Genevieve Healy
NHMRC CDF Principal Research Fellow
School of Public Health
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
A/Prof Genevieve Healy is a NHMRC Career Development Fellow at the Cancer Prevention Research Centre in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland, and an honorary research fellow at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, and Curtin University. 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.
Research Interest
Disease prevention and control
Publications
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Natasha R, Genevieve HN, Robin DM, Peter B, Elizabeth EG, et al. (2017) 12-year television viewing time trajectories and physical function in older adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 7: 1359-1365.
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Charlotte BL, Genevieve HN, Nyssa HT, Duncan YC, Brianna FS (2017) Australian employee perceptions of an organizational-level intervention to reduce sitting. Health Promotion International.
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Pieter C, Genevieve HN, Elisabeth WAH, David DW, Neville O, et al. (2017) Pre-existing low-back symptoms impact adversely on sitting time reduction in office workers. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 7: 609-618.
