The mission of the Physical Activity for Health’ Research Centre is 

to be world leaders in Physical Activity for Health research and excellence, with real world impact in policy and practice. 

Diagram of PAfH aims

PAfH Pillars 

The activity of the PAfH Research Centre comprises three key areas

  • Pillar 1: Research Excellence and Impact 
  • Pillar 2: Internationalisation and Visiblity 
  • Pillar 3: Capacity Building and Collaboration.

Within these pillars PAfH aims to: 

  • Enhance Research Funding 
  • Maximise Research Outputs 
  • Optimise existing collaborations with key stakeholders 
  • Maximise PAfH national and international networks 
  • Enhance PAfH training and mentoring for emerging researchers 
  • Enhance research student training and supervision 
  • Develop international hosting and exchange programmes 
  • Deliver real world impact locally, nationally and internationally
PAfH

PAfH has five thematic areas, namely measurement and determinants of physical activity (PA); biomedicine of PA; PA and Exercise is Medicine; Interventions and Policy; Active and Sustainable mobility.  For more details see our 'Research Themes' page.