Ronald Plotnikoff

Biography

"Professor Ron Plotnikoff is the Founding Chair in Physical Activity and Population Health Education at the University of Newcastle which he commenced in June 2009. In 2010 he also took on the role as the Founding Director of the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition. Professor Plotnikoff relocated from the University of Alberta, Canada (School of Public Health and Faculty of Physical Education) where he held a nationally-funded Chair in Physical Activity and Population Health and directed the Physical Activity and Population Health Research Laboratory Track record: Professor Plotnikoff is an internationally regarded researcher in population health and physical activity research. He has over 245 peer-reviewed publications in print/press (153 in the past 5 years); over $8 million as a Chief Investigator and over $40 million as a co-investigator on population health research grants. He has received 5 Salary Research Awards which include a Canadian Institutes for Health Research-funded Applied Public Health Chair Award, an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research-funded Health Scholar Award and most recently, a 5 year NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship."

Research Interest

Clinical Sciences, Human Movement and Sports Science, Public Health and Health Services