Anthony Manyara is a researcher at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, and finalizing his PhD at the University of Glasgow which has developed a diabetes prevention theory of change for Nairobi, Kenya. He earned his MSc in Public Health from the University of the West of England, Bristol, and …
Dr. Rosemary Khitieyi Imonje is a full-time faculty and educational expert for Curriculum Studies both at undergraduate and graduate levels, besides supervising academic research projects for the latter; in the Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, University of Nairobi, Ken ya. Dr. Imonje has a progressive outstanding experience of over 25 years as …
Dr. Taniya Nagpal is an Assistant Professor at Brock University, Canada, in Kinesiology. Taniya’s research takes a person-oriented approach to understand weight stigma and bias during pregnancy and the effect this may have on maternal health behaviors like physical activity, clinical interactions, and perinatal outcomes. The goal of this work is to inform inclusive clinical …
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, Portugal where he is the Director of the Research Centre CIDEFES. He is the Executive Director of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity …
Dr. Kristi Adamo is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics and the Faculty of Medicine (Pediatrics) at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is also a founding member of the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the CHEO RI. Dr. Adamo has a multidisciplinary background and her research program, Prevention …
Professor Anthony Okely is a Senior Professor in the School of Health and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (Level 2), and Theme Leader at the Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute. His research focuses on movement behaviors (physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep) in children, with a …
