Research projects

iMAP (International Mind, Activities and urban Places in Melbourne Study)

The iMAP study is investigating how our neighbourhood and places we regularly visit interact with lifestyle to impact brain health and psychological function in middle to late adulthood.

Explore project

Investigating AMPK energy sensing mechanisms underlying regulation of metabolism and exercise

This project seeks to understand the health promoting effects of exercise in people with type 2 diabetes by determining the interaction between circadian rhythms and the metabolic response to exercise and nutrition.

Explore project 

OsteoPrep

The OsteoPreP study is a randomized controlled trial investigating interventions that can reduce or prevent bone loss in postmenopausal women. The study will look at how a probiotic supplement affects gut bacteria and impacts on bone and metabolic health in women.

Explore project

Other current projects

• Active Lifestyle and the Environment in Chinese Seniors (ALECS) project
• Auditing the representation of female athletes in sport and exercise science research
• Cardiometabolic risk in the built environment
• DASP – Dynamic Activity Spaces Pilot study
• Deep learning analysis of MRI data
• Development of novel methods for harmonisation of multi-site multi-modal MRI data
• Effects of Mitopure (Urolithin A) on skeletal muscle function, iron metabolism and endurance performance (ENDURO)
• EPOCH: the impact of the Environment and Pollution on Cognitive Health
• ExCoGIS Initiative – Extant Cohorts and Geographic Information Systems
• Global Observatory of Health and Sustainable Cities
• IPEN (International study of Built Environment, Physical Activity and Obesity)
• IPEN Adolescent (International Physical Acitivity and the Environment)
• Mapping and interrogating human exercise-regulated tissue and circulating biological networks
• Optimizing the timing of iron supplementation in relation to exercise at sea-level and altitude
• Supernova 4 and 5ish
• Supernova 6: Effect of the “super shoe” on lowering the metabolic cost of exercise in elite racewalkers
• The impact of acute calcium intake on bone markers and iron status, during repeated training sessions and recovery in elite rowers
• Use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) for the assessment of body composition in elite and sub-elite athletes

Completed projects

• A time for food: The effects of time restricted feeding on glycaemic control and gut microbiome in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
• Epigenetic control and the circadian clock: turning back time on diabetes pathogenesis
• iHEALTH (International Healthy Environments and Active Living in Teenages – Hong Kong)
• Measurement and analysis of environmental noise in Melbourne
• Moving Bright, Eating Smart: acceptability and feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent reoccurance in colorectal cancer survivors – a phase 2 study
• Predictive models for the spread of degeneration in the brain
• RoWDI – Rolling Window Detection of Intrusions in fMRI data
• The effect of intermittent fasting on integrated muscle synthesis rates in overweight, middle aged men
• Understanding the role of the environment on children’s cognitive development
• Urban spaces and active ageing: understanding person – environment interactions to inform activity- friendly community design