ICDAM 2023
Keynote speakers
Tuesday June 27
Wednesday, June 28 |
Professor Genevieve Healy
Measuring Sedentary Behaviour Across the Lifespan Professor Genevieve Healy is a global leader in sedentary behaviour in adults. Her research focuses on understanding how much we sit and how this influences our health and wellbeing, as well as the feasibility and acceptability of reducing this behaviour in key settings and populations, with a particular focus on desk based workers. Her work has influenced policy and guidelines regarding the importance of reducing prolonged sitting time, and she works with multiple industry and partner organisations to translate her research into practice Link to website/lab: https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/757 Laureate Professor Clare Collins
University of Newcastle, Australia Challenges and Opportunities in Assessing Diet Across the Lifespan; Pot of gold or Pandora’s Box? Click here for Laureate Professor Collins' Abstract Professor Collins is the most successful research dietitian in Australia, she has been awarded over $21 million dollars in research grants. Her innovative and world leading research creates new technologies to evaluate nutrition and dietary intake, and how improving nutrition, diet quality, food patterns can facilitate improved weight and health across all ages and stages of life and for those with chronic health conditions. |
Thursday, June 29 |
Professor Ulf Ekelund
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo Norway Dose-response associations between physical activity and risk for mortality - lessons learned from self-reported and device-measured physical activity Click here for Professor Ekelund‘s abstract Professor Ekelund is a world leading expert in measurement and population levels of physical activity and understanding the biological basis for physical activity and sedentary behaviour with a special focus on young people. Web page: https://www.nih.no/en/about/employees/ulf-ekelund/ |