Physical Activity and Ageing Research Program

Program leader: Professor Meg Morris

Program Overview

The key aim of this program is to generate new knowledge on the outcomes of physical activity and rehabilitation programs on the health and well-being of individuals in health and disease. As well as quantifying the effects of therapy programs and treatments, health programs will be evaluated in Australia and internationally and the reliability and validity of therapy outcome tools will be established. Knowledge transfer is another aim and the findings of the research conduced by team members is quickly disseminated to clinicians, health care organisations, patients, consumers, industry partners and the Australian community through workshops, seminars, conference presentations and publications.  Research training is a priority with doctoral and post-doctoral opportunities in areas such as gait disorders in older adults, physical activity programs for older adults, physiotherapy for Parkinson disease, stroke rehabilitation and measurement of therapy outcomes.

CHESM investigators

Professor Meg Morris
Dr Gavin Williams

Research Students

Pagamas Piriyaprasarth
Adrienne Harvey
Brook Galna
Alana Peters
Siok Bee Tan
Sze-Ee Soh

Collaborators

Prof Kerr Graham
A/Prof Richard Baker
Dr Jennifer McGinley
Dr Fiona Dobson
Prof Robert Iansek
Dr Frances Huxham
Dr Anna Murphy
Ms Jennifer Watts
Prof Nick Taylor
A/Prof Hylton Menz
Dr Sandra Brauer
A/Prof Louise Ada
Dr Catherine Dean

For more information about the Physical Activity and Ageing Research Program:
Research Projects
Publications
Grants