Team

Dr Takumi Abe is an Associate Professor at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan, and a steering committee member of the Physical Activity Policies & Environments Special Interest Group of the Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity. He completed a PhD in Health and Sport Sciences. Dr Abe’s research focuses on the interplay between neighbourhood environments, physical activity and other health-related behaviours, and health outcomes among adults. His interests also extend to related themes such as travel behaviours, sedentary behaviour, and muscle-strengthening activities. He has a strong interest in collaborative work and actively engages in joint research with both domestic and international researchers.

Dr. Matthew Ahmadi is a National Heart Foundation Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre in the Faculty of Medicine and Health and the Deputy Director of the Mackenzie Wearables Research Hub. He is a Working Group member for the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep Consortium (ProPASS) and the wearables lead for the Australia DETECT Cohort. Matthew’s research focuses on wearables-based research from development to application in population-based cohorts. He applies wearables-based techniques to measure physical activity, posture, and sleep, and their relationship with cardiovascular disease throughout the lifecourse.

With a background in psychology and statistics, Ester Cerin is a professor and director of the Behaviour, Environment and Health research program at the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Her research focuses on environmental and psychosocial determinants of health and related behaviours – including physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep – across different geographical contexts. She is a past president of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2023-2025), co-founder of the International Cognitive Health and the Environment Network and head of scientific evidence for the Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities. She has held senior editorial positions for several journals, including the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) and Health & Place. She has published over 350 scientific articles that have been cited >98,000 times (Scopus). Ester has been a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2019 and 2021-2024. She is ranked 60 out of ~70,000 research-active public health researchers in the world (Elsevier and Standford University Top 2% Scientists list).

Dr. Yu-Kai Chang is the Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at National Taiwan Normal University, where he also directs the Physical Activity and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. He serves as Treasurer of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP), Vice-President of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology (ASPASP), and Co-Editor of International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSP’s official journal. Dr. Chang’s research centers on sport and exercise psychology, particularly exercise and mental health, performance psychology, and mindfulness, with a cognitive neuroscience perspective. He has published over 280 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to 10+ international book chapters, and translated four academic books. Recognized as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists in Sport Science since 2021, his honors include International Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (2024), Distinguished Alumni Award from UNC Greensboro (2020), and Taiwan’s Outstanding Research Award (2019, 2025). He was named Early Career Distinguished Scholar by ISSP (2013) and NASPSPA (2014). Beyond academia, Dr. Chang is an accomplished Chinese martial artist, with expertise in Bagua, Xingyi, Taiji, and Shaolin, and has competed in numerous national and international events.

Dr. JP Chaput is a Senior Scientist with the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO RI) and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on obesity prevention, health promotion, and lifestyle behaviour modification, including improving sleep, increasing physical activity, reducing screen time, and fostering healthier eating habits. He was part of the leadership group that developed the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and is part of other guideline development groups with the World Health Organization. Dr. Chaput has published over 450 peer-reviewed scientific articles, with an h-index of 108 and more than 64,000 citations. He serves on numerous journal editorial boards and advisory committees, has delivered over 200 lectures at international conferences, and has received multiple awards for his research achievements. Outside of work, Dr. Chaput enjoys traveling, running in the forest, and spending time with his daughter, Charlotte.

Dr. Jennifer Davis is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Applied Health Economics, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Career Scholar, and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management. Her career goal is to improve the health of Canadians through applied health economic evaluation and outcomes research. Jennifer’s research focuses on conducting economic evaluations alongside randomized controlled trials, including cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses, in a variety of clinical settings that include falls, fracture, and cognition. A core part of Jennifer’s current research program includes health outcomes research, specifically exploring the value of patient-reported outcome measures in the fields of healthy aging (including cognition and mobility) and various surgical outcomes.

She holds a Master of Science in Psychology of Sport & Exercise from Loughborough University, UK, and a Master of Arts in Psychology from the University of Mumbai, India. She has also completed an Advanced Practicum Training in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) from the Albert Ellis Institute, New York, and its application with children from In Vivo, Mumbai.

Currently, Maurelle is a Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill University, UK. Her PhD research explores the potential integration of physical activity into psychotherapy provided to children and young people in the UK. Her research interests also include behaviour change, physical activity adherence, emotional regulation, performance enhancement, and athlete mental health.

She is also the co-founder and Secretary of the Indian Sport Psychologists’ Association (INSPA). Her professional journey includes serving as the Consulting Sport Psychologist at several national organisations and private academies. She also works extensively with individual athletes at the national and international levels across various sports and age groups.

In academia, Maurelle has contributed as a visiting faculty member for Sport & Exercise Psychology courses at several institutions across the city and has been involved in several training programs for sport psychologists in India.

David holds a joint appointment at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia with the positions of: Head – Baker/Deakin Department of Lifestyle and Diabetes and Chair, Lifestyle and Diabetes (Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin); and Academic Deputy Director/Physical Activity Laboratory Head (Baker). He is the current Vice-President and a Director of the Asia Society for Physical Activity (ASPA).

His research focuses on understanding the adverse health consequences of too much sitting and the potential health benefits resulting from frequently breaking up sitting time. In particular, he has developed effective strategies to reduce and break up sitting time in adults with or at risk of developing chronic diseases and to designed programs to support office workers to reduce sedentary behaviour in workplace settings. His current focus is directed at understanding how best to implement efficacious ‘sit less and move more’ interventions at scale within the healthcare setting for those living with chronic diseases.

Dr. Erickson is Director of Translational Neuroscience and Mardian J. Blair Endowed Chair of Neuroscience at the AdventHealth Research Institute. Dr. Erickson’s vast research program focuses on the effects of physical activity on brain health across the lifespan. This research has resulted in > 350 published articles and 15 book chapters. With currently over 60000 citations for his work since 2003 he has been identified by the AD Scientific Index as one of the world’s top 1% most productive scientists.

Dr. Erickson’s research has received >$55 million dollars in support including numerous grants from the NIH, the Alzheimer’s Association, and other organizations. His research resulted in the prestigious Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award from the University of Pittsburgh. He was named a Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research in 2016 and received a Distinguished Scientist Award by Murdoch University in 2018.  He has been a Visiting Professor at Murdoch University, the University of SA, the University of Granada, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.

Dr. Erickson was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to be an expert on the 2018 U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and chaired the Brain Health subcommittee.

Natan is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, a collaborating professor of Epidemiology at the Institute of Cardiology (IC/FUC) in Brazil, and a research collaborator in the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. He also coordinates the PAMPA cohort, a prospective study in Southern Brazil. His research focuses on physical activity and dementia, global public health, and cohort studies.

Yiqun Gan is a professor at Peking University’s School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, where she also serves as a leader in the academic discipline. Her publication record includes over 200 research papers in high-impact journals such as Nature Human Behavior, Psychological Medicine, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, and Health Psychology. Currently, she holds the position of co-Editor-in-Chief for the international SSCI journal Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing (IF=3.9). She also serves as an Associate Editor for top domestic journals such as Acta Psychologica Sinica, Advances in Psychological Science, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, and Psych Journal. Yiqun Gan holds positions within various psychological societies, including the Chair of the Behavioral and Health Psychology division of the Chinese Psychological Society and the President of the Health Psychology Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology. She has been recognized as a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology and as an Outstanding International Member of the Health Psychology Society of the American Psychological Association. Her research interests primarily include stress coping mechanisms and health psychology.

Lora Giangregorio, PhD is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Bone Health and Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She leads the Bone Health and Exercise Science Lab, or BonES lab. The BonES lab team leads research on physical activity for fall and fracture prevention. Dr. Giangregorio is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council for Osteoporosis Canada and was on the leadership team that developed the 2020 Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines. She also led the Exercise Working Group for the 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention in Canada.

Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall is the President of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), the leading global society for advancing the research and practice of physical activity and health. She is a Principal Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation at The University of Queensland, a jointly funded centre between the university and Health and Wellbeing Queensland, the Queensland government’s state prevention agency. 

Varadayini is an ISSP-Registered Professional Sport Psychologist with a 13 year- wealth of experience in the Indian landscape of sport psychology. Having completed her Masters from Loughborough University in 2012, setting foot in a nascent world of sport psychology in India was the beginning of a very exploratory journey. 

She enjoys working with youth athletes, coaches and parents. She also likes to apply her knowledge to other high performing setups like the India Inc. Currently, her in-depth reflections has helped her develop standardised sport psychology and mental health protocols and systems for HPCs. Her research and interest lies in youth sports, culture as well as professional ethics. 

In her spare time, she loves to run, read and write and is presently trying to learn Indian classical music with her 6 year old daughter!

Dr. Shigeru Inoue is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Tokyo Medical University. After graduating from Tohoku University School of Medicine in 1991, he spent five years in clinical practice before transitioning to research in the field of “physical activity and public health.”

He has been involved in the development of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and contributed to The Lancet’s Physical Activity Series in 2012 and 2016. He has also played a role in the development of Japanese physical activity guidelines and the national health initiative “Healthy Japan 21,” including its first, second, and third terms. His research focuses on physical activity epidemiology, with a particular interest in promoting physical activity at the population level and creating environments that support active lifestyles.

Dr. Linda Li is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia, where she holds the Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritic Diseases. She also serves as the Scientific Director for the BC SUPPORT Unit and is a Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada, leading the Arthritis & Implementation Science Lab. Her research focuses on developing implementation strategies to improve healthcare delivery by health professionals and promote physical activity in people with chronic conditions. Dr. Li’s contributions to implementation science includes creating tools to engage people with lived experience in research, such as the Citizen Science platform. She also played a key role in the development of the Patient Engagement in Research (PEIR) Framework and the PEIR Scale, both widely used in patient-oriented research. Dr. Li has been recognized for her contributions to arthritis research and education with the American College of Rheumatology – Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP) Distinguished Scholar Award (2015) and the ARP Distinguished Educator Award (2022). She held a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation from 2014 to 2024

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nucharapon Liangruenrom is a Lecturer and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand. With a strong interdisciplinary background in public health and population research, she focuses on movement behaviors, including physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep, and applies time-use epidemiology to understand their impact on population health. Her research also explores health promotion strategies and the application of compositional data analysis, alongside conducting systematic reviews to inform evidence-based practice.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nucharapon Liangruenrom has been recognized for academic excellence, receiving the Victoria University Medal for Academic Excellence in Research and the Active Living and Public Health Research Scholarship. She also holds a Master’s degree with High Distinction from California State University.

In addition to academic roles, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nucharapon Liangruenrom contributes to the global scientific community as an Editor of the Journal of Population and Social Studies, an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors, and as Thailand’s Country Representative for the Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!). Through these roles, she aims to advance research and policy efforts promoting healthier, more active lifestyles at both national and international levels.

Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD, PT, Professor, is a physical therapist and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging at the University of British Columbia, Department of Physical Therapy. She directs the Aging, Mobility and Cognitive Health Laboratory and the Vancouver General Hospital’s Falls Prevention Clinic (www.fallsclinic.ca). Dr. Liu-Ambrose is Co-Director of the Centre for Aging SMART at VCH. She is a Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow and member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Liu-Ambrose’s research focuses on understanding the role of exercise, and other lifestyle interventions, in promoting cognitive and mobility outcomes in older adults. Her research findings have been implemented into clinical practice, community programs, and international practice guidelines or recommendations to promote healthy aging. 

Amy Shirong Lu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies of the College of Arts, Media and Design and in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. She directs the Health Technology Lab, focusing on the psychological, physiological, and behavioral mechanisms and effects of digital interventions using active video games, XR, and apps for exercise and rehabilitation across the developmental spectrum. Her research interests include narratives, mediated characters, and digital media to improve exercise behavior and cognitive health.

Professor David Lubans is Director of the Global Sport and Movement Collaborative and Co-Director of the Centre for Active Living and Learning at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A global leader in school-based physical activity promotion, his research focuses on designing, evaluating, and disseminating interventions to improve physical activity quantity and quality. Much of this work involves partnerships with government and non-government organisations responsible for delivering physical activity in schools. He also explores the impact of physical activity, fitness, and motor competence on cognitive function and mental health in youth. Professor Lubans has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles spanning the fields of Education, Psychology, Public Health, and Sport Science. His work has been cited more than 40,000 times (Google Scholar), with an h-index of 104 (Scopus h-index= 76). Based on citation metrics, he ranks in the top 1% of researchers globally in the fields of public health and sport science.

Miao Miao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Psychology, School of Health Humanities, Peking University. Her research focuses on health psychology, with a particular focus on mental health and health behavior promotion among diverse populations, including adolescents, university students, and women. She has published over 40 papers as the first or corresponding author in SSCI/SCI journals. She also serves on the editorial boards of Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, BMC Psychology, and the Chinese journal of Applied Psychology.

Dr. Migueles is a sports scientist and Investigador Postdoctoral at the Universidad de Granada. His research focuses on the assessment of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep with wearable sensors, primarily accelerometers. 

Dr. Balbim received his PhD in Kinesiology and Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia (Canada), funded by CANTRAIN StrokeCog and Michael Smith Health Research BC. Dr. Balbim also received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He is trained as a kinesiologist and is interested in the effectiveness of exercise training in promoting cognitive and brain health in healthy older adults, as well as in older adults living with mild cognitive impairment and stroke. Dr. Balbim is also interested in the impact of 24-hour movement behaviours of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep on brain and cognitive health of older adults.

Dr. Zhaowei KONG is Associate Professor at the University of Macau (https://fed.um.edu.mo/zh-hant/zhaowei-kong/). His research centers around Exercise Physiology, with primary focuses on: comprehending the physiological responses and adaptations to exercise, investigating the effects of physical activity on health, and optimizing nutritional diets and exercise regimens.​

Dr. KONG has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, with a Google Scholar h-index of 31. He actively contributes to the academic community by serving on the editorial boards of respected journals, including Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation and Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness. Furthermore, he holds the position of Vice President of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (SCSEPF).

After completing his Degree and Master in Sports Sciences (1998-2003), FB Ortega did 2 separate Doctoral Theses at the University of Granada (Spain) and Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) (2003-2008). He did his postdoc in Sweden and University of South Carolina, USA (2008-2012). From 2012 to date, FB. Ortega is working at the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, Spain, where he founded in 2013 the PROFITH Research group (http://profith.ugr.es/) and he is the Co-Director of it. He is Full Professor since 2021 at the University of Granada.

He has published more than 500 scientific papers in the field of physical activity, fitness and health (See-HERE). His papers have got more than 70 000 citations and his h-index is 120 in Google Scholar. This places him within the top-10 most cited researchers at the University of Granada (See-HERE) and as Highly Cited Researcher in 2022 by the Web of Science, the most exclusive list including only the 0.1% (1 in 1000 researchers) the researchers in the world. He has published as leading author in top journals such as BMJ, European Heart Journal, Circulation Research, British Journal of Sport Medicine; and had led several international consensus articles (PMIDs: 33846158, 39577493). He was selected to be part of the expert group that developed the 2020 WHO – physical activity guidelines (See the landmark guidelines paper that has already got >14 000 citations). FB Ortega has been recently (Dec 2024) acknowledged as one of the top-5 researchers at the University of Granada with highest impact in public policies (based on Overton platform).

Completed his Habilitation in 2021, and his Ph.D. in health and physical activity at the Technical University of Lisbon in 2009. He is an Associate Professor at Universidade Lusófona, where he is the director of the research centre CIDEFES and of the PhD program in Physical Education and Sports.
He is the Executive Director of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Published about 100 articles in specialized journals, over 200 works in proceedings, and has four books published. He has served as an advisor in over 100 dissertations and thesis in health sciences, educational sciences, and social sciences. Received five prizes. In their professional activities interacted with 116 researchers in the authorship of scientific papers. The most frequent terms in the context of scientific production are Physical Activity, Psychosocial Variables, Weight Management, Adolescents, Obesity, Exercise Motivation, Well-being, Women, Body Composition, and Body Image.
Father of Miguel and Carolina Palmeira, husband of Maria João Palmeira; loves exercising, music, audio, basketball and learning how to become more productive.

Dr. Ale Quartiroli is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (USA) and Visiting Professor at the University of Portsmouth (UK). Ale is an AASP CMPC, approved mentor, and Fellow, in the US. In the UK, he is a HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise and Counseling Psychologist and a BPS, chartered psychologist, approved supervisor and associated fellow. Internationally, Ale is an ISSP-R Practitioner and Supervisor and EuroPsy-certified psychologist. Ale has served on the AASP Executive Board (2019–2022) and currently serves on the ISSP Managing Council. Ale has extensive experience supporting client in initiating and maintaining an active and healthy living. Ale works with within individual, teams and organizations across performance and cultural domains and, currently, he is the lead service provider at the UW-L Athletic Department. Ale is an active supervisor for trainees pursuing CMPC, HCPC, and ISSP-R. Ale’s research centers on practitioners’ training, development, and professional practice, along with practitioner and organizational effectiveness and well-being, culturally humble practice, the effective delivery of psychological services across performance domains, and the psychological service delivery in physical activity and exercise settings. Ale is also an Associated Editor for IJSEP and JASP and an active reviewer for many journals.

Jasper Schipperijn is a Professor in Active Living Environments at the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark. His research interests revolve around three main topics 1) playgrounds, 2) conducting multi-disciplinary intervention studies to create active living environments and 3) developing tools and methods that make it possible to measure active living and the environment it takes place in.

His work builds on intervention studies or natural experiments that involved changes to the built environment, e.g. co-creating and renovating schoolyards, playgrounds, urban green spaces, public open space, or bicycling facilities.

Robert Schinke, an accredited international practitioner specializing in culturally safe practices with elite and vulnerable populations, is a two-term President of the International Society of Sport Psychology, the former President of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, a two-term Canada Research Chair, and the senior Co-Editor of the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Moreover, he is a Distinguished Professor at Beijing Sport University, supporting science in relation to Team China, an Honorary Professor at Tsing Hua University, and a Visiting Professor at Eastern China Normal University. He also has accumulated more than 200 peer reviewed publications and was twice named Canadian Sport Science Award Recipient among his recognitions.

A/Prof Ashleigh Smith is a Henry Brodaty Dementia Australia Research Foundation Mid-Career Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity at the University of South Australia. She leads a research program developing enjoyable and sustainable dementia risk reduction strategies for those most at risk. A/Prof Smith has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and industry reports, and has secured $9.8 million AUD in research funding, including 3.7 million as lead Chief Investigator. A/Prof Smith leads major studies such as ACTIVate, Small Steps and Rural ACTIVate studies, and heads a team of 19 researchers dedicated to translating evidence on modifiable dementia risk factors into feasible and engaging interventions.

Professor Karen Spruyt, PhD, is a leading expert in pediatric sleep research, affiliated with INSERM and the University of Paris – Academic Hospital R. Debré. Her research explores the critical link between children’s sleep and their cognitive and emotional development. Prof. Spruyt holds advanced degrees in Clinical Psychology, Child Neuropsychology, and Biostatistics, and became a professor in 2007. She has held faculty positions at renowned institutions, including the University of Chicago, and has served as a visiting professor in Canada, China, and Brazil. Notable accolades include the Best Faculty Scientific Presentation Award at the University of Chicago (2009) and the “Program Avenir” award from the French Prime Minister (2017). Her research encompasses developmental neuropsychology and somnopathology, resulting in over 160 publications in SCI journals and four books on pediatric sleep. Prof. Spruyt is a mentor for the World Sleep Society’s International Sleep Research Training Program, based in Paris. She is also treasurer for the International Pediatric Sleep Society and chairs the European Sleep Research Society’s educational committee, where she co-founded the pediatric sleep school. Prof. Spruyt’s work with the World Sleep Society plays a pivotal role in advancing global sleep health initiatives, positioning sleep as a key focus in global health priorities.

Keerthana Swaminathan is a sports psychologist and ISSP-R listed practitioner working across sports, including IPL teams and Olympic and Paralympic athletes. As President of INSPA and co-director of The Performance Doctor, she champions athlete mental health and culturally responsive practice. Currently pursuing a PhD on psychological safety and performance, she integrates research and practice to shape India’s sport psychology landscape. She is also the author of When I Looked Back It Was 21 Already.

Dr. Jenn Tomasone is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University. Blending her formal training in both exercise behaviour change and knowledge translation, Dr. Tomasone’s program of research aims to close the gap between research and practice to optimize physical activity participation for persons of all abilities. She was the Knowledge Translation Lead for CSEP’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults – most comprehensive knowledge translation effort in the 40-year history of movement guidelines in Canada – and now consults with international physical activity guideline groups, including the World Health Organization. She is also driven to optimize positive participation experiences in community-based exercise programs for persons with disabilities. She brings her research to life as a Co-Director of Revved Up, an exercise program for adults with a disability in Kingston, Ontario. As part of the Canadian Disability Participation Project, she established a national community of practice among community-based exercise program providers from across Canada to share best practices for fostering full and effective exercise participation for persons with disabilities. Outside of work, Jenn enjoys cooking, spinning, yoga and being active outdoors with her family and friends. 

Åsa Tornberg RPT, Associate Professor. She got her BSc in physiotherapy in 1992, achieved a PhD degree in 2010 in Experimental Clinical Physiology and became an Associate Professor in Physiotherapy in 2015. Her PhD thesis was about physical exercise and assessment methods to evaluate aerobic capacity among type 2 diabetic patients. Åsa’s research is focused on how physical exercise, physical activity and nutrition influences health, and how physical exercise and physical activity can be used as medicine for different diseases. Åsa’s main areas of interest are exercise physiology and gene-environment interaction with focus on physical activity and nutrition. Within her research are also development and evaluation of different physiological assessment methods, which are being used to assess physical performance, among both patients and elite athletes included. Åsa has long experience of assessing exercise performance both in elite athletes and in individuals with metabolic and chronic diseases. She has also experience of planning, conducting and analysing clinical trials both among elite athletes and individual with metabolic and chronic diseases.

Professor Liye Zou received his Ph.D. in Exercise Sciences from Springfield College, USA, in 2017 and is now a full professor and doctoral advisor in the Department of Psychology at Shenzhen University. He is the Principal Investigator of the Body-Brain-Mind Laboratory, an advocate for the World Health Organization consensus statement on 24-hour movement behaviors, and a founding member of the International Society for Exercise Neuroscience. Professor Zou serves on editorial boards or as an associate editor for several leading journals, including Mental Health and Physical Activity, Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, Educational Psychology Review, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Integrative, and the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. He has published over 150 SCI/SSCI-indexed articles in top journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Trends in Molecular Medicine, Advanced Science, and the British Journal of Sports Medicine. His work has been frequently cited by the World Health Organization and China’s government-funded top newspaper China Education News. In recognition of his impact, Professor Zou was named among the 2022-2023 “World’s Top 2% Scientists” by Stanford University (by John P.A. Ioannidis group) and received the Elsevier “China Top Open Access Author Award.”