This multidisciplinary group of core members consisting of physiologists, sports scientists, physiotherapists and health, sports and exercise psychologists is ideally placed to meet global and local policy requirements in the area of physical activity for health.

Leadership team

catherine woods

Professor Catherine Woods

PAfH role: Centre Lead
Research Interests: Policy Impact and Implementation of effective interventions, PA and Exercise as Medicine, PA Correlates and Determinants. 

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Brian Carson

Professor Brian Carson

PAfH role: Centre member & Internationalisation lead
Research Interests: Physical Activity Measurement and Surveillance, PA and Exercise as Medicine.

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Roisin Cahalan

Associate Professor Roisin Cahalan

PAfH role: Centre member & Internationalisation lead
Research Interests: PA in respiratory disease and injury surveillance, screening and management in elite athletes and dancers.

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Matthew Herring

Associate Professor Matthew Herring

PAfH role: Centre member & Research impact and excellence lead.
Research Interests: Physical Activity and Mental Health, Exercise as Medicine, Exercise Mechanisms.

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Elaine Murtagh

Professor Elaine Murtagh

PAfH role: Centre member & Research impact and excellence lead
Research Interests: PA and Physical Education, Correlates and Determinants, Intervention Development.

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ross higgins

Associate Professor Ross Higgins

PAfH role: Centre member & Capacity and collaboration lead
Research Interests: Sustainable transport

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Core members

Ciaran MacDonncha

Professor Ciaran MacDonncha

PAfH role: Centre Member
Research Interests: PA Correlates and Determinants, Policy Impact and Implementation of effective interventions

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andrew o regan

Associate Professor Andrew O’Regan 

PAfH role: Centre Member
Research interests: physical activity behavioural change for prevention and treatment of chronic health conditions. He has also published widely in medical education and chronic disease management in general practice.

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alan donnelly

Professor Alan Donnelly

PAfH role: Centre member
Research Interests: Sedentary Behaviour, Physical Activity Measurement, Physical Activity for Health (young people and adults)

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Head and shoulders photo Assistant Professor Brendan O'Keeffe

Assistant Professor Brendan O'Keeffe

PAfH role: Centre member
Research Interests: Pedagogy of health-related fitness, Scalable school based health promotion intervention, Monitoring health related fitness.

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James Green

Associate Professor James Green

PAfH role: Centre member 
Research Interests: PA Behaviour Change, Cross-cultural PA determinants, Methods.
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Head and shoulders photo Associate Professor Sean Healy

Associate Professor Sean Healy

PAfH role: Centre member
Research role: Adapted/inclusive physical activity and physical education , PA correlates and determinates, 24-hour movement paradigm.

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Head and shoulders photo Associate Professor Grainne Hayes

Assistant Professor Grainne Hayes

PAfH role: Centre member
Research Interests: Physical Activity Measurement. The link between the different activity behaviours and health indices across the lifespan. The role of technology assisted PA in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.

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