Dr Genevieve Healy
Research Fellow
Behavioural Epidemiology
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Genevieve Healy is a NHMRC and Heart Foundation funded postdoctoral research fellow at the Cancer Prevention Research Centre in the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland, and an honorary research fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. Her PhD research reported some of the first evidence regarding the importance of regularly interrupting sedentary time for heart health. Her current research builds on this work to examine population-level variations in prolonged sedentary time as well as the feasibility and acceptability of reducing this behaviour in key settings, such as the workplace. A fundamental element underpinning all of her work is the use of objective measures of sedentary time. Genevieve was the 2012 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year (Medicine and Medical Sciences) and the 2010 Queensland Young Tall Poppy of the Year.
Research Interest
Behavioural Epidemiology
Publications
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Genevieve Healy,Objectively-measured sedentary time, physical activity and metabolic risk: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study Diabetes Care 2008;31(2):369–71.
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Genevieve Healy,Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults: NHANES 2003–06 European Heart Journal 2011;32(5):590–7.
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Genevieve Healy,Reducing sitting time in office workers: short-term efficacy of a multicomponent intervention Preventive Medicine 2013;57(1):43–8.
