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](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/catherine-2.png.webp?itok=epZ82Q9E)
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.
Professor Catherine Woods ULRIS
Professor Catherine Woods ResearchGate
Professor Catherine Woods ORCID
![Brian Carson](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/Brian-2.png.webp?itok=mvJ-no2Q)
![Roisin Cahalan](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/roisin-1.png.webp?itok=OUBxfM9u)
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.
![Matthew Herring](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/herring-2.png.webp?itok=_xZIGO52)
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.
![Elaine Murtagh](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/elaine-2.png.webp?itok=JxqOoGw3)
Professor Elaine Murtagh
PAfH role: Centre member & Research impact and excellence lead
Research Interests: PA and Physical Education, Correlates and Determinants, Intervention Development.
![ross higgins](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/2.png.webp?itok=UqeQpjZi)
Associate Professor Ross Higgins
PAfH role: Centre member & Capacity and collaboration lead
Research Interests: Sustainable transport
Core members
![Ciaran MacDonncha](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/ciaran.png.webp?itok=2YgJi3Ps)
Professor Ciaran MacDonncha
PAfH role: Centre Member
Research Interests: PA Correlates and Determinants, Policy Impact and Implementation of effective interventions
![alan donnelly](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/alan-2_0.png.webp?itok=0ZjIa3Hx)
Professor Alan Donnelly
PAfH role: Centre member
Research Interests: Sedentary Behaviour, Physical Activity Measurement, Physical Activity for Health (young people and adults)
![Head and shoulders photo Assistant Professor Brendan O'Keeffe](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/brendan-okeeffe.png.webp?itok=s2wdWMMO)
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.
![James Green](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-05/james-2.png.webp?itok=zMSONfPo)
Associate Professor James Green
PAfH role: Centre member
Research Interests: PA Behaviour Change, Cross-cultural PA determinants, Methods.
ULRIS
ResearchGate
ORCID
![Head and shoulders photo Associate Professor Sean Healy](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/sean-healy.png.webp?itok=yWnyUO1a)
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.