 |
Open access
57
53
29
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
1
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2022 |
Open access
1
1
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SA Cardiovascular Research Network: Excellence in Cardiovascular Research Award (2024)
Healthy Development Adelaide: Womens Research Excellence Award (2024)
PhD Research Excellence, SA Science Excellence Awards (2019)
Heart Foundation Paul Korner Innovation Award (2018)
Inspire PhD Award, UniSA (2018)
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
---|---|
Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute | NETHERLANDS |
Amsterdam University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospitals | DENMARK |
Brock University | CANADA |
Burnet Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario | CANADA |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute | CANADA |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa | CANADA |
Columbia University Irving Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Dublin City University | IRELAND |
Eastern Ontario Research Institute | CANADA |
Edge Hill University | UNITED KINGDOM |
European University of Madrid | SPAIN |
Federal University of Santa Catarina | BRAZIL |
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health | FINLAND |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Free University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Ghent University | BELGIUM |
Glasgow Caledonian University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Hasanuddin University | INDONESIA |
Healthy Care Services Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Heidelberg University | GERMANY |
Helsingin Yliopisto | FINLAND |
Hong Kong Baptist University | HONG KONG |
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar | SPAIN |
Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
International Sport and Culture Association | DENMARK |
Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education | POLAND |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | GERMANY |
Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
Laval University | CANADA |
Leiden University Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
Linköping University | SWEDEN |
Liverpool Hope University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Liverpool John Moores University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Mahidol University | THAILAND |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Municipality of Copenhagen | DENMARK |
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Nanchang University | CHINA |
National Cancer Institute | UNITED STATES |
National Health and Medical Research Council | AUSTRALIA |
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute | UNITED STATES |
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | UNITED STATES |
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences | NORWAY |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology | NORWAY |
Oulu University Hospital | FINLAND |
Oxford University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Palacky University | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Palacky University Olomouc | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Palacký University Olomouc | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Pelita Harapan University | INDONESIA |
Pennington Biomedical Center | UNITED STATES |
Pennington Biomedical Research Center | UNITED STATES |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia | AUSTRALIA |
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Queen's University | CANADA |
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research | AUSTRALIA |
Queensland Health | AUSTRALIA |
Queensland Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria | AUSTRALIA |
Royal North Shore Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Shanghai University of Sport | CHINA |
South Australian Department of Education and Child Development | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Health and Medical and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
Spanish National Research Council | SPAIN |
Swansea University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Syracuse University | UNITED STATES |
Tanunda Lutheran Home Inc | AUSTRALIA |
The James Hutton Institute | UNITED KINGDOM |
The National Research Center for Work Environment | DENMARK |
The Prince Charles Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Unicef | UNITED STATES |
Universidad de los Andes | COLOMBIA |
Universitas Indonesia | INDONESIA |
Universiteit Antwerpen | BELGIUM |
University Hospitals of Leicester Nhs Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Alabama at Birmingham | UNITED STATES |
University of Alberta | CANADA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Bath | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Cádiz | SPAIN |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Cape Town | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Copenhagen | DENMARK |
University of Delaware | UNITED STATES |
University of East Anglia | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Gavle | SWEDEN |
University of Gävle | SWEDEN |
University of Girona | SPAIN |
University of Granada | SPAIN |
University of Hawaii | UNITED STATES |
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | UNITED STATES |
University of Helsinki | FINLAND |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | UNITED STATES |
University of Jyvaskyla | FINLAND |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Limerick | IRELAND |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Maastricht | NETHERLANDS |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | UNITED STATES |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Minho | PORTUGAL |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNITED STATES |
University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Ottawa | CANADA |
University of Oulu | FINLAND |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Pittsburgh | UNITED STATES |
University of Porto | PORTUGAL |
University of Presov | SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
University of Primorska | SLOVENIA |
University of Prince Edward Island | CANADA |
University of Quebec at Montreal | CANADA |
University of Quebec at Montreal (Canada) | CANADA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Carolina - Columbia | UNITED STATES |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Southern Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Witwatersrand | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Turin | ITALY |
University of Turku | FINLAND |
University of Victoria | CANADA |
University of Waterloo | CANADA |
University of Winchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | UNITED STATES |
Vrije University Brussel | BELGIUM |
VU University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | NORWAY |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Discovery Early Career Award (DECRA)Australian Research Council |
2024 |
Editorial boardJournal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors |
2024 |
Future Leader Fellowship (honorary)National Heart Foundation |
2024 |
Invited Presenter at Digital Phenotyping SeminarThe University of Oxford |
2024 |
Invited speaker - Finding a healthy balance of daily activities and sleepUniversity of Hawaii, Children¿s Healthy Living Program |
2024 |
Member of Meetings Committee, and of the Conference Scientific CommitteeCompositional Data Association |
2024 |
The 2024 SA CVRN Award for Emerging Leader in Cardiovascular ResearchHeart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Network |
2024 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2024 |
Women¿s Excellence in Research AwardHealthy Development Adelaide |
2024 |
Development of Policy Brief for the UN Health Promoting Schools Programme, now published on WHO websiteWHO, UNICEF, UNESCO |
2023 |
Discovery Early Career Award (DECRA)Australian Research Council |
2023 |
Editorial boardJournal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors |
2023 |
Future Leader Fellowship (honorary)National Heart Foundation |
2023 |
Invited speaker - Compositional Data Analysis: 3-day workshopMahidol University, Thailand |
2023 |
Member of Meetings Committee, and of the Conference Scientific CommitteeCompositional Data Association |
2023 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2023 |
Development of Policy Brief for the UN Health Promoting Schools Programme, now published on WHO websiteWHO, UNICEF, UNESCO |
2022 |
Early Career FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2022 |
Editorial boardJournal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors |
2022 |
Invited speaker- Optimal instruments for measurement of dietary intake, physical activity and sleep among adultsNIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute |
2022 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2022 |
Collaboration & Exchange AwardThe National Heart Foundation |
2021 |
Early Career FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2021 |
Editorial boardJournal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors |
2021 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2021 |
Early Career FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2020 |
Editorial boardJournal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors |
2020 |
Keynote Speaker: Compositional Data Analysis of Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep in Longitudinal StudiesProPASS 3rd Annual Meeting |
2020 |
Most Cited Cross-Sectional PaperInternational Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity |
2020 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2020 |
Award for Excellence - Contribution to Time-Use EpidemiologyInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists |
2019 |
Early Career FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2019 |
Invited PresentationTel Aviv University |
2019 |
Invited PresentationHaifa University |
2019 |
Invited PresentationWingate College, Israel |
2019 |
Maths and Data AwardWinnovation SA |
2019 |
PhD Research Excellence AwardSA Science Excellence Awards |
2019 |
TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists (INTUE) |
2019 |
Invited member of scientific committee to update Australia Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines Children and Young PeopleAustralian Government |
2018 |
Invited PresentationUniversity of Wollongong |
2018 |
Invited PresentationMurdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne |
2018 |
Invited PresentationAuckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand |
2018 |
Invited PresentationDepartment of Optimisation and Logistics, University of Adelaide |
2018 |
Invited symposium presentationInternational Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) Annual Meeting, Hong Kong |
2018 |
MemberHealthy Development Adelaide |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Physiotherapy Association (APA) |
2018 |
MemberAllied Health Practitioner Regulation |
2018 |
MemberAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) |
2018 |
MemberInternational Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
2018 |
MemberInternational Society of Physical Activity and Health |
2018 |
Paul Korner Innovation AwardNational Heart Foundation |
2018 |
Steering committee member & TreasurerInternational Network of Time-Use Epidemiologists |
2018 |
Early Career Presentation AwardHEPA Europe, Croatia |
2017 |
Invited PresentationMathematics Department, Olomouc University, Czech Republic |
2017 |
Invited PresentationHEPA Europe, Croatia |
2017 |
Invited PresentationMRC Epidemiology, The University of Cambridge |
2017 |
Invited PresentationUniversity of East Anglia |
2017 |
Invited symposium presentationAustralasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Adelaide |
2017 |
Winner of Best Poster Award7th international Workshop on Compositional Data analysis (CoDaWork2017), Italy |
2017 |
Invited PresentationMurdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne |
2016 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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An examination of the use of green spaces and its influence on wellbeing for African diaspora youth in an Australian city | Current |
Building your best day for dementia prevention - longitudinal trajectories of dementia risk | Current |
Empirical reallocation of time | Current |
Exploration of patients level of activation in their self-care management of symptoms burden associated to advanced Chronic Kidney Disease | Current |
Navigating the Leap: Wellbeing Trends in South Australian Students Transitioning from Primary to Secondary Education | Current |
24-hour time use, cognitive function and brain health in older adults | Completed |
Sleep and cardiometabolic health: a multidimensional and compositional approach | Completed |