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Jasper Schipperijn

PRESIDENT

Jasper Schipperijn is a Professor in Active Living Environments with the Research Unit for Active Living at the University of Southern Denmark. His research interests revolve around two main topics 1…

Karen Milton

PRESIDENT ELECT

Karen is an Associate Professor in Public Health within the Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia (UK). She held previous positions in physical activity and public health…

Catherine Draper

PAST PRESIDENT

Catherine Draper is an Associate Professor in the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand, and is also affiliated to the Division of…

Gemma Ryde

TREASURER

Gemma is a Lecturer in Physical Activity within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport at the University of Stirling in Scotland. Her research focuses on physical activity and health in the…

Matthew McLaughlin

COMMUNICATIONS

Matthew ‘Tepi’ Mclaughlin is a passionate communicator about physical activity – in digestible formats for media and other professionals. Tepi writes opinion pieces for media and…

Anna Chalkley

COUNCILS

Anna is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Physically Active Learning at the Western Norway University of Applied Health Sciences. Much of Anna’s work has focused on the school setting as a target for…

Lindsey Reece

ADVOCACY

Lindsey has extensive experience in applied research and evaluation, specialising in Physical Activity, Sport and Public Health. Within her current role as Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s…

Jacqueline Mair

GOVERNANCE

Dr Jacqueline Mair is a Senior Scientist with the Singapore-ETH Centre. Jacqueline’s research focusses on ways to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour using digital…

Elroy Aguiar

IT SYSTEMS

Dr. Elroy Aguiar’s is an Assistant Professor in he department of Kinesiology at The University of Alabama, USA. His research is focused on step-based measurement of physical activity, with a specific focus…

Charlotte Lund Rasmussen

EDUCATION

Charlotte Lund Rasmussen is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and University of Limerick, Ireland…

Andrea Ramirez Varela

MEMBERSHIP

Andrea Ramírez Varela obtained her MD and MPH degrees from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia in 2010 and 2014. Since 2014, she is the coordinator of the Global…

Gabriella McLoughlin

EARLY CAREER NETWORK

Dr. Gabriella McLoughlin is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the College of Public Health at Temple University. She received a master’s and doctoral degree in kinesiology…

Jade Morris

SECRETARIAT

Jade is a physical activity and childhood health researcher. Jade has just finished her PhD within the Centre of Active Lifestyles Research group at Leeds Beckett University. Jade’s thesis…

		Role	Service period
Candice Christie	Rhodes University, South Africa	Education	Oct 2020 – Jan 2022
Lisa Bertram	University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA	Treasurer	Oct 2020 – Jan 2022
Lisa Bertram	University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA	Vice-Treasurer	Oct 2018 – Oct 2020
Charlie Foster	University of Bristol, UK	Past president	Oct 2018 – Oct 2020
		President	Nov 2016 – Oct 2018
		President elect	Dec 2015 – Nov 2016
Paul Kelly	University of Edinburgh, UK	Treasurer	Dec 2015 – Oct 2020
Maria Hagstromer	Karolinska Institute, Sweden	Membership	Nov 2016 – Oct 2020
Sjaan Gomersall	University of Queensland, Australia	IT systems	April 2016 – Oct 2020
Tracy Kolbe Alexander	University of Southern Queensland, Australia	Education	Aug 2016 – Oct 2020
Trevor Shilton	National Heart Foundation of Australia (WA), Perth, Australia	Advocacy	April 2014 – Oct 2020
Nicolás Aguilar	Universidad de La Frontera Temuco, Chile	No defined portfolio	Nov 2016 – Sept 2019
Justin Richards	University of Sydney, Australia	Early Career Network	Nov 2016 – Oct 2018
Melissa Napolitano	George Washington University, USA	Vice-Treasurer	Nov 2016 – Oct 2018
Jorge Mota	University of Porto, Portugal	Councils	Feb 2015 – Oct 2018
Marie Murphy	University of Ulster, Northern Ireland	Communications	April 2014 – Oct 2018
Fiona Bull	The University of Western Australia	Past president	Nov 2016 – Oct 2018
		President	April 2014 – Nov 2016
		President elect	Nov 2012 – April 2014
		Advocacy	May 2010 – April 2014
Ulf Ekelund	Norwegian School of Sport Sciences	Membership	Nov 2012 – Nov 2016
Vicki Lambert	University of Cape Town, South Africa	African Representative	May 2010 – Nov 2016
Rodrigo Reis	Pontiff Catholic of Parana Federal University of Parana, Brazil	Americas Representative	Nov 2012 – Nov 2016
Bill Kohl	University of Texas School of Public Health, USA	Past president	April 2014 – Nov 2016
Bill Kohl	University of Texas School of Public Health, USA	Founding President	May 2010 – April 2014
Mike Pratt	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA	Education Committee	Nov 2012 – Aug 2016
Mike Pratt	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA	Americas representative	May 2010 – Nov 2012
Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino	Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil	South American representative	Feb 2015 – April 2016
Olga Sarmiento	Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia	Education Committee	May 2010 – Jan 2015
Jasem Ramadan	Kuwait University, Kuwait	Eastern Mediterranean Representative	May 2010 – Jan 2015
Kim Scott	Human Kinetics, USA	Secretariat	May 2010 – April 2014 –2007/08/09
Lars Bo Anderson	University of Southern Denmark,	European Representative	May 2010 – April 2014
Adrian Bauman	The University of Sydney, Australia	Inaugural Past President	May 2010 – 2014
William Kraus	Duke University Medical Center	Communications	May 2010 – April 2014
Willem van Mechelen	VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands	Executive Committee	May 2010 – Nov 2012
Sandra Matsudo	CELAFISCS, Brazil	Treasurer	May 2010 – Nov 2012
Wendy Brown	The University of Queensland, Australia	Membership	May 2010 – Nov 2012
Kim McCallum	University of Texas School of Public Health, USA	Secretariat	Sept 2010 – July 2011

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